NEW ORLEANS – Cochon Butcher General Manager Zack Shelton announced that Cochon and Cochon Butcher have been selected by Brasserie Cantillon as one of only 31 U.S. locations to host a Zwanze 2026 tapping. For the first time ever, two Zwanze beers from the same year will be poured side-by-side at a single event. The celebration will take place Saturday, April 25, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. in Cochon’s Diamond Room. Tickets are $180 plus tax and are expected to sell out.
“This is a chance to drink rare, world-class beers, and we’re thrilled to be one of the few places in the country pouring them,” said Shelton. “This year’s Zwanze blends are unlike anything else you can get, so it’s an incredible honor to be chosen to pour them alongside a delicious savory feast.”
Zwanze Day is a biannual celebration that unites beer enthusiasts worldwide to honor Brasserie Cantillon’s unique Zwanze creation while also offering the opportunity to taste many other rare and interesting beers. This year’s ticket includes a 2026 Zwanze tasting glass, 6-oz. pours of Zwanze 2026—Artemis La Blanche and Artemis La Rouge, and 3-oz. pours of all other Cantillon lambics on draft, along with select guest drafts and bottles. Cochon and Butcher chefs will prepare a full boucherie spread featuring whole pigs, frites with traditional Belgian sauces, house-made Belgian-inspired sausages and charcuterie boards. Zwanze-branded merchandise will also be available for purchase.Inspired by the Greek goddess of hunting and nature, Artémis is a fitting name for this year’s beers, both crafted with complex botanical elixirs. Artémis La Blanche is a blend of lambic with an elixir made from gentian, coriander, rhubarb root, juniper, sage, angelica, wormwood, and many other herbs. Artémis La Rouge is ablend of kriek with an elixir made from verbena, marjoram, rose, apple, curry plant, wormwood, and other botanicals. Both beers are 7% ABV.
Additional Cantillon lambics available include Classic Gueuze, Kriek, Rosé De Gambrinus, Grenache Blanc, Magic Lambic, Fou’ Foune, Vigneronne, Saint Lamvinus, and Cuvée Saint-Gilloise. Guest beers on draft will feature selections from Brasserie De La Senne, Fantôme, Burial, and Oxbow, along with bottled offerings from Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, De Cam Geuzestekerij, Burial, and Brasserie Cantillon.
Tickets for Cochon Butcher’s Zwanze Day Celebration are available through cochonrestaurant.com or cochonbutcher.com on Resy.
*Beer selections are subject to change based on shipping availability and customs clearance.