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De Lambikstoempers Beer Weekend is August 27-28, 2022 at De Lambiek: lambic beer heaven
De Lambikstoempers, the premier Zythos-affiliated beer appreciation and promotion club in Belgium’s lambic country, organizes several events throughout the year. The club is based in Halle, a historic old market town ten miles south of Brussels. One of the club’s premier events is their Bier Weekend, a beer festival that is usually held during the…
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Lambiek Fabriek selects U.S. importer, Winter Dog Cellars; beers headed stateside
There is great news for lambic beer lovers in the U.S.A.: Lambiek Fabriek, the highly regarded new lambic producer that I first covered in these pages in 2017 in this previous article, has selected a U.S. importer for their beers. Winter Dog Cellars of Fairfax, Virginia, has inked an import deal with Lambiek Fabriek, which…
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Brouwerij and Cafe Den Herberg: gems in Belgium’s Lambic Country
What should become one of Belgium’s premier breweries and brewery cafes, Brouwerij Den Herberg of Buizingen, in the Province of Flemish Brabant, has just been given the great honor of joining HORAL, The High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers. Den Herberg has been making great lambics for several years now, and just released their first…
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Het Boerenerf Eylenbosch: Belgium’s new lambic blendery
Belgium once again has a new lambic blendery, and it’s a really good one! The blender and owner, Senne Eylenbosch, comes from a family of lambic makers and farmers in the heart of Belgium’s lambic country. The new place is called Het Boerenerf Eylenbosch. Their Facebook page is here. I visited the farm, lambic blendery,…
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Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen and De lambik-O-droom: updates for 2022, and beyond
I recently talked with one of the owners of Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, Werner Van Obberghen, to see how things have been progressing with the brewery and the lambik-O-droom expansion that I wrote about in this previous article here. A lot has happened in the beer world during the pandemic that began in early 2020, and…
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Bierhuis Oud Beersel reopens in Beersel
The much loved and much missed Bierhuis Oud Beersel cafe and brewery taproom had a soft reopening on January 8 and 9, 2022. Originally named “In ‘t Bierhuis Oud Beersel” the cafe opened in 1934, and was closed in 2002. Here is a brief history of the Bierhuis, from Gert Christiaens, owner and master blender…
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’t Paddenbroek: A Great New Beer Specialist Cafe in the Payottenland
While the pandemic forced quite a few beer cafes in Belgium to close their doors, it was a bit kinder to Belgium’s lambic country and culture, which has continued to thrive. Lambic breweries and blenderies did not take a break during Covid, producing lots of new brews, with some excellent ones among them. Following the…
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Introducing “The Land of Geuze” & “Lambic Tours”
Patrick Van der Spiegel knows lambic beer. As a resident of Halle, ten miles southwest of Brussels in Belgium’s lambic country, he has lived his life savoring and enjoying lambic. I recently spoke with him regarding two of his projects, “The Land of Geuze” and “Lambic Tours” which both have Facebook and Instagram pages. The…
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De Lambikstoempers 15th Annual “Days of the Oude Geuze” are October 16 and 17
De Lambikstoempers, the premier lambic beer appreciation and promotion club in Belgium’s Payottenland, Belgium’s lambic country, are holding their fifteenth annual “Dag van de Oude Geuze” or Day of the Old Geuze, the weekend of October 16-17. The venue is the Streekproductencentrum (Regional Products Center) in Halle, eight miles south of Brussels. Halle is linked…
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Cantillon’s Zwanze Day in Brussels 2021
Brasserie Cantillon’s Zwanze Day and beers have become well known to many beer lovers around the world, and the event has become so popular that many locations sell tickets to their events, and sell out weeks in advance. You could say it’s a very tough ticket to find at some bars. But, just what is…