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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
