Category: Flanders

Breweries in Flanders

  • Lambiek Fabriek selects U.S. importer, Winter Dog Cellars; beers headed stateside

    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…

  • Brouwerij and Cafe Den Herberg: gems in Belgium’s Lambic Country

    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…

  • Het Boerenerf Eylenbosch: Belgium’s new lambic blendery

    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,…

  • Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen and De lambik-O-droom: updates for 2022, and beyond

    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…

  • Bierhuis Oud Beersel reopens in Beersel

    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…

  • Lambiek Fabriek: six new lambic brews, and five years in business

    Lambiek Fabriek: six new lambic brews, and five years in business

    While the last year and a half or so has been a very difficult one for Belgium’s beer cafes and brewery tasting rooms, some breweries have not let up in their quest to expand production, and to add new beers to their existing ranges, due to strong demand from beer drinking fans around the world.…

  • Brouwerij Sako: Belgium’s newest Lambic brewery

    Brouwerij Sako: Belgium’s newest Lambic brewery

    Belgium, once again, has a new lambic brewery, Brouwerij Sako. Sako follows just a couple of years after the debut of the now combined (and very successful) Lambiek Fabriek/Brouwerij Belgoo lambic blendery and brewery of Ruisbroek and Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, as well as Brouwerij Den Herberg of Buizingen, which is making excellent lambics (and whiskey!) and should…

  • Lambiek Fabriek joins The High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers (HORAL)

    Lambiek Fabriek joins The High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers (HORAL)

    There is big news in the Belgian beer world today, and especially for the lovers of artisanal lambics brews. Lambiek Fabriek, a new lambic brewery and blendery that officially opened in 2016 in Ruisbroek, in the heart of the Payottenland, has been accepted into HORAL, The High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers. Here is the…

  • Savoring Vintage 1983 and 1989 3 Fonteinen lambics: Oude Geuze and Framboos

    Savoring Vintage 1983 and 1989 3 Fonteinen lambics: Oude Geuze and Framboos

    The purpose of this article is to discuss a couple of amazing vintage 3 Fonteinen bottles that I was graciously offered to taste recently, as well as to tell you about the superb Restaurant 3 Fonteinen in Beersel. The 3 Fonteinen cafe was opened in 1962 at Herman Teirlinckplein 3 in Beersel, and is now…

  • Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen’s lambik-O-droom expansion: a detailed overview

    Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen’s lambik-O-droom expansion: a detailed overview

    As I reported in this previous article about Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen’s future 25 million euro expansion at their current lambik-O-droom site in Lot, Belgium, there is much planned by the hallowed Belgian lambic maker in the coming years. I recently reached out to 3 Fonteinen’s Business Manager, Werner Van Obberghen, to gather some first hand…