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Oud Beersel and Toer de Geuze: two new Oud Geuzes and Megablend on offer
For anyone visiting Oud Beersel during Toer de Geuze on May 4 and 5, 2019, you are in for a treat. There will be a lot to see and do at the venerable lambic brewery/blendery, and a lot of new beers to taste. Brews on offer will include Oude Geuze Mega Blend 2019, a blend…
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Max’s Belgian Beer Festival (Baltimore) is February 15-18: huge beer list
Max’s Taphouse Belgian Belgian Beer Festival, one of the premier Belgian beer fests in the USA, is coming up next weekend. The beer list, as every year, is huge: over 200 Belgian beers on draft, and 200+ in bottles over the course of the four days of the President’s Day weekend. For you lambic fans…
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An interview with Pierre Tilquin, owner and master blender of Gueuzerie Tilquin
As Gueuzerie Tilquin approaches its tenth anniversary this March, there can be no question that the esteemed lambic blendery has seen great success in its first decade. I paid a visit to Founder/Owner/Master Blender Pierre Tilquin in late August 2018, to catch up on how things are going, and to discuss the new beers that…
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Pure Kriek Cantillon 1996: The inspiration for Brasserie Cantillon’s Lou Pepe Kriek
Brasserie Cantillon’s Lou Pepe Kriek is one of the most sought-after fruited lambic beers in the world. It has intense notes of sour cherries, with a noticeable lambic funkiness, especially with bottles with at least several years of age. Lou Pepe Kriek is made by using two year old lambic, much of which has been…
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In ’t Bierhuis Oud Beersel to reopen, new beers, and new bag in box lambics from Oud Beersel
There is a lot going on at Oud Beersel, the lambic brewery and blendery that Gert Christiaens has taken from a closed brewery in 2002 to an international success in 2018. Gert, his father Jos, and others on the Oud Beersel team revived the beloved brewery and site after a three year closure from 2002-2005.…
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Distilling a Bokkereyder fruit slush at Stokerij Vanderlinden, Hasselt
I visited Bokke, the highly acclaimed new lambic blendery in Hasselt, for the first time on August 30th. Raf Souvereyns, who goes by Raf Soef for shirt, greeted me and Kurt Verbiest around 4:30 pm. Raf and a friend were finishing up a day of processing fruit, namely apricots and peaches, to be used in…
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Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen’s Open Beer Days are August 31-September 2
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen, which is widely considered as one of Belgium’s foremost lambic breweries by beer drinkers, brewers, and others in the know, will hold its annual Open Beer Days from August 31-September 2. The opening hours will be 10 am to 5 pm, and the location will be the new lambik-O-droom site in Lot,…
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De Lambikstoempers Beer Weekend: Lambic Beer Heaven on August 25-26
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 small city ten miles south of Brussels. One of the club’s premier events is their Bier Weekend, a beer festival that usually is held during the last full…
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BXL Beer Fest in Brussels to feature stellar lineup of breweries on 25-26 August
What is sure to become one of Belgium’s most popular beer festivals will organize its second edition this year in a late summer event that will feature over 60 breweries from around the globe, and 300+ beers. The final list isn’t even complete yet. The BXL Beer Fest will take place at Tour and Taxis,…
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“Twisting the Fate” tasting event at Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen & lambik-O-droom this Friday and Saturday
If you are a beer drinker headed to Belgium in the next couple of days, you may be aware that there many beer events that will happen beginning this Friday, April 27. The Zythos Beer Festival (ZBF) in Leuven is Belgium’s biggest beer fest in terms of the number of beers on offer: 500+. ZBF…