Breweries
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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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“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…