The outskirts of town east of the historic city of Halle, a rail hub with 35,000 inhabitants about ten miles south of Brussels, has a new lambic beer-focused cafe.
![It's pretty obvious that Cafe De Kluis is focused on lambic beers!](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_3441.jpg)
Cafe De Kluis, at Nachtegaalstraat 128, Buizingen, opened this spring. De Kluis (“The Cloister”) has a good beer list, and focuses on the lambic, geuze, and kriek beers of Belgium. They usually have a lambic beer on draft or bag-in-box, and have poured Boon, Girardin, and Oud Beersel since opening.
![Photo of the geuze beer board Cafe De Kluis.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_3423.jpg)
Prices are very reasonable, as you can see from the beer board for Oude Geuze. The cafe is also well-decorated with lambic breweriana on the inside and out, with a fine selection of old glassware. It is a cozy place to drink.
![The bar at Cafe De Kluis, with five draft beers.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_3435.jpg)
There were five draft beers during my visit Sunday, 10 November, including La Chouffe and Kriek Boon. De Kluis also stocks Orval and Westmalle if you need a break from the lambics. Though, why you would, I don’t know. 🙂 Well, maybe an Orval in between a few lambics and Oude Geuze would be a good palate cleanser. A really good palate cleanser.
![Lambic Breweriana at Cafe De Kluis.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_3424.jpg)
Along with Johan Madalijns and Wim de Kelver of De Lambiekstoempers, we savored and Oud Beersel Lambic before moving on to a 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze. Great visit.
![Pouring a 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze at Cafe De Kluis.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_3439.jpg)
Cafe De Kluis is open from 11 am to 11 pm Monday to Friday, 11 am to 8 pm on Saturdays, and 11 am to 11 pm on Sundays. That makes it one of the few lambic cafes that is open seven days a week in the Payottenland and Zenne Valley. Get there.
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![Old Lambic glassware at Cafe De Kluis.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_3426.jpg)
![Old Lambic glassware at Cafe De Kluis.](https://drinkbelgianbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_3427.jpg)
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