Flanders
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HORAL’s Oude Geuze Megablend 2024
Belgium’s Toer de Geuze, which is a biennial open house at most of Belgium’s lambic breweries and blenderies, was held the weekend of May 4-5, 2024. It was a great success, with an estimated 20,000 attendees, despite cold and wet weather on the Saturday. Toer de Geuze is organized by HORAL, which is The High…
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A Visit to Publitasting Lambic Blendery
While most of Belgium’s lambic producers are located in Brussels and to the areas to the south and west of the city, in the Payottenland and Zenne River Valley, there are some lambic blenders that are outside of that region. Geert Demuynck and his Publitasting Lambic Blendery purchases lambic that has been aged in barrels…
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Brouwerij Kestemont joins The High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers, and Toer de Geuze 2024
HORAL, The High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers, has just added another new member. Brouwerij Kestemont, which I wrote about last year on these pages in this previous article here was inducted as a member of HORAL on Thursday, January 11, 2024. Brouwerij Kestemont opened on the same grounds as the old Brouwerij Goossens in…
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Lambiek Fabriek at Washington, D.C.’s Snallygaster Beer Fest 2023
On Saturday, October 14, Brian Hennighausen, President and Founder of Winter Dog Cellars, and I will be pouring several beers from Lambiek Fabriek at the Snallygaster Beer Festival in Washington, D.C. The Lambiek Fabriek booth will be located inside the Gargoyle tent. I wrote about Lambiek Fabriek in this previous article here as well as…
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Brouwerij Kestemont opens on historic Brouwerij Goossens lambic heritage site
Belgian’s beer world has yet another new lambic producer, and this one is located on a very historic and beautiful lambic brewing heritage site. Brouwerij Kestemont opened on the same grounds as the old Brouwerij Goossens in the village of Sint Gertrudis-Pede (Schepdaal) which is part of Dilbeek, in 2019. Kestemont started as a lambic…
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A Visit to Brouwerij Boon
A visit to the hallowed Brouwerij Boon-which has the largest stock of lambic in oak barrels in the world, at 2.1 million liters-is always a great pleasure. The brewery, located in Lembeek, about 18 km/12 miles southwest of Brussels, in the Province of Flemish Brabant, added a new, multi story tasting cafe, called Boon Bar,…