This has become a classic in our range of activities!
On Friday 24th of June 2016, about ten different Lambic beers were collected directly from the blenders or breweries and brought to “De Lambiek”.
In the evening we discovered the different colors, scents, tastes and aftereffects of young and old Lambics. A journey of discovery for the taste buds!
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In Lembeek they can truly be proud, because never before anyone won gold at the World Beer Cup 5 times in a row, the most important beer competition in the world which is organized every two years by the American Brewers Association.
All beers are invariably blind-tasted. So the 253 jurors from 31 countries only know which beers have won at the closing ceremony. And the gold in the category ‘Belgian-Style Sour Ale’ thus was won by Oude Geuze Boon Black Label. Moreover silver went to Oude Kriek Cuvée René of Lindemans brewery (Vlezenbeek), while bronze went to Red Angel of Wicked Weed (Asheville, USA).
But no les then 6.596 beers of 1.907 different breweries from 55 countries participated in the World Beer Cup 2016. And this year brewery Boon had an unprecedented performance by being the only one in the world to win gold 5 consecutive times.
“The compettition has become extremely toughâ€, commented a proud Frank Boon. “In comparison with 1996 the number of beers that participate is more then tenfold. Of the nearly 6.600 beers that participated at the World Beer Cup 2016, 91 originated from Belgium. Three Belgian beers won a medal, including our Oude Geuze Black Label.â€
Those who participated at our tasting of Boon beers of 8 May 2015 tasted this beer for the first time. One year later, since end of April 2016, Boon Oude Geuze Vat 79 Mono Blend was released to the public.
This one consists of 90% Lambic from fust nr. 79 – the oldest of the brewery, made in 1883 – and 10% of young Lambic. The Lambic of Vat 79 has matured for more than 3 years on fust. After botteling and more than one year further maturation in the bottle, this Vat 79 Mono Blend is now ready to be drunk.
With an attenuation of 93% this Oude Geuze isn’t completely dry, but supported by 9% alc. by vol. it can be called rather ‘massive’. This unique bottling, brewed on 19 and 20 Oktober 2011 and botteled on 17 December 2014, is in limited supply, among other at the Streekproductencentrum (Postweg 3A at 1500 Halle).
De Lambikstoempers vzw and Streekproducten Centrum Halle invite you to …
This 10th edition will take place on saturday 21st of november (10h- 18h) and sunday 22nd of november (14h- 18h), in the upper lounge of Streekproducten Centrum (Poststraat 3A in 1500 Halle).
Last year there were more than 650 visitors, including many foreigners, who found the way to our Day of the Old Gueuze, to (re)discover the various flavors of lambic beers! And this year, once again, we provide a great variety of beers of spontaneous fermentation.
The beers you can come and taste with us are the ones from following breweries and ‘stekerijen’: Boon (Lembeek), Cantillon (Anderlecht), De Cam (Gooik), De Troch (Wambeek), Drie Fonteinen (Beersel), Girardin (Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle), Hanssens (Dworp), Lindemans (Vlezenbeek), Mort Subite (Kobbegem), Oud Beersel (Beersel), Tilquin (Rebecq) and Timmermans (Itterbeek).
We will provide three lambics, directly from the wooden barrels from local lambic brewers: Lindemans (Vlezenbeek), Girardin (Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle) and De Troch (Wambeek). We’ll also serve Old Gueuze, Old Kriek, faro, raspberry beer and – in addition to soft drinks, water and coffee – our very own Servais beer.
All beers will be sold in tasting glasses of 15 cl, so you’ll be able to taste and discover different beers. And yes, the entrance to our Day of the Old Gueuze is FREE.
As on previous editions you can always taste some special beers and find some scoops with us. This edition we proudly present the brand new Boon Black Label, made ​​on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the brewery, the brand new Lindemans BlossomGueuze, and Timmermans Oude Geuze, which recently won the title of ‘best sour beer in the world’ at the World Beer Awards 2015.
For our traditional tasting plate this year we chose not to put a specific ‘steker’ or brewer in the spotlight but the product ‘Old Gueuze’ itself. Five samples of ‘Old Gueuze’ at once! The tasting plate was designed to enable the visitor to order 5 glasses at once and easily undertake a fascinating taste sensation journey.
De Lambikstoempers vzw annually wants to put the lambic beers extra in the spotlight by handing out a Golden Lambikstoemper Award.
Based on an impressive list of cafés and various criteria (that were drawn up after many hours of negotiations) and after anonymous visits to the proposed businesses we will hand out our 6th Golden Lambikstoemper Award on sunday 22nd of november 2015 at 15h00 to a business that, according to us, in 2015, devoted most attention to the lambic beers.
The Golden Lambikstoemper Award is an artful document including some poetry compiled by Leo Lintermans. Also discover the winners of our past editions!
Hoping to meet you on this activity,
kind regards,
Johan “Wanne†Madalijns,
president of De Lambikstoempers vzw.
