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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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.
Timmermans Oude Gueuze won the title of ‘World’s Best Sour Beer’ this week at the prestigious World Beer Awards 2015 and can proudly call itself the best old gueuze in the world. Master Brewer William Van Herreweghen: “The title of best ‘Oude Geuze’ in the world is a great honor for our brewery, especially after all the efforts of recent years to develop the flavor of our lambic beers.”
Timmermans Oude Gueuze received in June 2015 already a Gold Medal at the Australian Beer Awards and was more recently also awarded as “Belgium’s Best Gueuze Sour Beer’, in short: the best gueuze of Belgium. The success of this beer is reportedly due to “recent developments in the brewery that have given the Old Gueuze a more woody character”.
Since 1994, Anthony Martin does a lot of effort to safeguard this Belgian pride. Thus, the restoration of the oak barrels in 2012 and the purchase of smaller “pipes” of chestnut wood have improved the flavor of the Timmermans lambic beers. Since then, the complexity in the taste and the wood accents is getting stronger each year.
Timmermans Brewery was founded in 1702 in Itterbeek and is the oldest still active lambic brewery. She keeps her roots, because there have been longstanding only brewed beers with lambic. Since 1992 Timmermans Brewery is part of Anthony Martin’s Finest Beer Selection.
The current brewery, a real jewel of Belgian beer history, welcomes every second Sunday of the month the curious and lovers of our heritage and the best Oude Geuze. Reservation of your visit is mandatory through the website.
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Source: Bierflash
