Tag Archives: 3 Fonteinen

3 Fonteinen starts brewing again

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Aschwin de Wolf

The Beersel edition of Nieuwsblad reports that Armand Debelder has decided to start brewing again. After the exploding bottle disaster in 2009, Debelder found himself forced to sell his brewing equipment and confine himself to blending only. There was no … Continue reading →

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Het Land van de Geuze

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Aschwin de Wolf

In 1996, Jos Cels, author of Het Mysterie van de Geuze (1992), published a 128 page tourism guide to the Pajottenland and the area between Zenne and Zoniën titled Het Land van de Geuze. Unlike Het Mysterie van de Geuze … Continue reading →

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Notes on Toer de Geuze 2011

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Aschwin de Wolf

For the second time in a row I attended the biennial Toer de Geuze event in Belgium. During one day, all lambic brewers and geuze blenders that are part of HORAL (with the exception of Girardin) open their doors to … Continue reading →

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Geuze en kriek: de champagne onder de bieren

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Aschwin de Wolf

One of the reasons for starting this blog was that, as a native Dutch speaker, I would be able to review and consult (historical) Dutch documents about traditional lambic brewing and share this information with English readers. In the coming … Continue reading →

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LambicLand

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Aschwin de Wolf

Just published is the second edition of LambicLand, a labor of love and extremely useful guide to the world of lambic. The new (English only) edition has three important elements rolled into one 128 page-long book: an introduction to the … Continue reading →

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