24/10/2015: Visit De Kazematten Brewery

De Lambikstoempers vzw organises…

De Kazematten

Visit of De Kazematten Brewery on Saturday 24th of October 2015

We meet at 1.30 pm at ‘De Kazematten’ Center, Bollingstraat 1, 8900 Ypres(100 m. from the Menenpoort).

From there we walk via the ‘fortress route’ on the ramparts of Ypres (the best preserved of the country) to De Kazematten Brewery (Houten Paard 1 in 8900 Ypres), an authentic brewery at a unique location!

fortress route Kazematten Brewery

From 3.00 pm we discover the extraordinary history of the site, the operation of the brewery and the story behind it, the brewing process and the ingredients used. And of course, we taste their beers!

Herberg St. Arnoldus

For the stubborn among us: afterwards we plan a visit of Herberg St. Arnoldus (Menenstraat 19 in 8900 Ypres), a prime location for the beer enthusiast with 25 taps from which flow only West Flemish beers!

Register

Participation fee per person: only for brewery visit and 3 tasters: 10 euro (Lambikstoempers members), 12 euro ( Zythos members) and 15 euro (others).

Send an e-mail to proeverij@lambikstoempers.be and mention:
– name and number of participants + mention ‘Kazematten’
You will receive further instructions via e-mail regarding your subscription.

Meeting place

Hoping to meet you on this activity,
kind regards,
Johan “Wanne” Madalijns,
President of De Lambikstoempers VZW.

Timmermans Oude Gueuze voted best in the world

Timmermans Oude Gueuze

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-gueuze

More awards

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.

The oldest lambic brewery in the world

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.

Lambic Timmermans
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Source: Bierflash