… De Gebrande Winning in Sint-Truiden
On the basis of a by now impressive list of lambic loving establishments, a number of criteria (which were drawn up after many hours of discussions) and after anonymous site visits to the proposed establishments, we, De Lambikstoempers vzw, awarded our Golden Lambikstoemper for the 15th time on Sunday 15 June 2025 to the establishment that, in our eyes, has paid the most attention to lambic beers in 2025.
And this year’s winner has become De Gebrande Winning (Zepperenweg 7 at 3800 Sint-Truiden)! Chef Raf Sainte founded his restaurant in 2014. His obsession with pure products and local ingredients also translates into an extremely strong love for Belgian beers in general and, by extension, beers of spontaneous fermentation, alongside but also incorporated into his various dishes.
Anno 2020, Ratebeer awarded De Gebrande Winning with the award of “Best beer restaurant in the world”. Year after year, De Gebrande Winning also takes the title of “Best Beer Restaurant” at the #BADF Beer Awards election. And so from now on, Raf can also rightly call himself the winner of the Golden Lambikstoemper Award 2025!
Traditionally, the Golden Lambikstoemper Award was awarded during our Day(s) of the Oude Geuze, on the parking lot of the Streekproducten Centrum in Halle, on 14 & 15 June 2025.
The Golden Lambikstoemper Award is an artistic certificate provided with some poetry by Kristof Verhasselt. Winner Raf Sainte received his award from the hands of our chairman, Johan ‘Wanne’ Madalijns.
Golden Lambikstoemper Award 2026
Because it becomes more and more difficult year after year to award our Golden Lambikstoemper Award to an equal and rightful new winner, we no longer award a Golden Lambikstoemper every year. Are you convinced that we really missed someone who should win it next year? Then be sure to let us know!
How? By sending us your favourite for the Golden Lambikstoemper Award 2026 via our website. And yes, you can do that all year round.
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