“Wannius Snijladam”, troubadour of the West Coast, has directed us – through his remarkable life story – by Belgian forests and towns, remarkable sites and surprising characters. And of course, he also brought some souvenirs in the form of tasters. It was an evening full of goblins, wolves, trolls, pirates, giants and … a friendly gang of beer tasters.
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At the European Beers Star competition in Germany, one of the largest beer competitions in the world, stekerij (Lambic blender) Oud Beersel recently won the only gold medal for a Belgian participant !
Nearly 2,000 beers from 45 countries participated in the competition, divided into no fewer than 55 categories. Host country Germany received 20 gold medals, our country only one, thanks to Oud Beersel Oude Kriek. Thus our Belgian (and Pajottenland’s!) honor was still saved.
Moreover, in early December 15 ‘new’ wooden casks of 60 hl and 120 hl from Italy were delivered and installed in the stekerij (Laarheidestraat 230 at 1650 Beersel).
Particular was that they all had to be installed on the 2nd floor. And that was not such a simple task as you can see in the pictures below.
 
 
 
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On Thursday 3 december 2015 the “Hoge Raad voor Ambachtelijke Lambiekbieren” (HORAL) handed out their fifth Lambic Award. This award is given to person that has distinguished themselves in a particular way in terms of defending the interests of the sector of the traditional lambic beers and promotion of Oude Geuze and Oude Kriek. This year Daisy Claeys, manageress of Café ‘t Brugs Beertje at Bruges, was chosen.
Café ’t Brugs Beertje opened its doors in the spring of 1983. In this cozy café, not far from the Bruges Belgry, no Pilsners are served. The menu features more than 300 artisanal top fermented and spontaneous fermented beers. Manageress Daisy Claeys herself calls them “craft beers of high desireablity†(note: in Dutch top fermented beers are called “bieren van hoge gistingâ€, Daisy calls the spontaneous fermented beers “bieren van hoge goesting”).
The first Lambik Award was awarded in 2011 to brewmaster Edgar Winderickx from Dworp. Second in line was honorary mayor of Beersel Hugo Casaer, followed in 2013 by the British beer writer Tim Webb. Last year the award went to Steve Isacsson of the Lambic beer restaurant Akkurat at Stockholm.
“It’s an honor,” commented Daisy. “At the time I opted not to give ordinary Pilsners, but the specialty beers. It feels good to get recognition for this choice.â€
By the way, you can find ’t Brugs Beertje between the Market and “het Zand” in the Kemelstraat 5, a bystreet of the Steenstraat. It is open daily from 4 pm, except on Tuesday and Wednesday when it’s closed all day. During the week it is open until midnight and during the weekend until 1am. Info: 050/33.96.16, email: info@brugsbeertje.be.
 
Photos: Beertourism.com & Hugo Devillé
