Golden Lambikstoemper Award 2015 won by …

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Gouden Lambikstoemper 2015

… Streekproducten Centrum Halle!

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, the Lambikstoempers, reached out our 6th Golden Lambikstoemper Award on the 22th of november 2015, to a business that best promoted our beloved lambic beers in 2015.

The winner this year is Streekproducten Centrum (Poststraat 3A in 1500 Halle), because of their longstanding commitment to local beers and the Lambic beers in particular. Invariably they have all Old Gueuze and Old Kriek of the 12 remaining lambic breweries and “stekerijen” in their shop. Definitely worth a visit!

1 winner!

Normally we use a top three in our Golden Lambikstoemper election, but this year we only have one winner. After 20 years of efforts by the Streekproducten Centrum Halle we think it’s (more than) time to put them – and only them – in the spotlight. So we’ve thrown our principles and regulations for one time aside for this one and only winner of the Golden Lambikstoemper 2015 Award.

Who will be next years winner? You can choose!
How? By sending us your candidate for our next Golden Lambikstoemper Award via our website. And yes, you can do this right now

The Golden Lambikstoemper Award is an artful document including some poetry compiled by Leo Lintermans.

Gouden Lambikstoemper 2015 Oorkonde

 

Check our list of past winners.

 

Lindemans presents BlossomGueuze

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Lindemans BlossomGueuze

Following the very successful SpontanBasil, Lindemans Brewery just presented the second child in their ‘Botanical Lambics’ family, named BlossomGueuze. They did so at the Horeca Expo in Ghent, in the presence of among others, actor Roel Vanderstukken, who also seems to be a great fan of Old Gueuze.

Lindemans BlossomGueuze“The great success of the SpontanBasil was a bit unexpected. It prompted us to think about what herbs or botanicals would still fit well with an acidic Old Gueuze. By using elderflower we produced a more subtler taste. We are confident that way our BlossomGueuze is more accessible”, tells Geert Lindemans, managing director.

Limited edition

BlossomGueuze is an assembly of two to three years old lambic aged in wood, blended with 12 months old lambic with elderflower. After fermentation in the bottle this gueuze has a golden color and combines the sour taste of lambic with the natural and fresh aromas of elderflower. Nice to know: cousins ​​Dirk and Geert Lindemans asked Thomas Locus of the awarded restaurant Bistro Margaux for advice and tips, which led to the creation of this BlossomGueuze.

This beer is once again a limited edition with 10,000 bottles (of 75cl), again provided with an excellent and artfully label. “We got many compliments about the design of our SpontanBasil bottles. So we have done our best for the new BlossomGueuze to create an equally beautiful bottle”, says managing director Dirk Lindemans.

Where you can find it? At the better beer retailers and catering businesses! Or you can come and taste it at our Day of The Old Gueuze, on saturday 21st and sunday 22nd of november!

Lindemans BlossomGueuze Wanne en Roel Vanderstukken

More info: www.lindemans.be

21 – 22/11/2015: Day of the Old Gueuze

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De Lambikstoempers vzw and Streekproducten Centrum Halle invite you to …

Lambikstoempers en Streekproducten Centrum Halle

the 10th Day of the Old Gueuze

on saturday 21st and sunday 22nd of november 2015

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).

Dag van de Oude Geuze Dag van de Oude Geuze

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.

Scoops & special beers

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.

Timmermans en Boon Oude Geuze

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.

Lindemans BlossomGueuze

The Golden Lambikstoemper Award

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!

And yes, from now on, everyone can send us their nominees for the (future) Golden Lambikstoemper Awards via our website!

Gouden LS 2011

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