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6th HORAL Lambic Award goes to Dominiek Geers

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On Monday 12 December 2016 Horal vzw (High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers) handed out the Lambic Award for the 6th time. This award is handed out to a person that in a special way defended the interests of the traditional lambic beers sector and the promotion of Oude Geuze and Oude Kriek.

HORAL Lambic Award 2016

This year the Winner was the 51-year old Dominiek Geers, manager of Geers Drinks at Oostakker, where all existing geuze producers from the Pajottenland and the Valley of the Senne are continuously represented.

Lambik ambassador

“The members of the High Council for Artisanal Lambic beers surely appreciate the dedication of the family Geers regarding the promotion and sale of traditional lambic beers, and our ‘Oude Geuze’ and ‘Oude Kriek’ in special”, according to HORAL-president Frank Boon in the visitor’s center ‘De Lambiek’ at Alsemberg, where the ceremony took place.

“In this respect, Dominiek is an example for the beer retail trade. We couldn’t imagine a better Lambic ambassador this year. That is why the members of the High Courncil unanimously awarded the Lambic Award to Dominiek this year.”

HORAL Lambic Award 2016

Previous winners

Dominiek Geers can be proud of this award, which in recent years went to Edgar Winderickx (late lambic brewer), Hugo Casaer (former mayor of Beersel), Tim Webb (British beer writer), Stene Isacsson (manager of beer restaurant Akkurat Stockholm) and Daisy Claeys (manageress of café ‘t Bruges Bear Bruges).

Geers Drinks

The family Geers is the sixth generation in the beer world, first as a brewer (until halfway World War II), then as bottler and (after the war) as beer supplier for its own cafes. From 1960 on Hubert Geers, the father of Dominiek, began distribution to a wider audience and deliveries in the Ghent region.

Dranken Geers

From 1980 on the offer of Geers Drinks was greatly expanded and they also paid increasing attention to specialty beers. Because of the growing interest of young clientele for Oude Geuze and Oude Kriek, from the turn of the century Dominiek decides to further broaden its range with the full range of Lambic beers. Assisted by his wife Vera and children Bert & Leen, Dominiek was able to expand his business to almost the whole of Flanders and Brussels. In 2010 he even started an export department.

Those who wants to see it all for themselves, can visit the Ledergemstraat 7 at 9041 Oostakker. More information and schedule: www.drankengeers.be

Photo’s: HDD / HORAL / Beertourism.com – Source: HORAL

5th consecutive gold for Brouwerij Boon

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Frank en Jos Boon klinken

In Lembeek they can truly be proud, because never before anyone won gold at the World Beer Cup 5 times in a row, the most important beer competition in the world which is organized every two years by the American Brewers Association.

All beers are invariably blind-tasted. So the 253 jurors from 31 countries only know which beers have won at the closing ceremony. And the gold in the category ‘Belgian-Style Sour Ale’ thus was won by Oude Geuze Boon Black Label. Moreover silver went to Oude Kriek Cuvée René of Lindemans brewery (Vlezenbeek), while bronze went to Red Angel of Wicked Weed (Asheville, USA).

5x gold

But no les then 6.596 beers of 1.907 different breweries from 55 countries participated in the World Beer Cup 2016. And this year brewery Boon had an unprecedented performance by being the only one in the world to win gold 5 consecutive times.

  • In 2008 with Oude Geuze Boon
  • In 2010 with Oude Geuze Mariage Parfait
  • In 2012 with Oude Geuze Boon
  • In 2014 with Oude Kriek Boon
  • In 2016 with Oude Geuze Black Label

“The compettition has become extremely tough”, commented a proud Frank Boon. “In comparison with 1996 the number of beers that participate is more then tenfold. Of the nearly 6.600 beers that participated at the World Beer Cup 2016, 91 originated from Belgium. Three Belgian beers won a medal, including our Oude Geuze Black Label.”

> tasting of Boon Black Label

Jos en Frank Boon

New: Oude Geuze Boon Vat 79

Those who participated at our tasting of Boon beers of 8 May 2015 tasted this beer for the first time. One year later, since end of April 2016, Boon Oude Geuze Vat 79 Mono Blend was released to the public.

This one consists of 90% Lambic from fust nr. 79 – the oldest of the brewery, made in 1883 – and 10% of young Lambic. The Lambic of Vat 79 has matured for more than 3 years on fust. After botteling and more than one year further maturation in the bottle, this Vat 79 Mono Blend is now ready to be drunk.

With an attenuation of 93% this Oude Geuze isn’t completely dry, but supported by 9% alc. by vol. it can be called rather ‘massive’. This unique bottling, brewed on 19 and 20 Oktober 2011 and botteled on 17 December 2014, is in limited supply, among other at the Streekproductencentrum (Postweg 3A at 1500 Halle).

> tasted Boon Oude Geuze Vat 79

Boon Oude Geuze Vat 79

Oud Beersel is doing well !

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European Beers Star 2015 For Oud Beersel

Golden medal

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.

Oud Beersel wooden casks 2015

New casks

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.

Oud Beersel wooden casks 2015 Oud Beersel wooden casks 2015

Oud Beersel wooden casks 2015 Oud Beersel wooden casks 2015

Oud Beersel wooden casks 2015 Oud Beersel wooden casks 2015

Anyway: you’re doing well, Gert!

😉