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Lambic beer is a brew that whispers of wild yeasts and untamed fermentation. It is a liquid embodiment of the rustic charm of the Belgian countryside, a symphony of complexity and depth. The aroma is a medley of tart fruit and earthy funk, the flavor a dance between sweet and sour, with a dry, effervescent finish. It is a brew that defies easy categorization, a true original in a world of homogenized beers. A sip of lambic is a journey through the senses, a celebration of the unpredictable beauty of nature…..
Join us on a tour of Lambiek Fabriek’s delightful lambic creations and experience the magic for yourself!
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TRADITIONAL GEUZE FAMILY
We are proud to offer an incredible lineup of award-winning traditional geuzes from Lambiek Fabriek. Whether you’re looking for a traditional Oude Geuze, a fun and refreshing “sportsman’s choice”, a whisky-barrel aged classic, or even an incredibly highly-rated organic offering, we’ve got you covered. The geuze family is perhaps Lambiek Fabriek’s most recognized and award-winning family of beers, including a staggering medals sweep (Natur-Elle, Fontan-Elle, Brett-Elle) in the category at the highly prestigious Brussels Beer Challenge.
OUDE GEUZE BRETT-ELLE
Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 bottling seasons. Blend of 1, 2 and 3 or 4 (2022)year old lambics
Description: Lambiek Fabriek’s flagship brew! This beer is a traditional unfiltered blend of lambics, aged in oak barrels. It’s made with different vintages of lambic, resulting in a delightfully complex flavor profile. Expect funky Brettanomyces aromas and citrusy notes, and tart flavors of citrus and green apple. 6.3 ABV
Food Pairing Suggestion: Fresh turkey and white cheese sandwich, grilled salmon salad, mussels boiled in geuze.
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Bronze (2021 and 2023) in Traditional Old Style Lambic category.
Available in 6x750ml, 12x375ml, and 20L Key Keg
YOUNG AND WILD FONTAN-ELLE
Spring 2022 bottling season. Blend of 1, 2.5 and 4-year-old lambics
Description: is a delightful blend young and vintage lambics. This beer is carefully selected for its fruitier characteristics. The Spring 2022 bottling is technically an Oude Geuze because 4-year-old lambic was incorporated to achieve the desired taste profile. Its aroma is a delightful mix of brettanomyces, farmhouse funk, lemons, oak, and white wine vinegar. The taste is sour, with notes of lemons, oak, and brett. It’s an easy-drinking lambic that showcases the best of young and wild flavors. 6.3 ABV.
Food Pairing Suggestion: Apero and apple pie on a sunny terrace.
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Gold (2021) and Silver (2023) in Traditional Old Style Lambic category.
Named a Top Ten Traditional Lambic in the World by Untappd in 2022
The 11 Best Traditional Lambics of 2022 - Untappd Blog
Available in 6x750ml
SPORTY GEUZE ORIGIN-ELLE
Summer 2023 bottling season. Blend of 1 and 1.5-year-old lambics.
Description: Our newest offering, and a must-have for the warmer drinking months!. This gueuze is for the real sportsmen, the 'wannabee' sportsmen and the sportsmen who prefer not to sport! For this Geuze we searched for extremely soft and easy-to-drink lambics, resulting in an incredibly thirst quenching and refreshing drinking experience!. 6.5 ABV
Food Pairing Suggestion: The finish line!
Available in a water bottle holder-friendly 12x375ml!
ORGANIC NATUR-ELLE (MAY 2024 ARRIVAL)
Summer 2023 bottling season. Blend of 1- and 2-year-old lambics
Description: A delightfully pure and completely organic offering, and perhaps Lambiek Fabriek’s highest rated and most awarded offering to date. A refreshingly tart mix of green apple, orange, lemon juice, and lemon zest flavors wiht moderate funkiness. 6.2 ABV
Food Pairing Suggestion: Fennel pasta with mussels and spicy ricotta tomatoes
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Gold (2023) and Bronze (2022) in Traditional Old Style Lambic category.
Available in 12x375ml
WHISKY-AGED COLON-ELLE
Colon-Elle
Summer, 2023 bottling season. Blend of 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5year-old lambics
Description: After a long wait, we have our 'Single & Wild Colon-Elle' back in stock! Once again, we worked with whiskey barrels from Brewery Het Anker/Stokerij Molenberg in Mechelen (Belgium). For the 2023 edition we chose the Single Malt Gouden Carolus whiskey barrels. This has allowed our lambic to mature for 18 months.
This results in a golden, soft gueuze with beautifull body, fine wood and nice whiskey notes. 8 ABV
Food Pairing Suggestion: Roast beef in pistachio crust with asparagus
Available in 6x750ml
GRAPE LAMBIC FAMILY
Lambiek Fabriek’s most unique family of labels is the Grape Lambic Family. Each of these incredible award-winning beers are macerated on an average of 400 grams/ litre of wine grapes from the Domain Hoenshof Estate Vinyard in Borgloon, Belgium. These delicious and versatile brews combine the complexity and mouthfeel of fine wines with the familiar tart funkiness of an excellent lambic. A perfect choice for your higher end and mixed wine/ beer accounts!
JUICY AND WILD MUSCAR-ELLE
Fall, 2021 (375ml) and Spring, 2022 (750ml) bottling season. Blend of 1.5- and 3-year-old lambics (2021) and 1.5- and 2-year-old lambics (2022)
Description: This lambic is a blend of spontaneously fermented lambics, matured in oak barrels, and macerated with approximately 300 grams of Muscaris grapes per liter. The result is a magnificent beer that balances tangy grape skin with lemon zest acidity. The oak aging and careful blending create a harmonious and joy-inducing experience.
Food pairing suggestion: Extra-mature hard cheese, pan-seared monkfish, chicken and white bean casserole.
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Gold (2021) in Specialty Italian Style Grape Ale category
Available in 6x750ml, 12x375ml and 20L Key Keg
JUICY AND WILD SOLEILLE
Summer 2022 bottling season. Blend of 22 month and 2-year-old lambics.
Description: This lambic is matured with approximately 300 grams of Solaris grapes per liter. The Solaris grape, grown in Limburg, Belgium, is known for its floral bouquet. Delightful notes of pulpy grapefruit, tropical papaya funk, and lemon-lime-orange calamansi fruit and white grapes. 8.7 ABV
Food pairing suggestion: Soft cheeses, fruit salad, grilled seafood, charcuterie, and spicy Thai or Indian dishes.
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Gold (2022) in Specialty Italian Style Grape Ale category
Available in 6x750ml and 20L Key Keg
JUICY AND WILD BLUE-BELLE
Summer 2022 bottling season. Blend of 22 month and 2-year-old lambics.
Description: This lambic is matured with approximately 300 grams of Muscat Bleu grapes per liter. Muscat Bleu grapes are characterized by their beautiful aroma and slightly spicy bouquet. Expect a delightful blend of tartness and grape sweetness offset with just a hint of spicy zest.
Food pairing suggestion: Soft cheeses, beer-battered fish and chips, blackberry dishes, sour desserts.
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Bronze (2022) in Specialty Italian Style Grape Ale category
Available in 6x750ml and 20L Key Keg
JUICY AND WILD MALVAS-ELLE
Summer 2024 bottling season. Blend of 22 month and 2-year-old lambics.
New product for 2025!
Description: Malvas-Elle is a unique, unfiltered fruit beer based on homebrewed lambic and malvasia grapes. The grapes macerated in older lambic which was then blended with lambic of different ages. It is a real beer for keeping thanks to the continuous activity of the wild yeasts. You can forget about this bottle in your cellar for up to 20 years, but it will undergo different taste evolutions.
Food pairing suggestion: Soft cheeses, beer-battered fish and chips, blackberry dishes, sour desserts.
Available in 12x375ml and 6x750ml
JUICY AND WILD GROS-ELLE
Spring 2022 bottling season. Blend 1.5- and 3-year-old lambics.
Description: This lambic is a refreshing and fruity beer with a unique maceration of 300 grams per litre of a 60.40 mix of red currants and the Muscaris grape. Notes of grape skin, red currants, gooseberry, rhubarb, damp hay, and lemon zest .
Food pairing suggestion: Extra-mature hard cheese, pan-seared monkfish, chicken and white bean casserole
Available in 6x750ml
FRUIT LAMBIC FAMILY
Lambiek Fabriek’s delicious and award-winning lineup of traditional fruited lambics feature two interpretations of the classic Oude Kriek style, one delightful blend macerated on local black currants, and one decadent blend macerated on a cornucopia of six different fruits and berries. All are conditioned at minimum ratio of 300 grams of real fruit to every litre of lambic.
OUDE KRIEK JART-ELLE
Fall, 2020 and 2022 bottling seasons. Blend of 1-, 2- and 3-year-old lambics
Description: The classic Belgian cherry beer! Jart Elle is a captivating beer that balances sourness, fruitiness, and tradition. Each glass tells a story of craftsmanship and cherries, and like all Oude Kriek it is a recognized part of Belgian cultural heritage with EU protection. Jart Elle is a three-year blend of lambics which are then macerated on whole Morello cherries (300 grams per barrel) for an additional six weeks before bottling. The result is a delicious and tart red beer featuring a delightful interplay between the lambic’s sourness and the bright, fruity notes of the cherries.
Food pairing suggestion: stuffed pasta, goat cheese, black cherry jam, wild game or as an apertif!
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Silver (2024) in Old Style Fruited Lambic category.
Available in 6x750ml, 12x375ml and 20L Key Keg
OUDE KRIEK SCHAR-ELLE
Fall, 2022 bottling season. Blend of 1-, 2- and 4-year-old lambics
Description: Schar-Elle is Lambiek Fabriek’s award-winning interpretation of the specialty Oude Kriek style made with native-Belgian scharbeeske cherries.
Scharbeekse Kriek is celebrated for its regional ties and distinctive tart flavor profile. It is produced annually by traditional lambic makers in limited batches using traditional methods to ensure the authenticity of the beer. When seeking a unique and authentic cherry beer experience, Scharbeekse Kriek is a compelling choice for enthusiasts of sour and fruit-infused beers.
Food pairing suggestion: stuffed pasta, goat cheese, black cherry jam, wild game or as an apertif!
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Gold (2022) in Old Style Fruited Lambic category.
Available in 6x750ml
JUICY AND WILD BLACK-BELLE
Spring, 2021 (for 750ml) and Fall, 2023 (for 375ml) bottling seasons. Bottled with a blend of 22-month-old lambics.
Description: Juicy and Wild Black-Belle is a delicious young blend of lambics macerated on local Belgian black currants. Pours a deep crimson red with playful notes of blueberry, blackberry, light funk, and both bitter and sweet black currants. A delightful end-of-the-day treat on a warm Summer’s night.
Food Pairing Suggestion: Pork chops and potato salad with a side of baked apples
Awards: Brussels Beer Challenge Bronze (2021) in Old Style Fruited Lambic category.
Available in 6x750ml, 12x375ml and 20L Key Keg.
JUICY AND WILD PLURI-ELLE
Pluri-Elle
Spring, 2021 bottling season. Blend of 1.5 and 2-year-old lambics.
Description: Juicy & Wild Pluri-Elle is as delightful lambic blend aged on oak barrels macerated on an astonishing cornucopia of six different fruits. We added black currant, red currant, strawberry, raspberry, black berry and locally foraged wild blueberry. The fruit had a maceration of 6 months on the lambic, before blending it for the final delicious result. 6.1 ABV
Food Pairing Suggestion: Chocolate bowl with red fruits and berries. A perfect dessert beer!
Available in 6x750ml and 12x375ml
PALE AND WILD CARAM-ELLE
Fall 2022 bottling season. Blend of 1-, 2- and 4-year-old lambics
Description: This amber-colored beer has matured for over 2 years, with some portions aging even longer—up to 4 years in oak barrels. The aroma is fresh, reminiscent of red fruit, while the taste reveals typical lambic notes with soft hints of roasted malt. It is an ideal beer for the winter season.
Food Pairing Suggestion: Roasted meats and hearty stews.
Available in 6x750ml