I joined a tour of Lambic and Geuze breweries. Unfortunately the weather was quite bad, and breweries tend to be dark, but here are some pictures I took.
One of the larger breweries we visited was Lindemans.
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The ingredients for Lambic beer: spring water, aged hops, wheat, malt, and airborne wild yeasts:
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Those copper vats are so lovely and steam-punk-ish:
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Another large brewery is Boon. There, the vats are stainless steel. Personally I prefer the look of copper.
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Unlike at Lindemans’ the cask storage is well-lit
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Each brewery has its own mark that is chalked on their casks.
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This is Hanssens, one of the smaller and more artisanal breweries:
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Lambic is too acidic to take on any taste from the barrel, so there is no special benefit to use old wine barrels or such, like for whiskey.
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Lots and lots of casks.
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And lots of bottles waiting to be filled:
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Their rather beat-up looking bottling, corking and labeling machine:
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We also paid a visit to Tilquin, which isn’t a brewery but a “stekerij”, which creates its ow blends of beers from different brewers. So their barrels carry many different marks.
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