Blends season '21-'22

Aardbei blend

A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

Strawberries from literally three ( maybe long ) streets from the blendery . Belgian strawberries are very fruity in flavor and real flavor bombs . Before we added these to the lambic we froze everything first . By freezing the whole fruit, we created a cold maceration, which brings out the fruity taste of the strawberry instead of the sour taste that is more common with strawberries.

Here we didn't add anything because the fruit works enough for the taste and we also blend this lambic with rhubarb.

Kweepeer / Cydonia  blend

A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

The quinces are from an old orchard and added to the lambics immediately after picking. The quince tree is related to the roses , in terms of flower and smell and taste this can be correct . Most of the quince trees in the region are old trees. Quince trees can still be found near older houses or farms, but they are difficult to find.

Because they are related to roses, it was obvious to add two different rose lambics to the blend.

Witte Perzik Blend ( no longer available )

 A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

These White Peaches come from, in the past labeled millionaires street of Flemish Brabant . This region used to be known for, among other things, peaches but very little of that remains. After all, the ironstone soil is ideal for growing stone fruit.  Because I can work with this special and more and more difficult to obtain fruit, the fruit in this blend speaks for itself.

Pruim Reine Claude Crottee

A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

The sweetest of all Reine-Claudes plums . She is regarded as the queen of plums. The fruit has a greenish yellow color with a juicy, sweet and pleasantly aromatic taste. It comes from a fruit orchard in Flemish Brabant.

Nothing was added to this blend because the fruit itself is special.

FramRoos blend

A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

The raspberries used for this blend were first frozen before being added to the beer. This cold maceration allows for a more fruity fermentation and the fresh fruitiness of the raspberries to come forward. In this blend we also add rose lambic and finish it off with lambic in which raspberry leaf has been fused.

Rabarber blend ( no longer available )

A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

The Rhubarb is actually a vegetable , so in theory we should say that this is a Vegetable Lambic . The Rhubarb in this blend comes directly from one of the few organic farms that is still intensively growing Rhubarb .

Nothing else was added to this blend because we used part of the blend with Strawberry .

Kriek Kelleris  blend

A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

The Kelleris cherries in this blend come from Alken in Limburg and are added to the beer just after picking. A large part of the harvest ( or let's say almost all ) is used to make jams . After a maceration of 5 months on full fruit I thought that this blend should have an extra touch to it. We found this in Ginja during a trip to Lisbon .

(Ginjinha is a cherry liqueur made by mixing the somewhat sour ginja cherry - known as 'kriek' in Belgium - with aguardente and sugar. Aguardente is a collective term for alcohol over 40% and the literal translation is 'firewater').

We rested this liqueur on oak for several months and brought the infused oak together with the Krieken lambic .

Aardbei / Rabarber  blend

Blend of Strawberry lambic and Rhubarb lambic

Blauw blend

A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

Self picked blueberries added to the lambic . After 5 months of maceration we blended this together and flavored it with a little strawberry and raspberry lambic . And to finish a lambic with infusion of Lavender .

Berry blend

A blend of 5 different Lambics from 4 different breweries.

After a long search in Belgium we could get hold of the cloudberry (small quantity) . this together with the gooseberry blended to a risky something

Citrus blend

2 lambics of different years but from the same brewery macerated on grapfruit . This blend infused with lemon melissa and lemon verbena .

Cabernet Sauvignon blend

 A blend of 3 different lambics from 3 different breweries and 3 different ages ( 1,2,3 years ) .

Cabernet Sauvignon must added directly to the lambic. The must comes from a Hungarian Vineyard where after picking and pressing directly the next day the must can be added to the lambic at the blendery . The Cabernet Sauvignon is a popular grape and gives a full flavor and a dark color. Maceration on the lambic has lasted 5 months and creates a surprising and interesting blend.

Aardbei / Kriek  blend

3rd strawberry blend ... Strawberries from 3 streets away , cold macerated on Kriekenlambiek from 3 different breweries as well as own Kriekenlambiek added at bottling .