Breweries
Lindemans
Seven generations ago, in 1809, the Lindemans family started farming at the Hof ter Kwade Wegen, a farm in Vlezenbeek near Brussels. During the quiet winter months the farm workers were employed in a small lambic brewery on the site. Over the years, brewing gained in importance until it overtook the farming business and eventually replaced it. Lindemans’ main activity in the early days was selling wort and lambic to farmers and cafés in the Pajottenland area. The café owners oversaw the final fermentation of the wort and used the lambic to produce their own geuze, faro and kriek. Lindemans is now primarily known for its fruity and sweet fruit beers. This lambic brewer has made a name for itself with its Kriek (cherry), Pecheresse (peach), Framboise (raspberry), Cassis, and Apple (containing apple and citrus). The brewery stays true to its roots. Their Faro, a sweetened lambic, is derived from a drink that was popular with the workers of Brussels. The Lindemans Cuvée René is an ‘oude geuze’ made from lambic. Oude geuze is a blend of several lambic beers. The underlying lambic beer is a flat beer, but thanks to re-fermentation in the bottle this beer takes on a sparkle and produces a head of froth.
