Belle-Vue Brewery is a brewery founded in 1913 in
Molenbeek
( French, ) or (Dutch, ), often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, from which it is separated ...
,
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
by Philémon Vandenstock from nearby Itterbeek, which lies in a region known for its
lambic type of beer. A variety of Belle-Vue lambic and fruit beers are produced in
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.
Products
Four varieties of spontaneous fermentation beers containing 5.5%
abv
Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent). It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) o ...
are produced: Belle-Vue Gueuze,
Kriek, Kriek Extra and Raspberry. It is the best-known brand of Belgian
fruit beer
Fruit beer is beer made with fruit added as an adjunct or flavouring.
Fruit beer is a beer made from malt-scented strawberries, plums, raspberries, and cherries. It's an additive- or flavoring-containing form. Initially manufactured in Belgium, f ...
though its sweet taste is far from representing that of traditional sour lambics. Belle-Vue's sole traditional product, Selection Lambic, is produced in very limited quantity (it has not been produced since 1999).
Notes
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Belgian brands
Breweries of Brussels
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean