Boon Brewery (Brouwerij Boon) is a
Belgian
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brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of be ...
in
Lembeek
Lembeek is a village with a population of 7,256 in the municipality of Halle, Belgium.
Location
South-west of Halle, it is close to the language border between the Flemish Region and Wallonia. The Castle of Lembeek was demolished by request of ...
, near
Brussels
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, that mainly produces
geuze
Gueuze (Dutch ''geuze'', ; French ''gueuze'', ) is a type of lambic, a Beer in Belgium, Belgian beer. It is made by Blending (alcohol production), blending young (1-year-old) and old (2- to 3-year-old) lambics, which is bottled for a second ...
and
kriek beer of a fairly traditional
lambic
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variety, but using modern brewing techniques and equipment. Other products of the brewery including Faro beer and Duivelsbier, the traditional beer of
Halle.
The brewery was founded in 1978. Frank Boon purchased the De Vits brewery, café and geuzestekerij when Rene De Vits and his sister Jeanne decided to retire. The brewery moved from Hondzocht to Lembecq itself and the first beer was produced there in the fall of 1990 in partnership with Palm Belgian Craft Brewers, which took a 50% stake. The production increases steadily: 450 hl in 1990, 5 000 hl in 2000, 11 300 hl in 2009, 14 000 hl in 20111. The head of the brewery is Frank Boon and the Boon family own 50%. The other 50% was sold to
Palm Breweries, but in 2014 this stake was transferred to Palm's parent company Diepensteyn NV and Boon was not involved in Palm's sale to
Bavaria
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in 2016. The distribution deal between Palm and Boon came to an end in 2016.
See also
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3 Fonteinen
3 Fonteinen is a Belgium, Belgian brewery, specialized in geuze and Kriek lambic, kriek. The brewery is situated in Beersel, near Brussels and produces classic versions of both kriek and geuze.
Geuzestekerij
3 Fonteinen was founded in 1887 as ...
References
External links
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New Frank Boon Brewing Hall Officially Opened
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Breweries of Flanders
Companies based in Flemish Brabant