Boon Brewery

Boon Brewery (Brouwerij Boon) is a Belgian brewery situated in Lembeek, near Brussels, that mainly produces geuze and kriek beer of a fairly traditional lambic variety, but using modern brewing techniques and equipment. Other products of the brewery including Faro beer and Duivelsbier, the traditional beer of Halle.

Boon Brewery
The Boon Brewery in Lembeek
TypeBrewery
LocationBrussels, Belgium Lembeek
Opened1978
Key peopleFrank Boon
Active beers
Geuze and kriek
Name Type
Other beers
Faro beer and Duivelsbier
Name Type

The brewery was founded in 1978 when Frank Boon purchased the De Vits brewery, café, and geuzestekerij when Rene De Vits and his sister Jeanne decided to retire.[1] The head of the brewery is Frank Boon and the Boon family own 50%. The other 50% was sold to Palm Breweries, but on 30 June 2014 this stake was transferred to Palm's parent company Diepensteyn NV and Boon was not involved in Palm's sale to Bavaria in 2016. The distribution deal between Palm and Boon came to an end on 1 January 2016.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Brouwerij Boon - Lambic.Info". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. "Dutch brewer Bavaria takes over Palm and Rodenbach | Flanders Today". www.flanderstoday.eu. Retrieved 2020-08-20.

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