Bottle
Oud Beersel Framboise
Brouwerij Oud Beersel, Beersel
Mild raspberry lambic with 220 grams of raspberries and a few cherries per litre.
Legend has it
Beersel has a castle, begun in the early 1300s and besieged in the civil war of the late 1400s, and it has a reputation to match. According to legend it is haunted, but its ghosts do not walk on just any night. Strange things are said to happen in and around the castle only when a serious threat hangs over the region or the country: war, conflict or epidemic. The ghosts, it is said, appear to warn of the troubles ahead.
Beer stories travel from brewery to bar to guest, and rarely shrink on the way.
Interesting facts
- Drink it young
- The brewery gives a shelf life of four years in the bottle and 15 months in the keg, so it is made to be drunk while the fruit is fresh.
- Het Bierhuis
- The brewery's own café is called Het Bierhuis. It opened in 1934, became a flower shop after the brewery closed, and reopened on 8 January 2022.
- Bersalis
- Beersel is first mentioned in 847, under the name Bersalis. The brewery gave the same name to its first beer after the 2005 revival.
Especially good with
Belgian truffle, waffle with chocolate or goat cheese salad.