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'''Website (French, Dutch, English, German):''' http://www.alamortsubite.com/index.htm | '''Website (French, Dutch, English, German):''' http://www.alamortsubite.com/index.htm | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The history of the café Mort Subite is just as complicated as that of [[Brasserie_Mort_Subite| | The history of the café Mort Subite is just as complicated as that of [[Brasserie_Mort_Subite|Brasserie Mort Subite]]. The café certainly came first, having started operations in 1928. The café originally blended their own lambics from various producers in the area. After Theophile, his grandchildren René and Jean-Pierre Vossen continued on with the family business. | ||
With regard to the Mort Subite beers, which are still served at the café, Van den Steen notes that “the Mort Subite named appeared in 1970, when a well-known Brussels café and geuze blending business, A la Mort Subite, was taken over from the Vossen brothers”. Eventually, [[Brasserie De Keersmaeker|De Keersmaeker]] took over the Mort Subite beer name and their popular Geuze Den Hert became Geuze Mort Subite.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref> | With regard to the Mort Subite beers, which are still served at the café, Van den Steen notes that “the Mort Subite named appeared in 1970, when a well-known Brussels café and geuze blending business, A la Mort Subite, was taken over from the Vossen brothers”. Eventually, [[Brasserie De Keersmaeker|De Keersmaeker]] took over the Mort Subite beer name and their popular Geuze Den Hert became Geuze Mort Subite.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref> | ||
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Today, Mort Subite as a beer is a brand name currently under the Carlsberg & Heineken group since 2007. They produce both traditional oude geuze and oude kriek lambics as well as a line of sweetened products all under the Mort Subite name. | Today, Mort Subite as a beer is a brand name currently under the Carlsberg & Heineken group since 2007. They produce both traditional oude geuze and oude kriek lambics as well as a line of sweetened products all under the Mort Subite name. | ||
The café is now back in the hands of the fourth generation of Vossens, Theophile's great-grandchildren Bernard and Olivier, and is a popular pub serving Mort Subite lambics and other Belgian beers.<ref name= | The café is now back in the hands of the fourth generation of Vossens, Theophile's great-grandchildren Bernard and Olivier, and is a popular pub serving Mort Subite lambics and other Belgian beers.<ref name=MortSubite2> A La Mort Subite, History - http://www.alamortsubite.com/FR/histoire.html (French)</ref> | ||
==Photos== | ==Photos== | ||
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