Changes

These laws, while an honest attempt to protect Lambic, did not accomplish the intended goal. Because there were so many competing interests, even among the traditional lambic producers, these resulting laws and decrees had many gaps. First, there was no regional protection. Second, there was no definition surrounding the term Lambic regarding issues like how much of a beer must be spontaneously fermented, or if artificial sweeteners or syrups could be used, or other issues.

While these laws and decrees did not achieve the goals of protecting lambic, that was certainly their intent. A lack of specificity and enforceability in these laws does not indicate that instead, the legal bodies are endorsing non-traditional beers as lambic.