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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Meerts, or Bière de Mars in French, is a low strength beer produced following Lambic production methods. Historically this beer would have been brewed at the same time as Lambic, with the wort coming from the later runnings of a Lambic mash (see also [[Brewing Lambic]]). Meerts is spontaneously fermented and was traditionally blended with Lambic to make Faro<ref name= 'Lacambre 1851'>Lacambre. Traite Complet de le Fabrication des Bières et de la Distillation des Grains, Pommes de Terre, Vins, Betteraves, Mélasses, etc. Tome Premier. 1851 </ref>. While Meerts has almost disappeared, it is still produced by [[Brouwerij Boon]] ([[ | Meerts, or Bière de Mars in French, is a low strength beer produced following Lambic production methods. Historically this beer would have been brewed at the same time as Lambic, with the wort coming from the later runnings of a Lambic mash (see also [[Brewing Lambic]]). Meerts is spontaneously fermented and was traditionally blended with Lambic to make Faro<ref name= 'Lacambre 1851'>Lacambre. Traite Complet de le Fabrication des Bières et de la Distillation des Grains, Pommes de Terre, Vins, Betteraves, Mélasses, etc. Tome Premier. 1851 </ref>. While Meerts has almost disappeared, it is still produced by [[Brouwerij Boon]] ([[Boon Meerts]]) and incorporated into [[Gueuze Tilquin (Draught Version)]], [[Tilquin Faro]], [[Quetsche Tilquin (Draught Version)]] and [[Mûre Tilquin (Draught Version)]] at [[Gueuzerie Tilquin]]. | ||
==Brewing Meerts== | ==Brewing Meerts== |