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== History == | == History == | ||
Though the strand that connects Brouwerij Boon to the brewing world dates back to the 17th century, the modern history of Brouwerij Boon as a lambic producer starts around 1975, when founder and father of current owners Frank Boon started receiving deliveries of De Vits lambic for a local youth club to which he belonged and where he began experimenting (in the cellar of a bar he was working at on the weekend during his military service) with creating faro and blending the various lambics into geuze. In 1978, he purchased the [[Brasserie R. De Vits | De Vits brewery]] (the brewing activities had stopped and only the blending | Though the strand that connects Brouwerij Boon to the brewing world dates back to the 17th century, the modern history of Brouwerij Boon as a lambic producer starts around 1975, when founder and father of current owners Frank Boon started receiving deliveries of De Vits lambic for a local youth club to which he belonged and where he began experimenting (in the cellar of a bar he was working at on the weekend during his military service) with creating faro and blending the various lambics into geuze. In 1978, he purchased the [[Brasserie R. De Vits | De Vits brewery]] (the brewing activities had stopped and only the blending side of the operations was still happening, by that time Rene De Vits and his sister Jeanne decided to retire).<ref name=LambicLand>Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Siobhan McGinn, [[Books#LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World|LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World]], 2010</ref><ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref> . After taking over the De Vits location, Boon moved the business from Halle to the Hondzocht district of Lembeek.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref> | ||
In order to continue blending lambics and fund his project, Frank Boon also became a beer distributor for local brands, becoming the first in Belgium to offer an assortment of regional specialty beers. By 1982, Boon purchased a bankrupted factory in the center of Lembeek and moved the distributorship onto the site, leaving more room for the blending business at the Hondzocht location. By 1986, the site in the center of Lembeek had become home to an automatic bottling plant, a boiling kettle, and a bottle cellar. It is still owned to this day. | In order to continue blending lambics and fund his project, Frank Boon also became a beer distributor for local brands, becoming the first in Belgium to offer an assortment of regional specialty beers. By 1982, Boon purchased a bankrupted factory in the center of Lembeek and moved the distributorship onto the site, leaving more room for the blending business at the Hondzocht location. By 1986, the site in the center of Lembeek had become home to an automatic bottling plant, a boiling kettle, and a bottle cellar. It is still owned to this day. | ||