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Jozef Van Bosstraeten is not only Lambiek Fabriek’s master brewer, but he is also a cooper. Lambiek Fabriek finds it important to have an in-house cooper, in order to maintain the barrels and foeders without needing to rely on an external party. Many of the French oak barrels are first-fill barrels coming from the Burgundy region in France, where Lambiek Fabriek has a connection to some winemakers. In 2022, there are about 210 barrels (180 x 400 liter and 30 x 220 liter sizes) across the two warehouses, as well as 12 foeders which originate from Italy and Austria. All foeders were between 30-40 years old at the time of purchase. The 8 smallest foeders have a capacity of 47 hl each, one of 65 hl, and the 3 biggest foeders can contain 70 hl each. The geuze is a blend of lambic aged in 400 L barrels, whereas the fruit lambics are a combination of lambic aged in barrels (of different sizes) and foeders. Some barrels are marked with a capital “B” to indicate that the lambic inside has been made from organic grains. The 100% organic lambic is for instance used in “Natur-Elle” and “Organic & Wild Black-Belle”.

==Side Notes==

The fact that most of the name of their products ends in -Elle ("She" in French) originates from a back and forth while looking for names, which unconsciously kept circling around one thing: feminine nouns. Indeed, the first ideas were "Dame-Jeanne" (in french, a glass carboy or "demijohn" used to ferment small batches are called "Dame-Jeanne"), then "La Force" ("The strength", with a design displaying a woman's arm with bit muscled topped by a demijohn) which is also a feminine nouns. Same thing with Brett (the wild yeast used in lambic) or the first fruit they used (cherry or "une cerise" in french). Looking at this fact, they decided to go all in with building names around "Elle", starting with Bret-Elle, Jart-Elle and Fontan-Elle.

== Beers ==

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 Jozef Van Bosstraeten is not only Lambiek Fabriek’s master brewer, but he is also a cooper. Lambiek Fabriek finds it important to have an in-house cooper, in order to maintain the barrels and foeders without needing to rely on an external party. Many of the French oak barrels are first-fill barrels coming from the Burgundy region in France, where Lambiek Fabriek has a connection to some winemakers. In 2022, there are about 210 barrels (180 x 400 liter and 30 x 220 liter sizes) across the two warehouses, as well as 12 foeders which originate from Italy and Austria. All foeders were between 30-40 years old at the time of purchase. The 8 smallest foeders have a capacity of 47 hl each, one of 65 hl, and the 3 biggest foeders can contain 70 hl each. The geuze is a blend of lambic aged in 400 L barrels, whereas the fruit lambics are a combination of lambic aged in barrels (of different sizes) and foeders. Some barrels are marked with a capital “B” to indicate that the lambic inside has been made from organic grains. The 100% organic lambic is for instance used in “Natur-Elle” and “Organic & Wild Black-Belle”.
+==Side Notes==
+The fact that most of the name of their products ends in -Elle ("She" in French) originates from a back and forth while looking for names, which unconsciously kept circling around one thing: feminine nouns. Indeed, the first ideas were "Dame-Jeanne" (in french, a glass carboy or "demijohn" used to ferment small batches are called "Dame-Jeanne"), then "La Force" ("The strength", with a design displaying a woman's arm with bit muscled topped by a demijohn) which is also a feminine nouns. Same thing with Brett (the wild yeast used in lambic) or the first fruit they used (cherry or "une cerise" in french). Looking at this fact, they decided to go all in with building names around "Elle", starting with Bret-Elle, Jart-Elle and Fontan-Elle.
 == Beers ==