The Lambic Summit 2010

On June 9, 2010, Frank Boon, Jean van Roy, and Armand Debelder came together for the first time ever in a public panel to discuss lambic. The event lasted approximately 3 hours. The videos below, provided by the The Shelton Brothers, cover a majority of the event.

Part 1

Dan Shelton introduces the Lambic Summit and talks about it coming together. He provides an overview of spontaneous fermentation, the payottenland, and lambic.

Part 2

Armand discusses meeting Michael Jackson. He introduces the 1999 Drie Fonteinen / De Cam Oude Geuze blend that is served. He then introduces himself and discusses growing up in a lambic brewery. He discusses history of the brewery, his start as a blender, and the future of being involved in lambic.

Part 3

Dan Shelton introduces Frank Boon and talks about how they met, their relationship including their early disagreements, and Frank’s strong scientific study of lambic. Frank introduces the Boon brewery, discusses it’s history and brewing capacity and introduces the Boon Oude Geuze that they are currently drinking.

Part 8

• Armand Debelder discusses J&J Blauw
• Jean Van Roy discusses HORAL

Part 9

• Frank Boon discusses the tradition of sweetened kriek and other sweetened lambics