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== Serving Lambic==
[[File:LambicOptVat.jpg|thumb|left|Cask lambic at Hanssens, Toer de Geuze 2013]] Lambic has tradtionally been served in a number of ways including directly from wooden casks, to bottles, to modern day draught systems. The various methods of serving lambic can often coincide with the equipment and vessels used to serve the beer, and many of the traditions and methods employed to serve lambic have remained relatively unchanged since the 19th century. [[File:LambicOptVat.jpg|thumb|left|Cask lambic at Hanssens, Toer de Geuze 2013]]
===Casks===
===Lambic Pitchers and Other Stoneware===
''Main article: [[Lambic pitchers and other stoneware]]''<br>
Many lambic drinkers are familiar with the blueish-gray hued clay pitchers that many lambic breweries use to serve their beers. Their history dates back to the 16th century. Many believe that the first historical depiction of this stoneware being used for lambic (more specifically faro) is in Pieter Bruegel's painting ''The Peasant Wedding'' (''Le Repas de noce'', French, ''De boerenbruiloft'', Dutch).<ref name=GeuzeFaroEtKriek>Raymond Buren, [[Books#Gueuze.2C_Faro_et_Kriek|Gueuze, Faro, et Kriek]], 1992</ref> Through the years, many lambic brewers and blenders as well as cafés have produced a number of branded and unique pitchers.