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The dichotomy between sweetened and unsweetened lambic has been represented for more than 200 years. Until the mid-1800’s, when pressurized barrels enabled beer to move more freely, beer in Belium the Brussels was primarily lambic blended into faro. Traditional faro is lambic that has been sweetened with brown sugar. Drinkers who did not appreciate the tart nature of lambic would add one or two lumps of sugar to make the beer more palatable. A tool called a ‘stoemper’ was often used in lambic to help the sugars dissolve faster. Despite the popularity of faro and sugar sweetening, some lambic drinkers insisted on drinking their lambic “neat”.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref>
This trend has not gone away entirely. In the 1940s and 1950s, the demand for sweetened lambic continued to grow as consumer tastes trended toward the sweeter side of things. During World War II, those brewers who were still able to brew were severely restricted in terms of the quality and quantity of their ingredients. In order to continue producing kriek, many brewers added extra flavorings and colorings to combat the lack of available fruits. With the success of cola and soft drinks, both small and large brewers alike followed this trend by bringing ''capsulekensgeuze '' to the market. <ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref> ''Capsulekensgeuze '' was generally comprised of a blend of lambic and top-fermented beer, was filtered, pasteurized, sweetened, pressurized with CO2 and bottled into 25cl bottles. [[Brasserie_Belle_Vue|Belle Vue ]] and other lambic brewers also began to pasteurize their beers to prevent bottle conditioning and potential bottle explosions as a result of the residual sugars being left in the beers. Filtration also removed many of the bugs and created a cleaner beverage suited for the soda drinker market.
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