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During the late 1980’s up through the new millennium, the brewery continued to invest in new equipment, training for Louis's two sons Jan and Paul, and between 1990 and 1993, a new brewing hall with more new-to-the-brewery equipment. Brewing has never ceased at Girardin, even during expansion and renovation, and now includes a lager-style beer called Ulricher. The brewery is currently under its fourth generation of ownership by the Girardin family after the sudden death of Louis Girardin in September of 2000. The current generation, Louis’ daughter Marina along with Jan and Paul, joined the business after finishing school. Sadly, Jan Girardin, who was the delivery/supply manager for the brewery, passed away in August 2012.
With the resurgence of lambic culture in Belgium, Brouwerj Girardin has been able to get back to its roots by bottling and distributing its beer as well as supplying wort to other blenders. Girardin is a main supplier of wort to lambic blenders, including [[Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen|3 Fonteinen]], [[De_Cam_Geuzestekerij|De Cam]], and [[Hanssens_Artisanaal_bvba|Hannsens]] as well as many private consumers and experimental blenders, including [[Neill and Ross|Neill and Ross]] who blended Girardin lambic with blackberries to produce [[Shot in the DarkNeill_and_Ross|Shot in the Dark]]. Armand Debelder of 3 Fonteinen has been quoted as referring to Girardin as the ''Chateau d’Yquem'' of lambic producers, considering it to have some of the greatest “lasting properties” of lambics available for blending.<ref name=WildBrews>Jeff Sparrow, [[Books#Wild Brews: Culture and Craftsmanship in the Belgian Tradition|Wild Brews: Culture and Craftsmanship in the Belgian Tradition]], 2005</ref> The brewery joined [[HORAL]] in 2004.<ref name=HoralGirardin)>Horal - Girardin (Dutch), http://www.horal.be/vereniging</ref> The future seems to be bright for the brewery. A potential fifth generation, three daughters and one son all born to Paul Girardin<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref>, may someday carry on the Girardin name in the lambic world.
==Brewing Process==