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| − | Founded in Lembeek by | + | Founded in Lembeek by Auguste Cantillon in 1894. Cantillon purchased the Vandezande-Van Roy brewery, located in Lembeek’s Hondzocht district. His sons Emile and Paul Cantillon worked here, Paul left in 1900 to start a lambic blendery in Anderlecht [[Brasserie_Cantillon|(Cantillon Brewery)]]. His brother Emile remained in Lembeek and supplied lambic to Cantillon for blending until WWI. Later in 1937, Paul Cantillon's sons Marcel and Robert began brewing their own lambic in Brussels. A brewery known as [[Brasserie_Du_Dragon|"Brasserie du Dragon"]] was also active in Lembeek during this time, research is underway to find any possible connection. <ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref> <ref name=Delplancq1>[[Les_Brasseurs_du_Lambic:_Données_Historiques_et_Géographiques.|Delplancq, Thierry. Les Brasseries de Lambic, Données Historiques et Géographiques, 1996. pp. 271, 302]]</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:59, 11 November 2015
History
Founded in Lembeek by Auguste Cantillon in 1894. Cantillon purchased the Vandezande-Van Roy brewery, located in Lembeek’s Hondzocht district. His sons Emile and Paul Cantillon worked here, Paul left in 1900 to start a lambic blendery in Anderlecht (Cantillon Brewery). His brother Emile remained in Lembeek and supplied lambic to Cantillon for blending until WWI. Later in 1937, Paul Cantillon's sons Marcel and Robert began brewing their own lambic in Brussels. A brewery known as "Brasserie du Dragon" was also active in Lembeek during this time, research is underway to find any possible connection. [1] [2]
References
Archived Cantillon Fréres listing.
Archived Brasserie du Dragon listing.