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Frank Boon has also been instrumental in keeping the [[Brouwerij_Oud_Beersel|Oud Beersel]] brewery alive. Boon had previously supplied the brewery with malt and hops. In 1996, the bottling line (still in use from 1938) at the Oud Beersel failed and Boon began bottling for them. Starting in 1997, Boon supplied cherries to Oud Beersel for the kriek, and when Oud Beersel closed in 2002, Boon bought the remaining stock and sold it under the Oud Beersel name. By 2005, Oud Beersel had reopened with lambic brewed at Boon, using an old Vandervelden recipe. [[File:BrouwerijBoon-3.jpg|left|thumb|Boon crates]] Today, Oud Beersel lambic is still brewed at Boon, barreled at Oud Beersel, and blended with other lambics, including Boon.<ref name=BoonOudBeersel>Frank Boon, 2004, [http://www.babblebelt.com/bbb_classic/readarc.html?id=1098553776#null|Re: Boon's involvement in Oud Beersel...how long?]</ref> Boon, along with ten other brewers and blenders make up [[HORAL]].

<ref name=HoralBoon>Horal - Boon (Dutch), http://www.horal.be/vereniging/boon-lembeek</ref>

In 2021, Karel and Jos Boon took over the 50% ownership of Diepsteyn Holdings, making the brewery 100% family owned again, shared equally between the both of them.

==Brewing Process==

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 Frank Boon has also been instrumental in keeping the [[Brouwerij_Oud_Beersel|Oud Beersel]] brewery alive. Boon had previously supplied the brewery with malt and hops. In 1996, the bottling line (still in use from 1938) at the Oud Beersel failed and Boon began bottling for them. Starting in 1997, Boon supplied cherries to Oud Beersel for the kriek, and when Oud Beersel closed in 2002, Boon bought the remaining stock and sold it under the Oud Beersel name. By 2005, Oud Beersel had reopened with lambic brewed at Boon, using an old Vandervelden recipe. [[File:BrouwerijBoon-3.jpg|left|thumb|Boon crates]] Today, Oud Beersel lambic is still brewed at Boon, barreled at Oud Beersel, and blended with other lambics, including Boon.<ref name=BoonOudBeersel>Frank Boon, 2004, [http://www.babblebelt.com/bbb_classic/readarc.html?id=1098553776#null|Re: Boon's involvement in Oud Beersel...how long?]</ref>  Boon, along with ten other brewers and blenders make up [[HORAL]].
 <ref name=HoralBoon>Horal - Boon (Dutch), http://www.horal.be/vereniging/boon-lembeek</ref>
+In 2021, Karel and Jos Boon took over the 50% ownership of Diepsteyn Holdings, making the brewery 100% family owned again, shared equally between the both of them.
 ==Brewing Process==