Brasserie Eylenbosch
History
Eylenbosch was founded 1894 in Schepdaal, by Emile Eylenbosch who was also the town mayor. It had been an existing brewery site since 1851.[1] In 1989, Eylenbosch was acquired by De Keersmaeker which in turn was taken over by Mort Subite (Alken-Maes) in the same year. The Eylenbosch brewery was used as a storage site by Mort Subite until 1991, which allowed them to expand their annual production to 60,000 hectoliters.[2] It was abandoned by Mort Subite after 2001, and was a derelict site popular with urban explorers. 3 As of spring 2018, renovations are underway to convert the brewery buildings at Ninoofsesteenweg 774-778 into a 55-unit apartment complex. The project is expected to be completed by 2021.[3]
Beers
The following beers were produced at one time under the Eylenbosch name.[4] There are likely duplicate entries based on slight language differences. Every effort has been made to present as complete a list as possible for further research purposes.
Gueuze
- Extra Gueuze
- Eylenbosch Gueuze Lambic
- Festival Gueuze 1985
- Festival Supergueuze
- Gueuze Cuvée Spéciale
- Gueuze Em. Eylenbosch Rodea
- Gueuze Extra
- Gueuze Eylenbosch
- Gueuze Lambic Spanik Eylenbosch
- Gueuze Oud Brussel
- Gueuze Rodea
- Oud Brussel Gueuze
- Spanik Gueuze
Fruit
- Eylenbosch Druivenbier
- Eylenbosch Kriek Lambic
- Framboise Eylenbosch Cuvée Spéciale
- Framboise/Frambozen Lambic
- Eylenbosch Frater Ambrosius
- Gueuze Framboisée Des Ardennes
- Kriek Eylenbosch
- Kriek Eylenbosch Rodea
- Kriek Lambic Eylenbosch Cuvée Spéciale
- Krieken Lambic
- Pêche Eylenbosch
- Pêche Lambic Eylenbosch Cuvée Spéciale
Faro
- Eylenbosch Faro
- Eylenbosch Ordre du Faro
- Faro Extra
- Faro Extra Spanik
Lambic
Other / Unknown
- Christmas
- Comic Relief Red Beer
- Paling
- Rodea
Breweriana
References
- ↑ [1]Architectural site history
- ↑ Jef Van den Steen, Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer, 2012
- ↑ [2]Persinfo.org article, "Eylenbosch Brewery: Renovation Starts In Spring 2018", 11-21-2017.
- ↑ Proud2b Belgian (archived site)- https://web.archive.org/web/20050305201410/http://home.tiscali.be/proud2b/breweries.htm