Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste (Bockor)

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History

Founded in 1892, Bockor began as a family brewery, and is currently in the 4th generation of family ownership. Records show that it was a brewery since at least 1869. In 1938, the name Bockor was adopted.

Following the initiative of Van Honsebrouck in 1958, Bockor followed suit in 1970 to produce a filtered an sweetened product, Gueuze Lambic Jacobins. The name Jacobins refers to a a famous monastery, the hospice Saint Jacques, built in 1218 to house traveling pilgrims. The connection to Bockor is that the owner during World War I briefly stayed at Rue des Jacobins in Paris, and therefore got the name for his beers. During the French Revolution, revolutionaries met on this street in October 1789 when the government was moved to Paris.

Until 1981, Bockor purchased lambic wort from Heyvaert in Asse, when it ceased production. After that, Bockor brewed it's own lambic to produce Jacobins Gueuze.

Beers

• Gueuze Jacobins
• Kriek Jacobins
• Kriek Max
• Framboise Max
• Passion Max
• Rosé Max