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== Overview ==
Oud Beersel isa traditional lambic brewery whose wort is produced at [[Brouwerij Boon|Boon]] and barreled and blended at the brewery's location in Beersel.They produce a traditional Oude Gueuze, Oude Kriek, and Framboise in addition to releasing their lambiek in 10 liter boxes.Oud Beersel also releases a tripel called Bersalis and a Belgian-style pale ale called Kadet.
== History ==
Oud Beersel is lambic brewery whose roots date back to 1882 in the town of Beersel in Flemish Brabant. According to Van den Steen, Jeromius Hofmans was running a village shop with a café next door that served house-blended lambics by the liter.<ref name=“GeuzeKriek”>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref> Henri Vandervelden, who founded his own brewery, had a son named Egidius who married Hofmans’ daughter thus marrying the café and the brewery under the Vandervelden name for the next four generations until 2002.