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The board members of HORAL mainly consist of brewers and blenders along with other non-brewers.
*Armand DebelderFrank Boon, [[Brouwerij_3_FonteinenBrouwerij_Boon|3 FonteinenBoon]], chairman*Frank BoonArmand Debelder, [[Brouwerij_BoonBrouwerij_3_Fonteinen|Boon3 Fonteinen]],
*Gert Christiaens, [[Brouwerij_Oud_Beersel|Oud Beersel]]
*Joost De Four, [[De_Heeren_van_Liedekercke|De Heeren van Liedekercke]], treasurer
==History==
In January of 1997, at the insistence of 3 Fonteinen's Armand Debelder, HORAL formally established themselves with its original members: 3 Fonteinen, Boon, De Cam (then owned by Willem Van Herreweghen), De Troch, Lindemans, and Timmermans. The impetus to creating the group, to promote and protect lambic beers in the face of continued decline, drove the HORAL members to organize the first [[Toer_de_Geuze|Toer de Geuze]] on October 19, 1997. Toer de Geuze has been held every other year since then, with the most recent being in 20132015. The most recent addition to the council is Pierre Tilquin, owner and blender at Gueuzerie Tilquin, who joined in 2012.<ref name = HORALAssosciation> HORAL - Association, Members, and History, http://www.horal.be/vereniging (Dutch)</ref> On April 2, 2015, Frank Boon took over the chairmanship of the organization replacing Armand Debelder.
==Lambic Academy==
On December 2, 2014 HORAL sponsored a seminar called the Lambic Academy in which participants could sign up to learn the basics about lambic from its history and ingredients to serving, smelling, and tasting lambic beers. Among the speakers were Armand De Belder of 3 Fonteinen.<Ref name=HORALAcademy> HORAL - Lambic Academy, http://horal.be/lambiek-academie (Dutch)</ref>On May 18, 2015, HORAL sponsored an English-language Lambic Academy.
==HORAL's Stance on Legal Protection of Terms==