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==History==
Moriau was a lambic blendery founded by Johannes Moriau in 1880, in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium. Johannes' son Leopold took over the business from 1920 until 1956, when it passed to his sons Jan and Pierre. At the height of production in 1958, Moriau produced 96,000 bottles a month. In the early days, lambic was sourced from Van Haelen, Van Lierde, De Neve and Eylenbosch.<ref name=Wiels>Piet Sierens, Wiels.nl. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160330124303/https://www.wiels.nl/Opa-gids.txt]</ref> Officially it closed in 1983, but was still operated sporadically until 1993 by 4th generation blender Jos Moriau, Jan's son. It stopped because they could no longer source De Neve lambic for blending <ref name=JorisP> "A Letter From Belgium", Joris Pattyn [http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer-News/Article-339.htm] </ref>. The family café Herberg Moriau was founded in 1943, and closed in 2013 after 70 years in business. They were known for serving their own blended Kriek with cherries from the local market in Sint-Truiden. <ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012, Page 47</ref> [[Moriau Geuze | Moriau Geuze]] is still produced by [[Brouwerij Boon | Frank Boon]], and previously by [[Brasserie De Neve | De Neve]], presumably until the brewery closed in 1994. It is still the house geuze at [https://bit.ly/2SUY7oo In de Oude Smis van Mekingen] in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.
<ref name=MoriauArticle>Translated article about Moriau cafe's closing in March 2013. [[File:Herberg_Moriau.pdf]]</ref>
<ref name=MoriauArticle2>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140705175609/http://allaboutbeer.com/article/lambic-country/2/ All About Beer article] mentioning Moriau Geuze at In de Oude Smis van Mekingen.</ref>