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==History==
Moriau was a lambic blendery founded in 1880, in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw by Johannes Moriau. Moriau originally was a brickmaker, who began working as a brewer at Brouwerij Merlo in Uccle. He was more interested in the beer trade, so he built his own warehouse for a blendery. Johannes' son Leopold later took over the business, from 1920-1956, then it was passed to his sons Jan and Pierre. At the height of production in 1958, Moriau produced 96,000 bottles a month, with the help of 15 seasonal employees. 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 today by [[Brouwerij Boon | Frank Boon]], and previously . Previously it was produced by [[Brasserie De Neve | De Neve]]until 1994, presumably until when the brewery was purchased and closed in 1994by Inbev. It is still the house geuze at [https://bit.ly/2SUY7oo In de Oude Smis van Mekingen] in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. A local beverage distributor, Drankenservice Schoentjes, currently owns the brand and handles distribution.
<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>