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[[List_of_Closed_Lambic_Breweries_and_Blenders|←List of Closed Lambic Breweries and Blenders]][[File:LabelBoonMoriauGueuzeMoriau_sign.jpg|300px|right|300px|Moriau label (Boon)Gueuze - Kriek sign.]]
==History==
Moriau was a lambic blendery founded in 1880 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw by Johannes Moriau in Sint1880. 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-Pieters1956, 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-Leeuw, BEgids. It txt]</ref> Officially it closed officially in 1983, but still operated sporadically until 1993 after 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, in 2013. They were known for serving an exclusive their own blended Kriek with cherries from the local marketin 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 Brouwerij 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.<ref name=MoriauHistory>Moriau site history It is still the house geuze at [httphttps://goobit.glly/MkOyEk2SUY7oo In de Oude Smis van Mekingen]</ref>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><ref name=MoriauArticle3>[https://bit.ly/2AHVteP Article about Herberg Moriau history.]</ref><ref name=MoriauArticle4>[http://www.geuzemoriau.be Promotional website.]</ref>
==Beers==
* [[Geuze Moriau Oude-Vieille |Geuze Moriau Oude-Vieille]]
* Moriau Framboos
* [[Moriau Gueuze Geuze]]
* Moriau Geuze Oude Vieille
* Moriau Kriek
==References==
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[[Category: Lambic Breweries and Blenders (Closed)]]