Brouwerij De Troch
Wambeek, 1741 Wambeek (Ternat)
A farm brewery at Wambeek whose brewing records reach back to roughly 1795, making it a strong claimant to the title of oldest working lambic brewery, known abroad for its Chapeau fruit lambics.
8 other breweries within 25 km. Nearest is Brouwerij Girardin, 5 km.
Lambic is the oldest surviving brewing method in the western world, and it is made almost nowhere else on earth.
- No yeast addedFermented by wild microflora carried on the open air.
- Senne valleyOnly the air of this one river valley reliably works.
- Aged in oakMatured in barrels for months or years before blending.
The story of De Troch
Brewing at this Wambeek farm goes back to at least 1795, when the De Troch family bought the farm and its outbuildings, which makes it a strong claimant to the title of oldest working lambic brewery. Abroad it is best known for the sweetened Chapeau fruit lambics, which rather obscures the traditional oude gueuze it still makes.
The brewery has been on the same site for well over two centuries, through a tangle of family inheritances and land purchases.
1 beer in our cellar
De Troch Oude Gueuze Cuvée
Gueuze · 5.5% ABVFrom a farm brewery at Wambeek whose brewing records run back to roughly 1795, which makes De Troch a strong claimant to the title of oldest lambic brewery still working. The Cuvée is its traditional unsweetened gueuze, a world away from the Chapeau fruit lambics the brewery is better known for abroad.
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