High council for artisanal lambik style beers

The High council for artisanal lambik style beers or HORAL (acronym in Dutch for "Hoge raad voor ambachtelijke lambikbieren")) is a council of lambic breweries and lambic blenders.

Goals

The stated goals of HORAL are:
* To promote the the traditional lambic-style beers, like geuze and related beers like kriek, this goes from brewing to serving the beer.
* Point at irregularities concerning these beers. Protect the traditional lambic-style beers with respect to the legislation
* Taking measures to protect the traditional lambic-style beers and the name geuze or gueuze

History

The history of HORAL dates back to 10 January 1997, when six producers of Lambic were invited by Armand Debelder at the 3 Fonteinen in Beersel, together with several members of beer societies. The first members were Frank Boon (Boon), Willem Van Herreweghen (De Cam), Jos Raes (De Troch), Armand Debelder (3 Fonteinen), Dirk Lindemans (Lindemans) and Jacques Van Cutsem (Timmermans).

Members

* Boon
* De Keersmaeker – Mort Subite
* De Troch – Chapeau
* Drie Fonteinen
* Girardin
* Lindemans Brewery
* Oud Beersel
* Timmermans
* De Cam
* Hanssens

ource

* Gregg Glaser, "In Search of Lambic, The World's Oldest Beer Style", All about beer magazine, Volume 22 Number 3, July 2001 Feature
* Jef van den Steen, "Geuze en kriek", Davidsfonds Uitgeverij

External links

* [http://www.horal.be HORAL]
* [http://www.3fonteinen.be/horal.htm Drie Fonteinen]