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Toer De Geuze - History



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Six producers of traditional lambic style beer
Boon, De Cam (first edition), De Troch, Drie Fonteinen, Lindemans, Hanssens (second edition), and Timmermans
opened their doors for the first time to the public on

Sunday 19 October 1997

from 10 am. until 5 pm, and a second time on

Sunday 3 October 1999

FIRST EDITION ON 19 OCTOBER 1997

SECOND EDITION ON 3 OCTOBER 1999

THIRD EDITION ON 22 APRIL 2001

FOURTH EDITION ON 27 APRIL 2003

FIFTH TOER DE GEUZE ON 3 APRIL 2005

SIXTH TOER DE GEUZE ON 22 APRIL 2007

SEVENTH TOER DE GEUZE in 2009

Some History

Several activities are organised on this day, guided tours through the breweries, tasting of beer and more.

In 1997 and 1999 a regular busservice was arranged for, every half hour, starting at the railwaystation of Halle. Trains from Brussels (the capital of Belgium and Europe) arrived every half hour. A bus stopped at every participating brewery, about every 30 minutes.
Tickets for the bus could be bought at every stop and they costed about 100 Belgian Francs and then you could use a bus for the entire day.

The first Toer de Geuze 1997 went as follows (in both directions):
Starting at the railwaystation of Halle, however you can start at every point you want, it goes to Lembeek (Boon) - Gooik (De Cam) - Wambeek (De Troch) - Itterbeek (Timmermans) - Vlezenbeek (Lindemans) - Beersel (Drie Fonteinen) and back to the railwaystation of Halle.

General Information

You can do the Toer De Geuze yourself, because there is a brochure which describes the entire tour. If you want to visit a brewery or a blender, contact them in advance.
For more information, you can contact HORAL v.z.w.

HORAL v.z.w.
BROUWERIJ 3 FONTEINEN
Hoogstraat 2A
1650 Beersel
Tel: 02/306.71.03
Fax: 02/305.07.41

or the tourist office of Southwest Brabant:

Gewestelijke VVV Zuidwest Brabant
Grote Markt 1 bus 1
B-1500 Halle
Belgium
tel.: +32 (0)2 356.42.59

You can go to Lambic and Geuze for more information about geuze and other lambic-style beer and to HORAL v.z.w. for more information about HORAL v.z.w. .