Expedition Site 6, Expedition 8, June 10th 2009, Belgium

I saw a series of this place and figured I had to go there... some searching and I found the place, .... and someone to go along during a normal weekday...

 

This brewery has a rich history of making special belgium beers. Build in 1851. It brewed the so called Geuze beer, a very heavy beer. Inside the brewery-offices you can find the remains of the cashregisters, with books which dates back to 1884! The brewery was closed in 1989.

Nice to tell is that after Eylenbosch closed another brewery in the neighborhood was looking for secondhand barrels. In the goods that were left behind they found 160 of them, but... they were not empty.Investigation learned that a beer called Lambiek was inside the barrels, 15 years old! Most of it still tasted very well! 

 

After a good workday I met with someone on site there who knew the way in. After spending about an hour (maybe 2) there I got some shots I wanted. Very nice location and who knows I might go back there for a revisit...