Brouwerij Angerik ("Brewery Angerik") is a Belgian

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located in the town of

Dilbeek Dilbeek () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Dilbeek proper, Groot-Bijgaarden, Itterbeek (with Sint-A ...

in the province of

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. They brew

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beers and a

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History

Microbrewery Angerik was founded in 1997 in the Belgian town of

Zellik Zellik is an urbanised town with over 8,000 inhabitants in the municipality of Asse, in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. As a suburb on the northwest edge of Brussels, it is separated from the rest of the agglomeration by the R0 ring roa ...

by the two brothers-in-law Erik De Cuyper and Angelo Buyse. It was more of a hobby that got out of hand than a full-time business. The name Angerik is a contraction of both their first names: Angelo & Erik. They named their ales 'Boerke',

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for peasant. In 2002, the brewery moved to Dilbeek with now only Erik left as brewer. He rebuilt his old auto repair shop into a microbrewery. In 2010, production was reduced to a minimum because it was no longer possible for him to combine the brewery with his main job. Erik only made a few brews a year. At the end of 2015, Brouwerij Angerik took a fresh start when Erik's son Sam De Cuyper took over the business full-time. 'Boerke' was renamed 'Dilleke', a reference to the town of Dilbeek, where it's brewed. In 2017 at the World Beer Awards, the brewery won a gold medal in the category

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with this beer, whose monthly production that time was about 2,000 litres. A pub was also started on the site, which is only open on Saturday afternoons. In 2021 Sam also began brewing

beers in limited volumes under the name 'Cuvée Kluysbosch', referring to the forest nearby the brewery. At the Beer Awards 2023 his Lambic-

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won a gold medal in the category fruit beer. A

called 'Jaak' was added to their assortment of beers in 2024.

Beers

* Dilleke,

* Indian Summer, India pale ale * Hello Darkness,

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* Lady in Red, fruitbeer of

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* Jaak,

Cuvée Kluysbosch

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in bag-in-box (3L) * Lambiek

Islay Whisky Islay single malts are the single malt Scotch whiskies made on Islay ( ) or ''Ìle'' in Gaelic, one of the southernmost of the Inner Hebridean Islands located off the west coast of Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United King ...

Barrel Aged *

Saison Saison ( French, "season," ) is a pale-colored ale that is highly carbonated, dry, fruity, spicy, and often bottle conditioned. It was historically brewed with low alcohol levels, but modern productions of the style have moderate to high leve ...

Apricot Brandy Apricot brandy can refer to a liquor (or Eau de Vie) distilled from fermentation (food), fermented apricot juice or a liqueur made from apricot flesh and Apricot kernel, kernels. One method of production involves using a pound of loaf sugar ...

Barrel Aged * Lambiek -

* Lambiek - Framboos (Eng:

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) * Lambiek - Vijgen (Eng:

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Photo gallery

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Lambiek-Vijgen

References

---- * , ''Bieren en Brouwerijen van België'', 2009, (in Dutch)

External link

* (Dutch only) {{Lambic Breweries of Flanders Companies based in Flemish Brabant 1997 establishments in Belgium