As a young man, Frank Boon fell under the spell of the beer style Oude Geuze. It became his ambition to take over ‘geuzestekerij René De Vits’ in Lembeek, that had no successors. In 1975 Frank started in a cellar…

In 1830 Carolus Strubbe left his hometown Tielt and moved to Ichtegem. During the summer you would find him on the field, in winter he worked on the malt floor with his stirring barrel. Today, seven generations later, the Strubbe family is still owner of the brewery.

We hope that when you are in a pub, you are having too much fun to look down at your bottle. However, if you have a moment to spare, take a peek. Your bottle can tell you a lot. When counting your empty ones for instance, you will know how long you have been sitting at the bar and you can even calculate how much the bill will be.