Beer History Storyline
Sour Beer, Lambic, and Gueuze
Trace spontaneous fermentation, blending, regional protection, brewery survival, and the modern renewal of historic sour-beer traditions.
Chronological milestones
Sources and further references are available on each individual event page.
March 27, 1332
Gose Is Documented at Ilsenburg Monastery
1397
Gose Is Documented in Goslar
1680
Berliner Weisse Emerges as a Distinct Berlin Beer Tradition
1787
Lambic Is Documented as “Alembic”
1821
Rodenbach Brewery Is Founded in Roeselare
1824
Gose Brewing Begins at Rittergut Döllnitz
1829
Gueuze Appears in the Written Record
1864
The 3 Fonteinen Tradition Begins in Beersel
1882
Henri Vandervelden Establishes the Brewery Later Known as Oud Beersel
1900s
Gose Becomes Leipzig’s Signature Beer
1900
Cantillon Is Founded in Brussels
1921
Kufferath and Van Laer Isolate Brettanomyces from Lambic
1945
The Rittergut Döllnitz Brewery Is Dismantled
1949
Friedrich Wurzler Revives Gose in Leipzig
1966
Gose Production Ends Again in Leipzig
1978
Brussels Gueuze Museum Opens at Cantillon
1982
Armand Debelder Takes Charge of 3 Fonteinen’s Gueuze Blendery
May 13, 1986
Ohne Bedenken Reopens and Restores Gose to Leipzig
1993
Gose Brewing Returns to Goslar
1997
HORAL Is Founded to Defend Traditional Lambic
October 19, 1997
The First Toer de Geuze Is Held
November 21, 1997
Traditional Lambic and Gueuze Terms Receive European Protection
September 9, 1999
The Döllnitzer Ritterguts Gose Tradition Is Revived
2002
Oud Beersel Closes
November 2005
Gert Christiaens and Roland De Bus Revive Oud Beersel
2015
Omnipollo Introduces Bianca Mango Lassi Gose
2016
Burley Oak Launches the J.R.E.A.M. Sour Series
2016
Great Notion Introduces Blueberry Muffin
2017
Ārpus Brewing Co. Is Founded
October 2018
Funky Fluid Is Founded in Warsaw