January 11, 2008
Popped in with my wife in 2005 for a quick lambic in this fairly new looking peoples’ pub. Good lambic, served as it should be in a stone mug. De Cam products and also other lambics available. Nice place to visit in quiet Gooik.

January 10, 2008
What would it be like to live in Gooik, where one of the hubs of civic life is a lambic blender whose grounds feature a community center, a museum, and a cafe? Not bad, I would think. The cafe looks old, with its breweriana and clientele, but it feels new and polished. Besides the De Cam lambic and kriekenlambic on cask, gueuze is available, or a tasting of all three. We were unlucky on our visit, as the lambic and gueuze were out the man hadn’t delivered any for more than a month, over the holidays. But they still had the kriek in fine condition, intense and fruitier as it warmed. Nice how they serve it in those old-school earthenware-type mugs. Bottled selections included Boon, Lindemans, Cantillon, Girardin, plus a few Trappists and standards. Most of the old guys were just drinking Jupiler, oh well. Planning to come back for the lambic and to get a tour of those blenders.