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August 16, 2008
Visited 14/6/08. Good beers on sale with, special focus on lambics. Also other Belgian ales (hard tio find). Worth a visit if you are in the area ! Good.

May 18, 2008
Visited 26/4/08. 75-100 beers on sale with, as mentioned below, a serious focus on lambics. Had plenty of good examples from Drie Fonteinen, Oud Beersel, de Cam and Boon amongst others, without stretching as far as the most rare bottles - 3F Doesjel was as interesting as it got. Also had a fair range of other Belgian ales including most of the de Zenne range. Worth a visit if you are in the area.

August 31, 2007
Nice shop if you like lambic. They have most of all the regular stuff and some specials. I bought 3 Fonteinen Hommage and Doesel. But didn’t see any Selection.

April 17, 2007 [ Updated August 17, 2007 ]
Little store with a limited and unusual selection. There are a few common lambics and some classic Belgians but there are also some obscure Belgian micros that I haven’t seen anywhere else. I tried a few of them and unfortunately none of them were any good. So I guess the only reason to visit the shop is to buy a bottle of Belle-Vue Selection Lambic 1999. There were still plenty of them when I was there sept 2006. As far as I know it’s the only place to find it. Little tourist note: Halle is a really cute little city to visit. You can rent a bike in Brussel and get to Halle in less than 1.5 hour. Not only is Halle really cool but the bike ride along the river/canal is also very pleasant. I even did a little detour on my way there and stopped by 3 Fonteinen in Beersel. Very nice way to visit Belgium countryside and please the beer geek in you. Recommended.

August 14, 2006
A nice little shop, worth a stop if you’re in the area, if only for the Belle-Vue Séléction 1999. They also carry most of the basic offerings from Drie Fonteinen, Girardin, Boon, Lindemans (Cuvée René) and Hanssens as well as a few random non lambic-based beers. The store is not dedicated to beer, rather they sell traditional foods and drinks made locally. The prices are quite cheap and the staff friendly though they seemed busy when I visited.

June 28, 2006
Fine selection of lambics ! Some nice rarities (Mort Subite Oude Gueuze, Belle Vue Selection Lambic (!)) available; it’s a must and worth a journey for every fan of fine lambics and gueuzes.

May 11, 2006 [ Updated May 12, 2006 ]
The ambiance here isn’t all that great considering it’s just a small shop off of a main strip in Halle. Seems like a nice little town with tonnes of people milling about (students and others) though I guess that’s because I went through right at around 16h30. Beer selection was very good - lots of lambics that I haven’t seen elsewhere and the prices were the best I have seen anywhere. Belle-vue Selection Lambic (750mL) for only 9.50E from 1999! Also plenty of Girardin and Drie Fonteinen for under 2.50E and sometimes even under 2E. Other Belgian micros are represented as well but the catalogue is by no means extensive. They also had some other products like wines and some food. I’d recommend this place anytime.

March 16, 2006
A lovely place to go, but choice is limited to a good choice of artisanal gueze, lambic and kriek. Very cheap place. As this place is in Halle itself, you have to drive into the city center. Check their website to see what they currently have, as offer seems to be changing from month to month. Always worthwhile to go if you are Lambic-Gueuze fan.

June 28, 2005
I loved this place. No Selection Lambic or Schaarbeekse Kriek whilst I was there unfortunately, but the regular lambics are as cheap as you will ever find them. The people are very nice and friendly and they have a lot of other interesting produce too. Great mattetarten too! They don’t accept VISA (from foreigners at least).

September 27, 2004
Worth a visit for its good selection of lambic beers. Belle Vue selection available! Cheap. Ideal if you don’t have much time and still want to bring home as many lambic beers as possible.