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Eylenbosch comes back to life in 2019 after almost 30 years of hibernation. The Eylenbosch brewery, which was founded by Emile Eylenbosch in Schepdaal in 1886, developed into one of the most important producers of lambic and gueuze over the course of the last century and reached its absolute peak at the 1958 world exhibition. From then on, however, lambic beer kept losing became more popular and was pushed out by industrial pilsner beers. Eventually, Eylenbosch also closed down and ceased production in the early 1990s. The Eylenbosch brewery is coming back to life in 2019 after almost 30 years of hibernation. The Eylenbosch brewery, which was founded by Emile Eylenbosch in Schepdaal in 1886, developed into one of the most important producers of lambic and gueuze over the course of the last century and reached its absolute peak at the 1958 world exhibition. From then on, however, lambic beers kept losing became more popular and were pushed out by industrial pilsner beers. At the beginning of the 1990s, Eylenbosch finally stopped production. Luckily, this was not to be the end of this historically significant brewery. In 2019, after overcoming a number of other challenges, Erik De Keersmaker decided to refocus his energy on his passion. De Keersmaker, fifth generation of a Kobbegem brewing dynasty, is reviving Eylenbosch and its iconic beers, working with a young brewer, Klaas Vanderpoorten, and his college friend Jeroen Lettens. The new brewery Eylenbosch is committed to tradition and authenticity and wants to brew its lambic beer according to traditional methods and recipes.
