Belle Vue Brewery

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Brasserie Belle-Vue
Location Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Owner InBev
Year opened 1913
Active Beers
Belle-Vue Framboise lambic
Belle-Vue Gueuze lambic
Belle-Vue Jonge Lambik lambic
Belle-Vue Kriek lambic
Belle-Vue Kriek Extra lambic
Belle-Vue Kriek LA lambic
Belle-Vue Kriek Primeur Extra lambic
Belle-Vue Kriekenlambik lambic
Belle-Vue Oude Lambik lambic
De Neve Gueuze lambic
De Neve Kriek lambic
Jack-Op ale

Belle-Vue Brewery is the name of a Brussels based brewery now owned by InBev, and the brand name of the Belgian lambic beers it produces. The firm was founded in 1913 by Philémon Vandenstock.

Four varieties of spontaneous fermentation beers containing 5.2% ABV are produced: Belle-Vue Gueuze, Kriek, Kriek Extra and Raspberry. It is the best-known brand of Belgian fruit beer though its sweet taste is far from representing that of traditional sour lambics. Belle-Vue's sole traditional product, Selection Lambic, is produced in very limited quantity.

Some people once stole copper from ferments of the brewery in order to sell it on the black market. This happened as the building on the Willebroek channel was no longer in use. Following that incident, the bosses of Belle-Vue decided to use those buildings as a beer museum.