I first wrote about The Pannepot Cafe last spring (along with the revelation that Struise would bottle Black Albert). Both the cafe and the beer were delayed for some time with the Cafe project seemingly disappearing altogether. But after remaining silent about the Cafe for much of the past year, Struise finally released word on its website this past week that it will finally open this June. The brewery is only revealing that it will be in Maine though the location is really not a secret (it’s very easy to dig it up but I will leave it at that for now).

The Pannepot Cafe now has a website as well. According to the site, the pub will showcase Belgian-inspired food and beer with over 300 bottle-conditioned ales and over 30 taps. Some of those will come from the brewery’s 7 BBL system. From what I gather, the project is a joint effort between Struise and Ebenezers’ Chris Lively, a partnership that took off with Ebenezers’ Belgian Beer Fest in 2007. The question now is how Struise (or just Urbain) will play a role in the new pub. I can’t imagine them moving from Belgium but anything is possible.

Elsewhere on the Struise front, the brewery printed on its website last month a peculiar message: “our Black Albert artist left the building.” Apparently there was a dispute of some kind with the tattoo artist responsible for the original Black Albert label. While it isn’t clear how this will affect future Black Albert bottlings, the upcoming Cuvee Delphine featured a modified version of the art, and its release will be delayed to late February as a result.

The brewery is looking for new art to feature on the beer bottle prior to releasing it.