Belgian federal food agency wanted to shut down Lambic breweries ten years ago
The Night of the Great Thirst event started as an attempt to preserve the spontaneous fermentation method. In 2004, the federal government wanted to close down some of our lambic breweries," says Panneels, “so a group of consumers took an initiative to organize a festival to make a stand against the agency’s actions."
Interesting nugget in a piece on Allagash and its adventures in spontaneous fermentation.
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