At its core, the beer is a blend of 70% De Leite Bon Homme and 30% Oud Beersel Lambic.

At Oud Beersel, we filled two pipes in early March 2021 with Bon Homme and topped them off with 30% Lambic. This blend then aged for 26 months until the barrels were recently emptied and bottled. Our blend is named “Pipes and Barrels".

At Brouwerij De Leite, they followed the same process—filling a barrel with both Bon Homme and Oud Beersel Lambic at the same proportions. Their blend is named “Barrels and Pipes”.

Both beers do an amazing job of showcasing the different effects that different barrels and expertise can have on aging. 

Brewer- owner Luc Vermeersch is fascinated by old handicrafts. It can therefore not come as a surprise that he installed a bread oven and a small brewery in his garden house. He purchased the 30-litre microbrewery in 1997 in Finland. The manufacturer gave him a training course of exactly one weekend. Thanks to much self-study and by making numerous small test batches, both his knowledge of, and his interest for brewing, grew. After 10 years’ brewing experience he enlisted for a brewery course. During his tuition year, he forged plans for a larger brewery and he started purchasing parts of the installation in various places. In April 2008 Brewery De Leite was a fact.