International Geuze & Kriek Festival

Our traditional lambic beers are unique. Nowhere in the world, except in the Pajottenland and the Senne Valley, one can find such a concentration of breweries which still practice the ancient process of spontaneous fermentation. Lambic and Gueuze are part of the heritage and history of the Pajottenland. The festival aims to promote these beers both at home and abroad, and is also known to draw the attention of the local population on the unique character of these regional products.

The next edition of the International Gueuze & Kriek Festival of the Payottenland, better known as the Night of the Great Thirst, will take place on Friday, April 21st, 2023 in Itterbeek (Dilbeek).

Visitors can savour Lambic, Gueuze, Kriek, Faro, Framboise and numerous other Lambic beers from all producers of the Pajottenland and the Senne Valley will be presented. As was also the case during the previous three editions, attention is also paid to foreign beers, which are also produced according to the process of spontaneous fermentation and with a coolship. These beers are not Lambic beers, but they can be considered as distant cousins ​​of the brews of spontaneous fermentation of the Pajottenland and the Senne Valley.