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== Overview ==
Brasserie Belle-Vue isand industrial sized brewery located in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw just outside of the Brussels Capital Region. Currently under the AB-InBev umbrella, Brasserie-Belle Vue no longer produces strictly traditional lambics and has not for some time..
== History ==
Brasserie Belle-Vue has a long and sometimes controversial history of innovation, takeover, and survival among the lambic brewers and blenders it was founded in 1913 by a café blender by the name of Philémon Vandenstock (1886 – 1945). The owner of a bar in Brussels, Vandenstock along with his wife, bought wort from various lambic breweries in the city and began blending ''fondgeuze'' for the establishment. Shortly after they began their blending business World War I broke out leaving few resources to continue. Finally in 1927 the Belle-Vue Café in Anderlecht became available. Vandenstock purchased the building as an outlet for his lambics serving five other cafes in the area while also selling directly to customers. From 1927 onward, the blendery would market itself under the Belle-Vue name with a mention to Ph. Vandenstock usually visible somewhere on the branding <ref name=“GeuzeKriek”>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref>.