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Lebeau ascertained that the problem was originating in the coolship which was too small and too deep, and that it could not handle the amount of wort being pumped into it. To combat this problem, he began to divide the batches in two and pump half into a steel tank which was filled with environmental air. When analysis showed that the batches pumped into the tank picked up as much wild yeast to initiate fermentation, the coolship was eventually retired all together.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref>
When the Alken-Maes group was taken over by Scottish & New Castle André decided it was time to sell his share in the brewery and move on. Thus, the [[Brasserie De Keersmaeker | De Keersmaeker]] name was out of the brewing business. When Marcel Lebeau moved on, Bruno Reinders moved into the production manager position and shepherded the Mort Subite through a renovation and revamping under Scottish & New Castle. The company invested more than ne one million Euros in the brewery. In 2000, Mort Subite made the jump into sweetened lambic by introducing a sweetened kriek followed by a framboise and a peach lambic (made only for Canada<ref name=LambicLand>Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Siobhan McGinn, [[Books#LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World|LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World]], 2010</ref>). By 2005 they had introduced the Mort Subite Xtreme line, a watered down young lambic/fruit juice concoction.<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref>
In 2007, Mort Subite reinroduced the Oude Kriek again, followed by a new push for the Oude Geuze. In 2008 the Alken-Maes name was passed over to Heineken who continued the investment in the Mort Subite name with Bruno Reinders still at the helm of production. Currently, the Mort Subite Oude Geuze and Oude Kriek are bottled at [[Brouwerij_Boon|Boon]]. Mort Subite is also a member of [[HORAL]].<ref name=GeuzeKriek>Jef Van den Steen, [[Books#Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer|Geuze & Kriek: The Secret of Lambic Beer]], 2012</ref> <ref name=HoralMortSubite>http://www.horal.be/vereniging/mort-subite-kobbegem Horal - Mort Subite (Dutch)</ref>