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Buren (1992) recounts two stories, one of which he notes is from a long out of print manuscript, of Keizer Karel (better known as King Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and his fondness for lambic, which at the time would have been blended with a younger mars beer to give it a sweeter taste. His reign from 1519-1556 was filled with many travels that included trips through Brussels and Belgium in general. On one such trip he is said to have passed through a pub and demanded to a waitress , “Serve me a lambic!” After several servings of a lambic from a [[Lambic_pitchers_and_other_stoneware|pitcher]] (as much as three liters) a drunk Charles proceeds to accost the blonde waitress finally managing to kiss her backside.<ref name=GeuzeFaroEtKriek>Raymond Buren, [[Books#Gueuze.2C_Faro_et_Kriek|Gueuze, Faro, et Kriek]], 1992</ref>

As early as the 1400s, but certainly by 1559, the specific ratios for brewing what would become known as lambic were already being laid out. A tax collector in the city of Halle had specified that beer brewed in the town should be brewed with a specific ratio of barley to wheat in order to control revenues based on crop harvests. Around the same time, beer, which was always a drink popular with the peasant classpeasantry, was becoming more prominent in Renaissance art. Many believe that the first historical depiction of this stoneware being used for lambic (more specifically Faro) is in Pieter Bruegel's painting ''The Peasant Wedding'' (''Le Repas de noce'', French, ''De boerenbruiloft'', Dutch).<ref name=GeuzeFaroEtKriek>Raymond Buren, [[Books#Gueuze.2C_Faro_et_Kriek|Gueuze, Faro, et Kriek]], 1992</ref> Completed ca. 1567-68, the painting depicts a wedding ceremony in which stone pitchers are used for serving beer to guests.