WOFD Vergistingen: Difference between revisions

The blendery was created in 2022 by friends Bram, Steven and Wout in Kortrijk, in the western part of Belgium close to the French border. The actual blending takes place in a warehouse in Dottignies.

The idea for the project came to the group of friends during an evening enjoying beers by skilled blenders at restaurant De Gebrande Winning, right after the first Covid lockdown. When driving home the next day, Bram, Steven and Wout started putting things in motion. They started planning, looking for a space, searching for quality fruits to source as well as lambic, and took two lambic blending courses to make sure they would do things the right way. On May 2022, the first macerations started.

The very first beers were presented to the public in June 2023 during the Carnivale Brettanomyces festival in Amsterdam. The positive feedback received during the event pushed the friends to decide on turning WOFD into an actual company, allowing them to provide beers for as many enthusiasts as possible.

The philosophy behind WOFD Vergistingen is to produce fruity blends that are very refreshing but not too acidic, rather very fruity and easy to drink with the conviction that one should be able to enjoy multiple glasses of their beers on a sunny summer evening. They should remain complex enough to keep sparking interest throughout the entire tasting process. These goals could be reached by using actual fruits, but also herbs or modern hops.

The lambics used in WOFD blends ranges from 1-year-old to 5-year-old and is sourced from various brewers :

The fruits are sourced where they are judged to be at their best at the time they are needed; either from a wholesale supplier or from a farmer directly. The grapes, mainly Pinot Noir and Gamay, are being sourced from a wine domain in the western part of Belgium.