Join me as I discuss the Belgian lambic breweries of Cantillon and 3-Fonteinen with film director Jerry Franck. Jerry is the director of the upcoming movie Bottle Conditioned, a feature-length documentary about Lambic beer. He will share with us rare footage inside these amazing breweries and how they produce these unique farm-to-table beers.
What You Will Learn:
Each brewery's coolship
Why seasons are critical
How sustainable farming is important
Lambic in the current landscape of beer
Commercial Calibration Beers: (online tasting)
Boon Oude Gueuze (Black Label)
3 Fonteinen Oude Gueuze
Question and Answer: Jerry will answer your questions in the second half of the event.
Comments from previous events:
Dennis "This was phenomenal. THANK YOU!"
Lou: "great presentation Doug. Both educational and entertaining. I've learned a lot on a style I love!"
Rodney: "Thank you very much. Super informative. Cheers!"
Jerry Franck:
Originally from Luxembourg, Jerry moved to the United States to pursue a career in filmmaking. After a semester at New York Film Academy, he moved to Los Angeles, where he attended and graduated from Columbia College Hollywood with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film Production. Since then Jerry has worked on over 300+ different productions.
In 2012, Jerry began a close working relationship with filmmaker Courtney Marsh. Together their films have screened in festivals worldwide and have received numerous awards. Jerry and Courtney’s documentary collaboration Chau, Beyond the Lines, earned them both an Academy Award® Nomination in 2016. Since then, Jerry has licensed the film to Netflix, Al Jazeera English, The Atlantic, as well as numerous universities for educational purposes. In addition to a theatrical release in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., the documentary also screened for the United States Senate and the United Nations in New York City. Furthermore, Jerry has extensive knowledge of craft beer and has been a long-time connoisseur of artful beer production.
