Background

The Slaperke fruit gin is a product of Natuurpunt Limburg, Belgium developed by the Jenever distillery ‘t Stookkot’. It is a fruit gin distilled with blackberries. Related to multiple Natura 2000 sites, the Slaperke contributes to the conservation of the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus). Natura 2000 sites are the forests and grasslands of Haspengouw, located in the southern part of the Limburg province.

Product price

Half a liter of the Slaperke fruit gin costs €24,-  a bottle and 0,2 liter costs €12,-.

Website

http://www.natuurpuntlimburg.be/Braambesjenevers (in Dutch)

Background

The Lookvoske fruit gin is a product of Natuurpunt Limburg, Belgium developed by the Jenever distillery ‘t Stookkot’. It is a fruit gin distilled with blackberries. Related to multiple Natura 2000 sites, ‘t Lookvoske contributes to the conservation of the European tree frog (Hyla arboreal). Natura 2000 sites are the Jeker valley, upper part of the Demer valley, de Maten, valleys of the Laambeek, Zonderikbeek, Slangebeek and Roosterbeek, Itterbeek met Brand, Jagersborg and Schootsheide, and Bergerven, the river forelands of the Meuse with Vijverbroek, the Bosbeek valley and the bordering forest and heather areas in As-Opglabeek-Maaseik.

Product price

Half a liter of the Lookvoske fruit gin costs €24,-  a bottle and 0,2 liter costs €12,-.

Website

http://www.natuurpuntlimburg.be/Braambesjenevers (in Dutch)

Background

Gageleer is the first modern Belgian beer to trace its roots back to the historical herb beers. It started in 1980, when the founders of the company wanted to know what a medieval beer tasted like. The main ingredient of these old beers is bog myrtle, in Dutch ‘gagel’ (hence its name), found in moorlands.

In 1997 the Gageleer cooperative was founded with the goal of marketing Gageleer to fund the purchase and conservation of nature reserves in the Belgian Campine area. All profits of sales go to nature preservation – to protect the landscapes where the ‘gagel’ grows. Gageleer is a certified organic beer, with bog myrtle from nature, and locally grown barley from fully organic agriculture.

Product price

A bottle of 33 cl costs €2,25. For ordering, go to the webshop.

Website

www.gageleer.be

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