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=== Faro === [[File:Lindemans - Faro + bottle.png|thumb|A glass and bottle of Lindemans Faro]] Historically, {{Ill|Faro (beer)|lt=faro|wa|Faro (bire)}} is a low-alcohol, sweetened beer made from a blend of lambic and a much lighter, freshly brewed beer to which [[brown sugar]] (or sometimes [[caramel]] or [[molasses]]) was added. The fresh beer was referred to as ''meertsbier'', and was not necessarily a lambic.<ref>{{cite book| title= Michael Jackson's Beer Companion| first= Michael |last= Jackson| publisher= Mitchell Beazley|year=1993 |isbn= 9781857321814}}</ref> Sometimes herbs were added as well. The use of ''meertsbier'' (or water) and of substandard lambic in the blend made this a cheap, light, sweet drink for everyday consumption. The 19th-century French poet [[Charles Baudelaire]] commented on faro's disagreeable aftertaste in saying, "It's beer that you drink twice", believing that the faro in [[Brussels]] was brewed from the waters of a river (the [[Senne River|Senne]] or [[Zenne]]) that was also used as a [[sanitary sewer|sewer]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8i33BpBn0oC&q=Charles+Baudelaire+faro&pg=PA382|title=The Flowers of Evil |page=382 |first= Charles| last= Baudelaire |year=1993 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn= 978-0-19-283545-1}}</ref> The sugar was originally added shortly before serving, so does not add carbonation or alcohol to the beverage, as the sugar did not have the time to ferment. Modern faro beer is still characterized by the use of brown sugar and lambic, but is not always a light beer. The use of'' meertsbier'' has disappeared, and modern faro is not viewed as cheap or light. Today, faro is bottled, sweetened, and pasteurized to prevent refermentation in the bottle. Examples are produced by [[Cantillon Brewery|Cantillon]], [[Boon Brewery|Boon]], [[Oud Beersel]], [[Lindemans Brewery|Lindemans]] or [[Mort Subite]].
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