Belgian Craft Drinks

WE CRAFT
A NEW GENERATION
OF SOFT DRINKS

Tasty, natural Belgian soft drinks!

Belgium is world famous for its chocolate, its beers, its waffles. But there is more …

Belgian Craft Drinks would like to present you some delicious Belgian-made soft drinks. Meet Simone a soif, Ferm and Ritchie! Belgian craft, natural ingredients and real taste.

The Belgians love their soft drinks. In 2018, we each consumed on average 124 liters per year which represents a can per person per day.

However, the soft drinks market in Belgium is almost completely monopolized by the American soft drink giants, therefore consumer choice is usually limited to the brands of these giants.

Recently, like in several European countries, Belgian consumers see more and more artisanal, natural soft drinks appearing in trendy catering establishments. Please meet our cool Belgian soft drinks: Ferm, Ritchie, Simone a Soif,…

With our national motto in mind “Unity makes Power”, they would like to propose www.BelgianCraftDrinks.be: a platform where all information about the better Belgian soft drinks can be found.

All brands on www.BelgianCraftDrinks.be are Belgian. The products are only made with natural ingredients. Each brand has its own unique story.

The brands

The fifties…
…a time of fun and innocence. Brigitte Bardot, doo-wop, hulahoops and……Ritchie; delicious, home-style lemonade. Ritchie first appeared on the market in the 1950s and was originally made at the Tielemans brewery in Aarschot. In 1969 production moved to the Verlinden family brewery in Lubbeek. In 1979 production of Ritchie was stopped, the brewery was closed in the early 90s. Now, after a 22-year career as a marketer, Jan Verlinden decided to follow his heart and breathe new life into Ritchie, the favourite lemonade from his childhood, his family’s lemonade.
Ritchie lemonade is based on the original family recipe, but with a twist. It is a deliciously sparkling lemonade with 100% natural ingredients (without preservatives) and is sweetened with cane sugar.

Since 2016 Simone a soif! has been producing natural organic lemonades based on pressed fruits and hydrolats (plants distilled by steam), without added sugars, sweeteners or additives. Agnès Bonfond and Alexandre van der Vaeren, among the 3 co-founders, run the company.

The range consists of 7 surprising flavours: Apple + Geranium, Cucumber + Mint, Strawberry + Lemon balm, Pear + Immortelle, Cherry + Hop, Rhubarb + Lavender, Lemon + Mint.

Available in 33cl glass bottles (non sparkling) and 25cl cans (finely sparkling).

You can find Simone a soif! at Delhaize, Färm, Bioplanet, Aveve or on the online sites Kazidomi and Efarmz as well as in many shops, bars and restaurants in Belgium.

Be curious!

Are you tired of looking for a healthy drink and ending up with bottles of water? Have you been thinking of starting that green tea habit for the past decade? Does your stomach turn at the thought of alcohol free beer?

Well, we’re happy to put you out of your misery!

Presenting a low caloric, fermented green and black tea called Ferm Kombucha. It’s tangy , sparkly & fruity flavours will blow, you, away.

Pomton^® is a Belgian drink created out of a well-known tradition where grapefruit juice and tonic are mixed in one drinking glass.

As longtime lovers of this tradition, Nathan & Kim, two Antwerp natives, noticed that it is made in (too) many different ways: if people order pomton they never know which taste, colour and/or price they will get.

Pomton^®’s goal is to offer a premium thirst quencher that is consistent in taste, colour and price.

How to create a natural gourmet drink that is much less sweet than other drinks? With this idea in mind, Laurent and Jeffrey created a fruity refreshment that is suitable for both children and adults and that is above all good for the health.

frOui is a blend of dried fruits and herbs infused with fruit juice. When you drink frOui, you will taste delicious flavors produced in Belgium from natural and organic ingredients without any additives. What will you taste first among our Peach, Red Fruits, Lemon and Hibiscus flavors?