140 km | 169 km-effort
La Grusalle, a gooseberry liqueur (Grusalle is Walloon dialect for gooseberry) is another local delicacy proving that in Rochefort, traditions of the past are kept very much alive. A long time ago, on the third weekend of June, the Rochefort mothers celebrated the summer at the foot of the castle ruins, while the forefathers of the founders of the Grusalle guild would organize festivities celebrating the gooseberry. Nowadays, the tradition is perpetuated by the ‘Confrérie de la Grusalle et de la Trappiste de Rochefort’ (the Gourmet Guild of the Grusalle and the Rochefort Trappist). The guild, which was founded in 1981, keeps these quaint and gastronomic traditions alive far beyond the city walls. The secret Grusalle recipe was created on 18 June 1982 by the guild, and is made with the very best gooseberries picked from rolling hillsides bearing evocative names like La Fayette, Lorette, Beauregard…and bottled in la Golette.
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