The Great Breweries
Quality, craftsmanship and a pioneering spirit are the cornerstones of the history of our family business. These values are also our highest priority today. We offer our consumers top beers so that they can enjoy their beer choices anytime, anywhere in optimal conditions. This constant attention to quality, which has been passed down over more than four generations, seems to be a hereditary trait.
Combined with innovation, entrepreneurship, respect for our planet and the specific contribution of each member of staff, this has yielded a series of fantastic beers. The care bestowed upon this fine collection is in itself a guarantee that present and future generations will perpetuate the tradition and passion for brewing. Duvel, as the brewery’s flagship beer, but also LaChouffe, Vedett, Liefmans, De Koninck, Maredsous,
and the great beers from the American Brewery Ommegang, Boulevard Brewing Company & Firestone Walker proof this every day.
Duvel Moortgat hopes to continue its expansion by further internationalization of its primary brand: Duvel. On top off this the Duvel Moortgat Group aims to diversify to other premium quality brands or to intensify existing efforts towards important export markets.
Bosteels Brewery was founded in the heart of Buggenhout in 1791, and has been brewing continuously in the same location for 224 years.
Bosteels Brewery stands in the small village of Buggenhout. Adjoining the spacious inner courtyard, the handsome and dignified buildings rise up from the ground:
- the former family residence and the old whitewashed towerbrewery.
- The listed brewhouse is built to the designs of the architect Minnaert (Minnaert Theatre, Ghent).
- Currently the Brewery is being directed by Antoine Bosteels ( 7th generation).
Bosteels Brewery is primarily known for its 3 very special craft beers: Pauwel Kwak, Tripel Karmeliet and DeuS Brut des Flandres..
Brouwerij Palm & De Hoorn in Steenhuffel and Brouwerij Rodenbach in Roeselare, whose roots date back to 1706 and 1821 respectively, are true tastemakers of the Belgian beer scene. It is an original brewer of high-fermentation beers under the brand name Palm (Palm, Dobbel Palm, Palm Hop Select, Palm Royale, Palm N.A) and is clearly the market leader in the Benelux countries in the amber beers segment.
Stemming from its passion for the Belgian beer patrimony, it acquired the Rodenbach brewery in 1998, known for its “Flemish Red-Brown” beers of mixed fermentation (Rodenbach, Rodenbach Grand Cru, Rodenbach Vintage, Rodenbach Caractère Rouge and Rodenbach Rosso) and its unique foeder rooms, where the beers mature in oak barrels for two years.
The acquisition of the De Gouden Boom brewery in Bruges in 2001 expanded the range of high-fermentation beers to the connoisseur beers segment with Brugge Tripel and the Steenbrugge abbey beers (Wit/Blanche – Dubbel Bruin – Blond – Abdijbock and Tripel). Rooted in the passion for further innovation, the De Hoorn brewery was reinstalled in 2014 and four ingredient masters were hired. These masters specialise in using herbs, hops, fruit and wood in beer and they expand their historical and scientific knowledge and insight, applying these to the breweries’ product development. The Cornet and Arthur’s Legacy beers were launched from the De Hoorn brewery in 2014.”