Van Honsebrouck Brewery

Van Honsebrouck is a Belgian brewery in Ingelmunster, Belgium.^[1] Founded in 1865 as Sint-Jozef Brewery, it was renamed to Brewery Van Honsebrouck in 1953.^[2] It is one of two breweries outside of Pajottenland to produce lambic beer.^{[citation needed]}

The location of the brewery's building and the whole village of Ingelmunster were razed in 1695 following hostilities between English, French and Spanish soldiers.^[3] The current building dates back to 1736, and has cellars that date back to the Middle Ages.^[4]

In 1986 the castle was bought by the Van Honsebrouck family. The family have been brewing Ingelmunster beer since 1900.^[4] On 17 September 2001 a fire broke out in the castle that completely destroyed the museum-brewery.^[5]

The brewery is owned and operated by the seventh generation of Van Honsebrouck brewers in Ingelmunster.^[1] The current CEO is Xavier Van Honsebrouck, who took control in 2009.^[2]

Van Honsebrouck produces several different beers, including:

• Kasteel Donker, a dark beer (11% ABV)^[6]
• Kasteel Rouge, a blend of Kasteel Donker and cherry liqueur (8% ABV)^[7]
• Kasteel Tripel, a full-bodied tripel (11% ABV)^[8]
• Kasteel Blond, a blond beer (7% ABV)^[9]
• Kasteel Hoppy, a blond beer with a hoppy flavor, launched in 2013 (6.5% ABV)
• Cuvée du Chateau, which is Kasteel Donker that has been aged for ten years (11% ABV)^[10]
• St Louis , the line of lambic beers with fruit
  • Premium Kriek, a sweet red beer that uses pits of the Oblacinska cherries and is aged 6 months on lambic (3.2% ABV)^[11]
• Fond Tradition, a traditional and unsweetened gueuze
• Brigand, a golden-blond beer (9% ABV)^[12]
• Bacchus, an Old Flemish Brown beer (4.5% ABV)^[13]
• Bacchus Kriekenbier (5.8% ABV) Made with 15% cherries. The 37.5cl bottle has no label, but is instead wrapped in a sheet of printed tissue paper.^[14]
• Passchendaele (5.2% ABV) Belgian Special Blond Ale, brewed in commemoration of the First World War Centenary

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  Kasteel Donker
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  St Louis Premium Kriek
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  Brigand

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck.

• Van Honsebrouck website
• Castle Brewery Van Honsebrouck - History and information about the brewery and brewers in English