Belgh Brasse is a

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, in the Abitibi region of Northwestern Quebec, Canada.

History

The business was founded in 1999 by Jean-Louis Marcoux, a Belgian brewmaster, in Amos, Quebec. At the beginning, the business was selling the beer "8". In 2004, Jean-Louis Marcoux, a devoted entrepreneur and beer brewing passionate, brought together some private investors to grow the brewery. In 2007 the business was purchased by Groupe Geloso. In 2011 Belgh Brasse launched a new product, the beer Mons. Following a fire at its Amos location in 2017, the business was relocated to the premises of Groupe Geloso in Laval, Quebec in 2019.

Previous Products

8 Their first product was called "8", a Belgian-style bottle-fermenting beer. This beer is not on the market anymore. Taïga Their second product was the Taïga, a golden ale launched at Christmas 2004. The water for this beer was taken from a local esker; the high quality of this water was one of the reasons for the beer's success. This beer is not on the market anymore.

Current Products

Mons An abbey ale line is called Mons. This is a product line of three abbey ale inspired beers. They have a

white beer Wheat beer is a top-fermented beer which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are German ''Weizenbier'' and Belgian ''witbier''; other types include Lambic (made with wild ye ...

(Abbey Witte), a blonde beer (Abbey Blonde), a dubell (Abbey Dubbel) and a Quadruppel (Abbey Quadruppel). The water used to brew those beers still comes from an esker from Abitibi. The name Mons is inspired by the city of

Mons Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...

, where Jean-Louis Marcoux, the brewmaster was born. This beer already has success in United States and in Canada. La Bittt à Tibbi This is a line of beers the brewer says is inspired by the music and poetry of Raôul Duguay. These each have a boreal forest animal on the label. The original three released were a

Pale Ale Pale ale is a golden to amber coloured beer style brewed with pale malt. The term first appeared around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with high-carbon coke, which resulted in a lighter colour than other beers popular at that time. Diff ...

(Moose); Blond

Lager Lager () is beer which has been brewed and conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. The term "lager" comes from the German for "storage" ...

(Bear); and Kristall Witte (Wolf). Subsequently, three more were added: an India Pale Ale (Arctic Hare);

Red Ale Red ale can refer to two styles of beer which are some shade of red or light brown in hue: * Irish red ale * Flanders red ale Flanders red ale or Flemish red-brown, is a style of sour ale brewed in West Flanders, Belgium. Flanders red ale is f ...

(Fox); and

Pilsner Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (german: Pilsen), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewe ...

(Beaver). By 2022, a

White Beer Wheat beer is a top-fermented beer which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are German ''Weizenbier'' and Belgian ''witbier''; other types include Lambic (made with wild ye ...

(Owl) was added.

Awards

The Mons Abbey Witte beer won a bronze medal in the category Wheat Beer—Belgian Style White/Wit at the Canadian Brewing awards 2012; gold medals in the category in 2016 and 2019; and a silver medal in 2020 in the category Wheat Beer—Belgian-Style Strong Ale Pale/Dark/Specialty.

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