The Lefebvre Brewery in Quenast,

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

, Belgium, was founded in 1876 by Jules Lefebvre. It produces a range of beers including ''Barbar'', an 8%

abv Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent). It is defined as the number of millilitres (mL) o ...

strong 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 ...

containing honey, and the ''Floreffe'' brand of

abbey beers Beer in Belgium includes pale ales, lambics, Flemish red ales, sour brown ales, strong ales and stouts. In 2018, there were 304 active breweries in Belgium, including international companies, such as AB InBev, and traditional breweries inclu ...

Brands

The company produces a wide range of brands, including: * ''Hopus'', an 8.3%

. * ''Barbar'', an 8% abv strong pale ale containing honey.

Floreffe

The

Abbey of Floreffe Floreffe Abbey is a former Premonstratensian monastery, the second of the order to be founded, situated in Wallonia on the Sambre at Floreffe, about 11 km southwest of Namur, Belgium. History When Norbert of Xanten, founder of the Premons ...

was founded in 1121. In approximately 1250, a Mill-

brewery A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of be ...

was built within the Abbey. Upon the arrival of the

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in 1794, the Abbey was abandoned by the

monks A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedicat ...

. In 1960 the brewery was restored and run by the commercial brewery

Het Anker brewery Het Anker Brewery is a Flemish brewery in Mechelen, founded in 1471 by a community of Beguines. In 1872, the brewery was acquired by Louis Van Breedam, who renamed it ''Het Anker'' ("The Anchor") in 1904. Expanding its assortment from lager to al ...

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

. In 1983, the Lefebvre Brewery took over production. The ''Floreffe'' range: ''Blonde'', ''Double'', ''Floreffe Triple'' and ''Prima Melior''.

References

External links

Lefebvre's Web SiteAbbey of Floreffe Web site
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