Brasserie de la Senne is a brewery in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Belgium, named for the river
Senne Senne may refer to:
Places
* Senne (Germany), a natural region of Germany
*Senne, a district of Bielefeld, Germany
*Senne (river), a river of Belgium
* Senné (disambiguation), places in Slovakia
People with the name
* Yōkō Senne, a 13th-cent ...
which flows through the city.
History
''De La Senne'' is the initiative of Bernard Leboucq and Yvan De Baets. Leboucq set up the St. Peter's Brewery in the former lambic brewery Moriau in
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (; french: Leeuw-Saint-Pierre) is a Dutch-speaking municipality of Belgium located in the province of Flemish Brabant ( Flemish Region).
The municipality comprises the towns of Oudenaken, Ruisbroek, Sint-Laureins-Berchem, S ...
in 2003. He moved on to create Zinnebir, named after the
Zinneke Parade
The Zinneke Parade is a biennial parade held in the City of Brussels, Belgium, since 2000. It is a cultural event organised by the Zinneke Association, which brings together at each edition about 1500 participants. A different theme is chosen for ...
. De Baets worked at Brouwerij De Ranke in Dottignies/Dottenijs. The two decided to start a brewery together in 2006. As the building in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw was no longer available, they brewed provisionally at the De Ranke and Proef breweries. Meanwhile the brewers searched for and found a suitable location in Brussels, a former industrial bakery in Molenbeek. A first test batch was brewed in the new premises at the end of 2010. The brewery has a reputation for brewing fine ales and "frustratingly rare blends" that often include
lambic
Lambic () is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels and in Brussels itself since the 13th century. Types of lambic beers include gueuze, kriek lambic and framboise. Lambic differs from most other beers ...
from the nearby
Cantillon Brewery.
In 2013 they collaborated with Pennsylvania's
Weyerbacher Brewing Company to produce a beer called Manneken-Penn and with Washington, DC's Bluejacket brewery on a beer called Gray Jacket, in the style of the beer formerly made for miners in the
Hainaut region of Belgium.
Procedure
Leboucq and De Baets do everything themselves, using traditional methods. The beers are neither filtered nor pasteurised, and no additives are added. The philosophy of the brewers is to brew beers that are characterful, but not necessarily strong.
Two 20-hectolitre brews take place each week, giving an annual production of 1,800 hectolitres. The demand for the beers currently exceeds production capacity.
References
External links
*{{official, http://www.brasseriedelasenne.be/
Senne Senne may refer to:
Places
* Senne (Germany), a natural region of Germany
*Senne, a district of Bielefeld, Germany
*Senne (river), a river of Belgium
* Senné (disambiguation), places in Slovakia
People with the name
* Yōkō Senne, a 13th-cent ...
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean