The Dubuisson Brewery (Brasserie Dubuisson Frères) is a
Belgian family
brewery founded in 1769 in
Pipaix,
province of Hainaut. They brew one of the strongest
beers in Belgium, the ''Bush Ambrée'' at 12%
ABV.
[http://www.br-dubuisson.com Brewery website]
History
Founded in 1769 by farmer Joseph Leroy, the brewery only sold its beer to the workers in the farm and to the inhabitants of the town of
Pipaix where the brewery was installed. In 1931, the brothers Alfred and Amédée Dubuisson, descendants of Joseph Leroy, decided to abandon the farm and to concentrate on the production of beer. The beers were meant to be a mix of English and Belgian beers (due to the growing success of English beers at the time), so the name of the beer was English and the production method used both English and Belgian techniques.
The current brewery is still located at the same place and still owned by the Dubuisson family.
Beers
Dubuisson produce 4 different
top fermented
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filtered beers, all of which carry the brand name "Bush", which comes from a translation of the family name du Buisson.
* ''Bush 7%'' (7.5%
ABV), green label, also known as Scaldis or Clovis for export, was first brewed in 1994 to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the brewery. It is made of aromatic
Czech hops
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and caramel malt.
* ''Bush blonde'' (10.5% ABV), yellow label, was first brewed in 1998 at the 65th anniversary of the ''Bush ambrée''.
* ''Bush de Noël'' (12% ABV), blue label, is brewed in small quantities and is to be drunk at the end of each year. It is brewed using the technique of ''houblonnage à cru'' (
dry hopping), and also contains caramel malt in large quantities, which gives the beer a red-amber colour. It was introduced in 1991.
* ''Bush Ambrée'' (12% ABV), orange label, first brewed by Alfred Dubuisson, grandfather of the current master brewer Hughes Dubuisson, in 1933. It was formerly known as ''Bush 12%''. It was renamed after its
amber colour due to the usage of caramel malt.
All are available in 25cl bottles, and 33cl bottles for exportation, while the ''Bush de Noël'' is also sold in
magnum (1.5l). The ''Bush 7%'' and ''Bush de Noël'' are also available in 20l and 30l barrels.
They also produce:
* ''
Cuvée des Trolls
Cuvée des Trolls is a beer brewed at the Dubuisson Brewery in Pipaix in Belgium and also by the Brasse-Temps micro-breweries in Louvain-la-Neuve and Mons. Its logo is a little troll with a pointy nose who is wearing green hat.
Characteristics ...
'' (7% ABV) is a blond beer. Dried orange peel is used in its production.
In addition to the original brewery in Pipaix (in the municipality of
Leuze-en-Hainaut), the brewery has, since 2000, started two
microbreweries, one in
Louvain la Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve (, French for ''New Leuven''; wa, Li Noû Lovén) is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant. The town was ...
and one in
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 ...
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References
External links
Brewery websiteBush, Beer Not To Be Taken Lightly - BeerTourism.com
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Breweries of Wallonia
Companies based in Hainaut (province)