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The St. Feuillien Brewery is a Belgian
The St. Feuillien Brewery is a Belgian 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 ...
in Le Roeulx, Belgium, which was founded in 1873. The brewery, which makes abbey-style beer, has been operated by the Friart family all this time, except for an 11-year hiatus that ended in 1998. Beers brewed by St. Feuillien include a brown ale
Brown ale is a style of beer with a dark amber or brown colour. The term was first used by London brewers in the late 17th century to describe their products, such as mild ale, though the term has a rather different meaning today. 18th century br ...
("brune") and a tripel
Tripel is a term used by brewers mainly in the Low Countries, some other European countries, and the U.S. to describe a strong pale ale, loosely in the style of ''Westmalle Tripel''. The origin of the term is unknown, though the main theory is ...
, the latter of which praised as one of the best tripels available. A recent addition to their selection is a saison
Saison ( French, "season," ) is a pale ale that is highly carbonated, fruity, spicy, and often bottle conditioned. It was historically brewed with low alcohol levels, but modern productions of the style have moderate to high levels of alcohol. ...
, "which has grown steadily to be up with the best". In 2016, the brewery launched an IPA
IPA commonly refers to:
* India pale ale, a style of beer
* International Phonetic Alphabet, a system of phonetic notation
* Isopropyl alcohol, a chemical compound
IPA may also refer to:
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called ''Belgian Coast''.
St. Feuillien introduced a Christmas beer Christmas beer is a seasonal beer brewed for consumption at Christmas. They are usually strong and spiced with a variety of ingredients including cinnamon, orange peel, cloves and vanilla.
Examples
* Belgian Christmas beers
* British Winter Warm ...
in 1969, which by 2013 accounted for 8% of their total production.
See also
*Belgian beer
Beer in Belgium includes pale ales, lambics, Flanders red ale, Flemish red ales, sour Oud bruin, brown ales, strong ales and Stout (beer), stouts. In 2018, there were 304 active breweries in Belgium, including international companies, such as A ...
References
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* 1873 establishments in Belgium Breweries of Wallonia Companies based in Hainaut (province) {{beer-stub