Van Honsebrouck is a Belgian brewery in

Ingelmunster Ingelmunster (; vls, Iengelmunstr) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Ingelmunster proper and the village of Kriek. As of January 1, 2006, Ingelmunster had a total popu ...

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. Founded in 1865 as Sint-Jozef Brewery, it was renamed to Brewery Van Honsebrouck in 1953. It is one of two breweries outside of

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to produce lambic beer.

History

The location of the brewery's building and the whole village of Ingelmunster were razed in 1695 following hostilities between English, French and Spanish soldiers. The current building dates back to 1736, and has cellars that date back to the Middle Ages. In 1986 the castle was bought by the Van Honsebrouck family. The family have been brewing Ingelmunster beer since 1900. On 17 September 2001 a fire broke out in the castle that completely destroyed the museum-brewery. The brewery is owned and operated by the seventh generation of Van Honsebrouck brewers in Ingelmunster. The current CEO is Xavier Van Honsebrouck, who took control in 2009.

Products

Van Honsebrouck produces several different beers, including: * ''Kasteel Donker'', a dark beer (11% ABV) * ''Kasteel Rouge'', a blend of Kasteel Donker and cherry liqueur (8% ABV) * ''Kasteel Tripel'', a full-bodied

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 i ...

(11% ABV) * ''Kasteel Blond'', a blond beer (7% ABV) * ''Kasteel Hoppy'', a blond beer with a hoppy flavor, launched in 2013 (6.5% ABV) * ''Cuvée du Chateau'', which is Kasteel Donker that has been aged for ten years (11% ABV) * ''St Louis '', the line of lambic beers with fruit ** ''Premium Kriek'', a sweet red beer that uses pits of the Oblacinska cherries and is aged 6 months on lambic (3.2% ABV) * ''Fond Tradition'', a traditional and unsweetened

gueuze Gueuze (Dutch ''geuze'', ; French ''gueuze'', ) is a type of lambic, a Belgian beer. It is made by blending young (1-year-old) and old (2- to 3-year-old) lambics, which is bottled for a second fermentation. Because the young lambics are no ...

* ''Brigand'', a golden-blond beer (9% ABV) * ''Bacchus'', an Old Flemish Brown beer (4.5% ABV) * ''Bacchus Kriekenbier'' (5.8% ABV) Made with 15% cherries. The 37.5cl bottle has no label, but is instead wrapped in a sheet of printed tissue paper.Product packaging, purchased 2012 * ''Passchendaele (5.2% ABV) Belgian Special Blond Ale, brewed in commemoration of the First World War Centenary'' File:Kasteel Donker Ingelmunster beer 01.JPG, Kasteel Donker File:Kriek St Louis 5.JPG, St Louis Premium Kriek File:Brigand Bier 1.JPG, Brigand

References

External links

Van Honsebrouck website

Castle Brewery Van Honsebrouck
- History and information about the brewery and brewers in English {{lambic Breweries of Flanders Companies based in West Flanders