Historic :

In 1811 Amandus Van Honsebrouck is born. He becomes a farmer and the mayor of Werken, where he also founds a brewery.After the sudden death of Amandus, his son Emile takes over the brewery at the age of 21. In 1900 Emile Van Honsebrouck moves to Ingelmunster, the birth village of his wife Louise. They found the Sint-Jozef brewery there.

The 3rd generation, Emile’s sons Paul and Ernest Van Honsebrouck, take over the brewery. In 1930 they build a big new malt house and foeder room and in 1939 a brewing room, fermentation room, tank room and bottling plant in. Paul and Ernest focus on low fermentation beers: bock, export and lager. Luc Van Honsebrouck, the son of Paul, goes to brewery school and does apprenticeships in Wallonia and Germany. He takes over the brewery and gives it the name Brewery Van Honsebrouck.

In 1969 Brewery Van Honsebrouck becomes the second largest gueuze producer in Belgium with a contribution of 700,000 kg of malt. Thanks to sponsoring from Club Brugge since 1978, the production of Saint-Louis breaks the record with 1 million kg of malt in 1981. In response to the growing demand for heavy blond beers, Van Honsebrouck launches Brigand, named after the uprising of the Ingelmunster Brigands against the king of France in 1798.

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