Archive record · Brewery
De Dolle Brouwers
Esen, West Flanders, Belgium
- Founded
- 1980
- Archive ID
- TB-ZWNTJ362
- Last checked
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Summary
The Mad Brewers. Three brothers bought the closing Costenoble brewery in 1980 and kept its nineteenth-century equipment running rather than replacing it.
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Tally’s Take
Belgian brewing was disappearing in 1980 and three brothers bought a dying brewery because they liked it. They kept the old kit, which everyone said was mad, and it turned out the old kit was the point.
Where it is
51.02795, 2.90345
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Beers
Oerbier
Year-RoundBelgian Strong Dark Ale
The first beer the brothers brewed after buying a closing brewery in 1980, on nineteenth-century equipment everyone told them to replace.
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