Belle-Vue Brewery

Belle-Vue Brewery
Type	Brewery
Founded	1913
Headquarters	Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Owner	Anheuser–Busch InBev

Belle-Vue Brewery is a brewery founded in 1913 in Molenbeek, Brussels by Philémon Vandenstock from nearby Itterbeek, which lies in a region known for its lambic type of beer. Belle-Vue is now owned by Anheuser–Busch InBev.^[1] A variety of Belle-Vue lambic and fruit beers are produced at AB InBev's facilities located in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.

Products

Four varieties of spontaneous fermentation beers containing 5.5% abv are produced: Belle-Vue Gueuze, Kriek, Kriek Extra and Raspberry. It is the best-known brand of Belgian fruit beer though its sweet taste is far from representing that of traditional sour lambics. Belle-Vue's sole traditional product, Selection Lambic, is produced in very limited quantity (it has not been produced since 1999).

Trivia

Some people once stole copper from ferments of the old brewery at Molenbeek in order to sell the metal on the black market. This happened as the building on the waterfront (along the Brussels-Charleroi canal) lay idle and was no longer in use. Following that incident, the management of Belle-Vue decided to revitalize the old premise as a beer museum.

Notes

↑ InBev Belle-Vue (Belgium)

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Corporate directors	Carlos Brito, CEO August Busch IV Arnoud de Pret Roose de Calesberg Jean-Luc Dehaene Philippe de Spoelberch Jorge Paulo Lemann

Subsidiaries	Anheuser-Busch, Inc (Manufacturers Railway) St. Louis Refrigerated Car Co. InBev AmBev Grupo Modelo

Equity investments	Craft Brew Alliance [32.2%] Redhook Widmer Bros. Kona Brewing

Global and multi-country brands	Beck's Brahma beer Budweiser Cerveza Corona Hoegaarden Leffe Stella Artois

Local brands	10 Barrel Antarctica Bass Belle-Vue Blue Point Boddingtons Brewery Busch Beer Dommelsch Dutch Gold Elysian Franziskaner Four Peaks Guaraná Antarctica Harbin Brewery Hasseröder Hertog Jan Jupiler King Cobra Kokanee Labatt Lakeport Löwenbräu Lucky Michelob Mousel Natural Oranjeboom Quilmes Rolling Rock Skol Spaten St. Pauli Girl

Category Commons

Lambic

Styles	Gueuze Kriek Framboise

Breweries	Belle-Vue Boon Cantillon De Keersmaeker De Troch Girardin Lindemans Oud Beersel Timmermans

Blenders	3 Fonteinen De Cam Hanssens Artisanaal Tilquin Van Honsebrouck Vanberg & DeWulf

Other	Coigneau HORAL

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