De Halve Maan Explained

Brouwerij De Halve Maan
Foundation:1856
Founder:Leon "Henri" Maes
Location City:Bruges
Location Country:Belgium
Key People:Xavier Vanneste
Industry:Alcoholic beverage
Products:Beer

De Halve Maan (The Half Moon) is a beer brewery in Bruges, Belgium.[1] De Halve Maan brews Brugse Zot ("Bruges Fool"[2]), Straffe Hendrik ("Strong Henri"), Blanche de Bruges/Brugs Tarwebier and other beers. The Straffe Hendrik and Blanche de Bruges/Brugs Tarwebier brands had been sold to other breweries, but De Halve Maan has recently bought them back and is returning production to Bruges.

Beer has been brewed at De Halve Maan's location for approximately 500 years.[3] The current brewery has been operating since 1856.[4] The brewery has been in the same family for five generations.[5] The brewery was called Henri Maes until the late 1990s. Henri Maes brewery offered home delivery by horse, and later by truck, after World War II.[6]

In 2016 De Halve Maan completed a 3276m (10,748feet) beer pipeline from its brewery to its bottling plant to avoid having to send trucks through the narrow, cobbled streets of Bruges.[7] At its deepest point, the pipeline runs below the surface. The pipeline was partially crowdsourced, and those who contributed received free beer from the brewery.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 18 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404191114/https://www.halvemaan.be/en/home . 4 April 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 18 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910161455/https://www.brugsezot.be/en/de-legende . 10 September 2018 . dead .
  3. Web site: The Beer Pipeline of Bruges. Tom Scott. 20 February 2017. YouTube.
  4. Web site: Halve Maan Brewery Beer Pipeline. Atlas Obscura.
  5. Web site: Take a look at . Brugstarwebier.be . 19 June 2019 . 25 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211025101932/https://www.brugstarwebier.be/en/home . dead .
  6. Web site: Brouwerij De Halve Maan Brugge – Brouwerij Belgische bieren – Brugse Zot en Straffe Hendrik – Bezoekerscentrum en historiek. halvemaan.be.
  7. Web site: Cheers! The world's first beer pipeline is now open. Ivana. Kottasova. 19 September 2016. CNNMoney.
  8. Web site: This is the world first beer pipeline – and its thousands of investors are being rewarded with free beer. Business Insider.