Abdijbrouwerij Grimbergen

Grimbergen Abbey Brewery is a modern brewing house rooted in one of Belgium’s oldest monastic brewing sites. Its story reaches back to the founding of Grimbergen Abbey in 1128, but the present brewery is a distinct twenty-first-century revival: brewing returned inside the abbey walls in 2021 after more than two centuries away. Its identity joins Norbertine heritage, the phoenix emblem and small-batch experimentation. A brewing tradition beside Brussels The Fathers of Grimbergen Abbey began brewing a local beer shortly after the abbey was founded in 1128. The abbey and its brewery were destroyed during the French Revolution, and the brewing equipment was sold in 1798. The phoenix and the motto Ardet nec consumitur—burned, but not destroyed—express the site’s documented cycle of destruction and rebuilding. Brewing returns to the abbey The present Grimbergen Abbey Brewery stands at the heart of the restored abbey complex. Official brewery material describes it as combining brewing traditions found in the abbey library with modern techniques, producing unique limited-edition batches. Its opening marked the return of brewing to Grimbergen Abbey for the first time in more than 200 years. A new chapter, not a borrowed launch date The brewery’s first announced releases were Grimbergen Magnum Opus Brut Beer, Grimbergen Ignis Quadruple and Grimbergen Astrum Pale Ale. These beers belong to the revived Abbey Brewery’s limited-edition programme; the 1128 abbey date describes the historic brewing tradition, not the launch of any one modern beer variant. A phoenix-marked abbey brewery where centuries-old monastic brewing heritage is deliberately paired with contemporary small-batch invention. Grimbergen Abbey, Abdijstraat 22, 1850 Grimbergen, Flanders, Belgium 2021 1128: Grimbergen Abbey was founded, and its Fathers began brewing a local beer shortly afterward. 1798: The abbey and its brewery were destroyed during the French Revolution, ending brewing on the historic site. 2021: The new Grimbergen Abbey Brewery brought brewing back inside the abbey walls and released its first limited-edition brews.