Brasserie Caulier

Brasserie Caulier is a family brewery rooted in Péruwelz, where a beer-trading business begun by Charles Caulier grew into a modern Belgian brewing house. Its present identity took shape in 1996, when the family opened its own brewery after years of distribution and commissioned brewing. Today, the brewery is associated with characterful, naturally conditioned beers including Bon Secours, Paix Dieu and Stuut. From beer merchant to brewer The Caulier story begins in 1933, when former miner Charles Caulier became a beer merchant in Bonsecours. Later generations expanded the family business through cafés and retail distribution. In the early 1990s, Roger and Linda Caulier introduced their own high-fermentation blonde beer, Bon Secours, initially brewed to order. The family’s brewing ambition became concrete when they acquired equipment from Brasserie Deneve and inaugurated their brewery in Péruwelz. A Péruwelz brewing home The brewery operates from buildings in Péruwelz that the family acquired from a former tannery in 1980. Its own account describes the beers as lively, characterful and 100% natural. The Belgian Beer Glass Museum’s Bon Secours entry adds a useful piece of material culture: the beer’s compact goblet carries the ‘Bière Vivante’ identity associated with Bon Secours and its unfiltered, unpasteurised, naturally conditioned presentation. Family continuity and expansion The fourth generation joined the business in 2012, the same year the brewery records the launch of Paix Dieu and Stuut. Growing demand led to a multi-year investment programme beginning in 2018, including expanded fermentation and maturation capacity, a modernised bottling line and, later, a second brewhouse. The result is a brewery whose heritage remains closely tied to one family and one Péruwelz site. A Péruwelz family brewery that carried a beer-trading heritage into its own living, characterful beers. Péruwelz, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium 1996 1933: Charles Caulier began the family’s beer-distribution business in Bonsecours. 1980: Roger and Linda Caulier acquired a former tannery in Péruwelz for the expanding family business. 1996: Brasserie Caulier inaugurated its own brewery after acquiring equipment from Brasserie Deneve. 2012: The fourth generation joined the business, and Paix Dieu and Stuut were launched. 2018: The brewery began a major investment programme to increase production capacity.