Brasserie Caulier (Péruwelz)

In Péruwelz, Brasserie Caulier grew from a family beer-distribution business into a working brewery rooted in the buildings of a former tannery. Its modern brewing identity began with Bon Secours, then widened to include Paix Dieu and Stuut—beers the brewery presents as natural, lively and full of character, while retaining a distinctly family-run Belgian story. From Bonsecours to Péruwelz Charles Caulier began selling beer in Bonsecours in 1933. After the family business passed through successive generations, Roger and Linda Caulier moved into a former tannery in Péruwelz in 1980. The site remains the brewery’s home, giving Caulier’s present-day beers a clear local address rather than a merely borrowed brand history. The first Caulier brewhouse In the early 1990s, Roger and Linda brought their own beer to market: Bon Secours, a top-fermented blonde initially made under contract. They later acquired equipment from the Deneve brewery in Schepdaal and inaugurated Caulier’s first brewery in 1996. That distinction matters: 1933 marks the family’s beer trade, while 1996 marks the brewery’s first brew in Péruwelz. A glass tied to the beer The Belgian Beer Glass Museum records a 25-centilitre Bon Secours goblet from Péruwelz, decorated with the red Bon Secours “Bière Vivante” identity. Its catalogue describes the beer as naturally conditioned, unfiltered and unpasteurised, with live yeast remaining after packaging—useful serving context for the brewery’s long-running Bon Secours tradition. A family beer merchant’s heritage became a Péruwelz brewery whose identity is inseparable from Bon Secours and its living-beer tradition. Péruwelz, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium 1996 1933: Charles Caulier begins beer distribution in Bonsecours. 1980: Roger and Linda Caulier move the family business into a former tannery in Péruwelz. 1996: Caulier inaugurates its own brewery and produces its first brew in Péruwelz. 2012: The fourth generation joins the business; Paix Dieu and Stuut are launched. 2018: A multi-year investment programme begins to expand production capacity.