Brasserie de La Gleize

In La Gleize, the Brasserie de la Gleize built its identity around the village’s wartime memory rather than inherited abbey mythology. Bernard Renotte and his family launched a small brewing venture whose beers carry the name “44,” recalling the December 1944 history of the Ardennes village and the nearby December 44 museum. The brewery’s range documents a distinctly local, family-led chapter of modern Belgian craft brewing. A brewery rooted in La Gleize A 2014 regional report describes Stoumontois Bernard Renotte creating the Brasserie de La Gleize with his wife. The brewery was located at La Gleize 33 in Stoumont. Its principal beer family was the 44 range, including Blonde, Ambrée, Blanche and Brune, alongside a Triple. The available sources identify the brewery and its local setting clearly, but do not establish an exact founding or first-brew date. Why “44” The brewery’s beer name refers to the December 44 museum in La Gleize and, more broadly, to the village’s history during the Battle of the Ardennes. The regional tourism guide connects the name with the defeated German forces abandoning tanks in the village. This gives the beers a documented place-based identity: their label language is anchored in La Gleize’s landscape and historical memory. A small family enterprise The documented account presents the brewery as a family project. Bernard Renotte and Marianne trained for the venture, with help from Marianne’s child. The brewery offered visits by appointment and tastings, reinforcing its character as a small local producer rather than a large industrial operation. A family brewery whose 44 beers turn La Gleize’s wartime identity into a clearly local brewing signature. La Gleize, Stoumont, Province of Liège, Belgium 2014: Vedia reported the creation of the Brasserie de La Gleize and the brewing of its 44 beer in La Gleize.