Brasserie de Tubize

Brasserie de Tubize is a local Belgian brewery rooted in the industrial landscape of Tubize, where brewing became part of the town’s renewal around the former Fabelta site. Its best-known beer, Betchard, takes its name from Tubize’s bronze town mascot, while the wider range connects the brewery to the region’s abbey heritage, citrusy white-beer tradition and ironworking past. From restaurant dream to brewery Jean Rodriguez, a Brussels restaurateur and beer enthusiast, acquired a Tubize building in 2005 with the intention of installing a brewery. Before the local brewhouse was operating, his beers were produced from 2008 at De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi. The first documented brewing at Tubize followed in spring 2012, on the former Fabelta industrial site beside the Senne. A beer named for Tubize Betchard was the first beer associated with the brewery. Its name comes from the bronze figure on Tubize’s Grand-Place, a round, suspender-wearing town mascot whose image also appeared on the beer labels. The brewery’s documented range included Betchard Blonde, Betchard Brune, Blanche de Tubize, Abbaye de Boneffe and Forgeronne. A local identity in the glass The brewery’s beers are presented as expressions of place: Betchard is associated with Tubize’s civic mascot, Abbaye de Boneffe recalls a historic abbey near Éghezée, and Forgeronne pays tribute to the area’s steelmaking past. The local tourism authority describes the Betchard Blonde as golden and gently bittersweet with a citrus finish, while Blanche de Tubize is described as light and citrus-aromatic. A Tubize brewery whose beers turn civic symbols and industrial memory into a distinctly local Belgian drinking heritage. Tubize, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 2005: Jean Rodriguez acquired a building in Tubize with the aim of establishing a brewery. 2008: Rodriguez’s beers were being brewed at De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi before the Tubize brewhouse was operating. 2012: The first documented brewing at Brasserie de Tubize took place in spring on the former Fabelta site. 2021: The Wautier family took over and revitalized the Betchard brewery operation.