Brasserie des Fagnes

In Mariembourg, Brasserie des Fagnes grew from a family’s determination to restore brewing to its ancestral ground. Its modern story began with the revival of Super des Fagnes in 1994, followed by the brewery’s creation in 1998. Today, the site combines production, tasting and hospitality, while its Fagnes beers carry forward a distinctly local identity rooted in the southern Namur Ardennes. A family brewing revival Frédéric Adant inherited a brewing lineage connected with Victor Adant of Leval-Trahegnies and Constant Lauvaux of Couvin. Both family breweries disappeared in the 1950s, but Adant revived the regional beer Super des Fagnes at the end of his studies in 1994. The brewery says that beer had been known around Mariembourg before disappearing a few years earlier. From beer success to brewery The success of Super des Fagnes led directly to the creation of Brasserie des Fagnes in 1998. The brewery is located at Route de Nismes in Mariembourg, part of Couvin, and was designed to welcome visitors into the brewing environment. Its tasting experience includes beers drawn from 1,000-litre tanks through a refrigerated copper line. A name that changed with the range The brewery’s portfolio includes seasonal and special brews alongside its more widely distributed Fagnes beers. In 2017, the beers were renamed from Super des Fagnes to Fagnes. The Belgian Beer Glass Museum records the older Super des Fagnes identity through a 25-cl landscape-decorated goblet associated with Brasserie des Fagnes and Mariembourg. A family-rooted Mariembourg brewery that turned the revival of a regional beer into an open, visitor-facing brewing destination. Mariembourg, Couvin, Namur, Belgium 1998 1994: Frédéric Adant revived the beer Super des Fagnes after it had disappeared from the Mariembourg area. 1998: Brasserie des Fagnes was founded following the success of Super des Fagnes. 2004: The family’s food-service wholesale business, Comptoir des Fagnes, was established. 2017: The brewery’s beers were renamed Fagnes.