Brasserie L'Échappée Belle

Brasserie L'Échappée Belle was a short-lived Walloon microbrewery rooted in Sart-Dames-Avelines, in Brabant Wallon. Founded by four friends from the same sports club, it brought a compact local range to the Belgian beer scene: the amber Échappée Belle, the blond 26.2M, the white Belle Pin-up and the stronger Red Cardinal. Its story is one of a small brewery that appeared, brewed distinctly named beers, and disappeared within a few years. A Sart-Dames-Avelines quartet The brewery operated at Rue du Try 20 in Sart-Dames-Avelines. A historical brewery inventory dates its activity to 2013–2016 and identifies its founders as four friends from one sports club: Alain Vancamp, Gaëtan Serniclaes, Marc and Olivier. Rather than inheriting a centuries-old abbey tradition, L'Échappée Belle belonged to the modern Belgian wave of compact, independently founded microbreweries. A concise, characterful range Contemporary Belgian beer listings place Échappée Belle among the brewery's beers as a light amber ale at 6% ABV. The same brewery listing records 26.2M as a 5.2% blond beer, Belle Pin-up as a 5.2% white beer and Red Cardinal as an 8% specialty beer. A 2014 beer list marks Échappée Belle as a new brewery beer, placing its early public presence at the end of 2013. A brief Walloon microbrewery chapter defined by a four-beer portfolio and a distinctly local identity. Sart-Dames-Avelines, Brabant Wallon, Belgium 2013 2013: Brasserie L'Échappée Belle was founded in Sart-Dames-Avelines by four friends from the same sports club. 2013: Échappée Belle appeared as a new 6% light amber beer in a Belgian beer list. 2014: The brewery's range was listed as Échappée Belle, 26.2M, Belle Pin-up and Red Cardinal. 2016: The brewery's recorded operating period ended.