Brouwerij Angerik

Brouwerij Angerik is a small brewery rooted in Dilbeek and the Pajottenland, where a family hobby became a working craft brewery. Its identity is unusually local: the name combines the founders’ first names, its beers include a nod to Dilbeek, and its brewing setup lets gravity move the wort through the process rather than relying on pumps. From family hobby to working brewery Angelo and Erik, two brothers-in-law, began Angerik as a small-scale hobby brewery in 1997. The brewery later passed into a new phase when Erik’s son, Sam De Cuyper, took over the brewing work in 2015 and gave the operation a professional renewal. A Pajottenland address and a gravity-led brewhouse Today Brouwerij Angerik is based on Snakkaertstraat in Dilbeek, in the heart of the Pajottenland. Its brewing vessels are arranged in stepped levels so gravity can carry the process forward. The brewery’s documented range includes high-fermentation beers, the low-fermentation lager Jaak, and the spontaneously fermented Cuvée Kluysbosch lambic. Local names and local character The brewery’s name is a contraction of Angelo and Erik. One of its beers, Boerke, was renamed Dilleke as a reference to Dilbeek, while Record is associated with an old local hop variety. Since 2021, Cuvée Kluysbosch has extended Angerik’s work into lambic, matured in Bordeaux, whiskey and other casks. A family-born Pajottenland brewery where local identity and gravity-powered brewing remain central to the story. Dilbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 1997 1997: Angelo and Erik begin Brouwerij Angerik as a small-scale hobby brewery. 2015: Sam De Cuyper, Erik’s son, takes over the brewing work and renews the brewery professionally. 2021: Angerik adds its own spontaneously fermented lambic, Cuvée Kluysbosch.