Brouwerij De Landtsheer

In Buggenhout, the De Landtsheer name marks a modern revival of an old family brewing line. Manu De Landtsheer restarted the family’s former brewery site in August 1997 under the name Brouwerij Malheur, pairing independent, family-run brewing with a deliberately contemporary beer range. Today, the brewery is especially associated with Malheur’s bottle- and cask-conditioned ales, including its distinctive sparkling Brut beers. A family name brought back to the kettles The revived brewery operates from Mandekensstraat in Buggenhout, in the Baasrode-Zuid area. Manu De Landtsheer, son of Adolf, restarted the old family brewery in August 1997. The project aimed to create an original beer brand, control its own recipes and ingredients, and sell beyond Belgium into European and American markets. Traditional fermentation, modern expression The brewery describes its beers as living ales that undergo refermentation in bottle and cask, allowing their character to evolve with age. Its range includes the Malheur 6, 8, 10 and 12, alongside Brut beers. Malheur Bière Brut is bottle-conditioned a third time and presented as a sparkling blonde beer made by an original method; the darker Malheur Dark Brut extends that approach into a brown, wood-aged beer. The name behind Malheur The name Malheur was selected after market research found it memorable and deliberately double-edged. Behind the renamed brewery remain tangible links with the past, including an old vaulted cellar and an antique shallow cooling vessel once used to cool wort. Brouwerij De Landtsheer’s defining character is a family brewing revival expressed through refermented, age-worthy Belgian ales and sparkling Brut beers. Buggenhout, East Flanders, Belgium 1997 1997: Manu De Landtsheer restarted the family’s old brewery site in Buggenhout under the name Brouwerij Malheur.