Brouwerij Dubuisson

In Pipaix, Brouwerij Dubuisson has kept beer moving through the same farm-brewery site since 1769. What began as a rural brewing operation became one of Wallonia’s defining independent breweries, carried through nine generations of one family. Its identity is unusually clear: uninterrupted local continuity, a distinctive family name translated into the Bush brand, and a modern range that grew without abandoning control of its own brewing. A farm brewery with deep roots Joseph Leroy founded the brewery in 1769 on the Ghyssegnies estate at Pipaix. Brewing originally served farm workers and villagers, but the activity continued through the French Revolution and both World Wars. The brewery remains on the same site, where nine generations of brewers from the same family have maintained the operation. From family name to Belgian brand A decisive change came in 1931, when Alfred and Amédée Dubuisson turned their family farm brewery toward dedicated beer production. In 1933, Alfred created Bush Beer, an English-inspired Belgian strong ale whose name translates Bière Dubuisson into English. That beer became the foundation of the Bush identity, later joined by beers such as Bush de Noël, Bush Prestige and Cuvée des Trolls. Independent, expansive and still local Dubuisson broadened its range while retaining a strongly independent character. Cuvée des Trolls first appeared in 2000, and the brewery later invested in oak maturation, a new brewhouse and its own hop field. The brewery describes its beers as natural and its brewing as fully controlled in-house, linking contemporary growth to the same Pipaix base. A continuous Pipaix brewing tradition transformed into a family-owned Belgian beer house without losing its farm-brewery identity. Pipaix, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium 1769 1769: Joseph Leroy founded the brewery at Pipaix. 1931: Alfred and Amédée Dubuisson devoted the family operation to beer production. 1933: Alfred Dubuisson created Bush Beer, later known as Bush Caractère. 2000: Dubuisson launched Cuvée des Trolls and opened its first Brasse-Temps microbrewery. 2019: The brewery marked its 250th anniversary with a visitor centre, tavern, shop and Dubuisson Beerstorium.