Brouwerij Dupont

In Tourpes, Hainaut, Brasserie Dupont preserves one of Belgium’s clearest farmhouse-brewing lineages. Its roots reach back to a farm established in 1759, while brewing began there as a farm brewery in 1844. The brewery’s identity is shaped by saison tradition, bottle refermentation and a careful balance between inherited methods and later innovation. A farm brewery in Hainaut The site began as a farm in Tourpes and became a farm brewery in 1844, producing saison and honey beers for agricultural communities. Saison brewing was tied to the working calendar: beer was made in the colder months and kept for summer, when it served as refreshment for farm workers. The brewery remains closely associated with the rural brewing heritage of Hainaut. The Dupont name arrives In 1920, Alfred Dupont acquired the farm brewery for his son Louis, who had considered emigrating to Canada. Louis revived the saison recipe, helping establish the beer later known as Saison Dupont. After the Second World War, Sylva Rosier took over and introduced the Rédor pils while maintaining the brewery’s traditional top-fermented beers. Tradition in the bottle Brasserie Dupont continues to emphasize its own yeast cultivation, open-flame heating, fermentation in square flat-bottomed vessels and extended warm-room conditioning. Bottle refermentation remains a defining practice, linking the brewery’s modern production to the saison tradition documented across Tourpes and Hainaut. A surviving Hainaut farm brewery where saison tradition is carried forward through bottle conditioning and distinctive house methods. Tourpes, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium 1844 1759: The farm site in Tourpes, which later became the brewery, was established. 1844: The farm became a farm brewery producing saison and honey beers. 1920: Alfred Dupont acquired the brewery for his son Louis, who revived the saison recipe. 1945: Sylva Rosier took over and launched the Rédor pils while preserving the traditional beer range. 2002: Olivier Dedeycker succeeded Marc Rosier, continuing the family’s multigenerational stewardship.