Brouwerij Het Gulden Spoor

Brouwerij Het Gulden Spoor grew from a family restaurant in Gullegem into an independent brewery where brewing, bottling and maturation remain under one roof. Its identity is rooted in a distinctly local story: the family’s restaurant began in 1983, brewing developed from a 2001 hobby, and a new generation took the brewhouse forward with room for both traditional Belgian styles and experimental projects. From table to brewhouse The brewery’s story begins with restaurant ’t Rusteel, founded in 1983. According to the brewery’s own account, brewing started as the founder’s father’s hobby in 2001. That origin matters: Het Gulden Spoor was not presented as an ancient abbey foundation, but as a family hospitality venture that gradually added its own brewing identity. A family brewery in full control The brewery describes itself as a family operation with brewing and bottling carried out at its own location. Its range includes Gulden Spoor Blond, Dubbel, Tripel, Quadrupel, IPA and Red, alongside the Netebuk line and Jean-Pierre. The official beer pages emphasize both classic Belgian formats and deliberate variation, including hop-led, fruit-infused and malt-driven beers. A new generation, a larger home In 2014, Pieter took on the role of brewmaster after studying biotechnology. A brewery-equipment reference records that the operation moved beside the restaurant that year into a new building with larger brewing and bottling facilities. That expansion helped turn the original hobby into the working brewery visitors encounter today. A family restaurant’s brewing hobby became a hands-on Gullegem brewery shaped by local roots, generational continuity and experimental freedom. Gullegem, West Flanders, Belgium 2001 1983: Restaurant ’t Rusteel was founded, establishing the family hospitality business from which the brewery later grew. 2001: Brewing began as a family hobby and the brewery was founded out of ’t Rusteel. 2014: Pieter became brewmaster, and the brewery moved beside the restaurant into a larger brewing and bottling facility.