Brouwerij Hof ten Dormaal

In Tildonk, brewing is inseparable from the farm beneath it. Brouwerij Hof ten Dormaal is distinctive for bringing cultivation, malting, brewing, bottling and livestock farming into one working circle: the Janssens family grows grain and hops on its own fields, processes the grain in its malthouse, and returns brewing by-products to the farm animals. It is a modern Belgian farmhouse brewery rooted in an older rural tradition. A brewery grown from the fields Hof ten Dormaal stands in a historic square farmstead in Tildonk, near Haacht. The brewery began operating there in 2009, with the Janssens family brewing from ingredients produced on their own farm. The brewery’s fields include beer barley, wheat, oats and spelt, while hop fields beside the brewery support both English-style and European-style cultivation. Closing the farm-to-glass circle The brewery handles its own malting, brewing and bottling. Barley products and spent grain are used as cattle feed, giving the operation a practical circular structure rather than treating brewing and farming as separate businesses. This approach also revives the older Belgian custom of brewing on the farm with crops grown nearby. Rebuilt after fire A major fire in January 2015 led to a complete renewal of the brewery. The rebuilt installation includes fermentation vessels, an in-house bottling line and a cooling ship used for sour beers, allowing the family to continue expanding its farmhouse brewing concept while keeping production closely tied to the farm. A Belgian farmhouse brewery where the field, malthouse, brewhouse and cattle yard form one documented working cycle. Hof ten Dormaal farmstead, Tildonk, Haacht, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 2009 2009: The Janssens family began brewing at Hof ten Dormaal in Tildonk. 2015: A major January fire was followed by a complete renewal of the brewery.