Brouwerij Inter-Pol

In Mont, beside the better-known brewing landscape of Achouffe, Brasserie Inter-Pol grew from a brewer’s curiosity into one of Belgium’s smallest commercial breweries. Its setting is unusually tangible: a former forge dating from 1710, restored as part of La Vieille Forge. The brewery’s identity is closely tied to Pol Ghekiere, intimate production, and beers served in the adjoining Au Grand Café. From forge to brewhouse Brasserie Inter-Pol occupies a former smithy in Mont, Houffalize, a building dated to 1710. After renovation, brewing began there on January 30, 2008. Before the dedicated brewhouse was ready, Pol brewed at home in Tine’s kitchen. The brewery remains part of a small hospitality site that includes La Vieille Forge and Au Grand Café. A compact Ardennes brewery Pol Ghekiere previously worked for about ten years as a guide at nearby Brasserie d’Achouffe. A 2015 account described Inter-Pol’s brewhouse as a compact 16-gallon installation and identified the operation as Belgium’s smallest commercial brewery at that time. Visitors could drink the house beers at the adjoining café, including Witte Pol, a witbier, and Zwarte Pol, a milk stout. The core beers Historical listings consistently associate the brewery with Witte Pol and Zwarte Pol. Contemporary descriptions identify Witte Pol as the brewery’s white beer and Zwarte Pol as its dark, creamy milk stout. A third house beer, a peated ale, was also reported in 2015, showing the brewery’s willingness to work beyond its two best-known staples. A tiny Ardennes brewery where a restored 1710 forge became the setting for intensely local, small-batch brewing. Mont, Houffalize, Province of Luxembourg, Belgium January 30, 2008 2007: Pol Ghekiere began the brewery project after working as a guide at Brasserie d’Achouffe. 2008: Brewing began in the renovated former smithy at Mont on January 30. 2015: Inter-Pol was documented as a compact commercial brewery operating beside La Vieille Forge and Au Grand Café.