Brouwerij Loterbol

In Diest, Brouwerij Loterbol occupies a brewing site whose story reaches back at least to a masonry stone dated 1706. The modern brewery revived that historic setting in 1995, bringing brewing back to buildings once associated with De Brouwketel and Brouwerij Duysters. Its character lies in that continuity: a small city brewery making contemporary Loterbol beers within an unmistakably old Diest brewing landscape. A brewery site with deep roots The brewery’s own history identifies the earlier name as De Brouwketel and records a stone from 1706 built into the present Café Loterbol. That stone is evidence of the site’s age, although the brewery carefully presents continuous brewing activity at that date as an inference rather than a proven launch record. Later ownership records trace the site through the Troosters and Duysters families before brewing ended in 1973. From Duysters to Loterbol The restored brewery began operating as Huisbrouwerij Loterbol in 1995, in a renovated section of the eighteenth-century brewery buildings. A new brewhouse followed in the 1908 building from 2002. The older Diest tradition included wheat and white beers, while darker Diesters became important from roughly 1860–1870; Brouwerij Duysters was particularly associated with Royale, described as a dark guild beer, and with brown table beers. Brewing in the heart of Diest Today the brewery presents Loterbol beers from its Diest address, including Loterbol, Loterbol blond and brown, Tuverbol, Roodebol and Sint-Jan. Visit Diest describes Loterbol as a high-fermentation, unfiltered beer finished with dry hopping and bottle refermentation, while the brewery’s own page distinguishes draught Loterbol from its bottled blond and brown versions. These are product details, not evidence of an earlier historical launch date. Loterbol is a modern Diest brewery rooted in a documented historic brewing site rather than a recreated fictional tradition. Diest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 1995 1706: A masonry stone dated 1706 was built into the brewery site; the brewery treats it as evidence suggesting earlier brewing activity. 1973: Brewing at the former Brouwerij Duysters site ended. 1995: Huisbrouwerij Loterbol began operating in a renovated section of the historic brewery buildings. 2002: A new brewhouse began operating in the brewery building dating from 1908.