Brouwerij Lupus

Brouwerij Lupus emerged from a home-brewing ambition and grew into the Aarschot brewery associated with the Wolf beers. Its story is unusually traceable: Peter Van der Borght began experimenting in 2003, working from a small garage setup before formally establishing the brewery with friends in 2008. The Lupus name carries a double meaning—wolf in Latin, and a nod toward humulus lupulus, the hop plant. From garage experiments to Aarschot The brewery’s beginnings lie in Begijnendijk, where Van der Borght studied brewing, took advice from fellow enthusiasts and refined beers on a 25-litre amateur installation. Brouwerij Lupus was formally founded on 13 May 2008 by Peter Van der Borght, Luc Sempels, Jo Discart and Paul Van der Borght. Early brewing took place at other breweries while Lupus searched for a suitable home; the operation subsequently settled in Aarschot. The Wolf range The brewery’s own account presents Wolf 7, Wolf 8 and Wolf 9 as its defining range: a blonde beer, a dark beer and a strong amber beer. The brewery describes its beers as high-fermentation ales with a second fermentation in the bottle. Its product descriptions identify the blonde at 7.4% ABV, the dark beer at 8.5% and the amber beer at 9.0%. A name rooted in brewing language Lupus refers first to the wolf, Canis lupus, once found in the region. It also echoes humulus lupulus, the botanical name of hop. That wordplay gives the brewery a compact identity: local landscape, Latin nomenclature and the essential plant of Belgian brewing brought together under one name. A garage-born Belgian brewery whose Wolf identity joins regional memory with the language of hops. Begijnendijk, Belgium; later Aarschot, Belgium 13 May 2008 2003: Peter Van der Borght began pursuing home brewing and developing his own beers. 2008: Brouwerij Lupus was formally founded on 13 May by Peter Van der Borght, Luc Sempels, Jo Discart and Paul Van der Borght. 2011: A beer tasting presentation identified Wolf 7 as a 7.4% beer from Lupus in Aarschot and described the brewery’s move toward its own premises and equipment.