Brouwerij Stene

Brouwerij Stene is a young family microbrewery rooted in Oostende’s Stene district, where a shared interest in home brewing grew into a commercial Belgian brewery. Its identity is deliberately local: the brewery takes its name from the coastal village, while its flagship Stene Tripel carries that place-name into a limited-production beer made in the Belgian tradition. From hobby brewing to a family brewery The brewery’s own account traces its beginning to the De Dobbeleer–Bauwen family and the shared brewing interest of Koen Bauwen and Nico De Dobbeleer. After years as hobby brewers, the founders followed training in artisanal beer brewing and refined their work into a tripel. Brouwerij Stene describes itself as a microbrewery that prioritizes quality over quantity and produces limited volumes. A beer named for its place Stene is a village within Oostende, near the Belgian coast. The brewery presents the name as an homage to that local setting, whose historic identity includes a rural polder landscape, the Sint-Annakerk and the Molen van Stene. The brewery’s current product range identifies Stene Tripel as a 9% Belgian tripel, with the official product description highlighting a full grain character alongside grassy, floral and mildly citrus notes. A compact Oostende family brewery turning a local village identity into a limited-production Belgian tripel tradition. Stene, Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium 2021 2021: Brouwerij Stene was legally established in Oostende on October 18, 2021. 2021: The brewery’s official site records its public story and copyright from 2021, describing the family’s transition from hobby brewing to microbrewery production.