Brouwerij Toye

In Marke, just outside Kortrijk, Brouwerij Toye grew from a home brewer’s curiosity into a compact Belgian brewery with a distinctly local identity. Its story begins with hop plants in a family garden, develops through brewing research at KU Leuven, and takes physical shape in a self-built brewhouse assembled partly from recovered equipment. Since 2012, that installation has been the home of the Goedendag beers and later local expressions such as O’ de Lys. From garden experiment to brewery The brewery’s beginnings reach back to 1998, when the founder brewed a 10-litre batch of spéciale belge in a primitive installation. Experiments continued, and in 2002 work began on a strong blond beer. The first version of Goedendag emerged from that process, with the recipe refined over subsequent brews. The founder’s six years of applied research at KU Leuven’s malt and brewing laboratory added technical depth to the project. A brewhouse built piece by piece Construction of the brewery and its brewing system began in 2009. Over three years, previously collected and often second-hand brewing equipment was combined into a new installation. The finished brewhouse entered production in 2012 and became the base for a small-scale brewery in Marke, near Kortrijk. A growing local range Goedendag Sterk Blond was the brewery’s first regular beer. Goedendag Donker followed in 2016, and Goedendag Cuvée 1302 arrived at the end of 2017. The range later expanded with O’ de Lys, a saison built around purified Lys water and presented as a tribute to the river and the prosperity associated with the Leie region. Brouwerij Toye is defined by a hands-on, research-informed brewing project rooted in Marke and built literally from the equipment upward. Marke, near Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium 2012 1998: The founder brewed the first 10-litre experimental batch in a primitive installation. 2002: Brewing began on a strong blond beer, producing the first version of Goedendag. 2009: Construction started on the brewery and its self-built brewing installation. 2012: The brewery entered production and began brewing Goedendag. 2016: Goedendag Donker joined the original strong blond beer.