Corsendonk nv

Corsendonk nv carries a brewing name rooted in Oud-Turnhout’s former priory, where brewing and malting were already established in the late fourteenth century. The modern Corsendonk identity is distinctive because it connects that vanished monastic brewery with a twentieth-century revival: the family brewing tradition returned in 1906, while Corsendonk beer itself regained prominence from 1982 onward. A priory brewery in Oud-Turnhout The story begins at the Priory of Corsendonk in Oud-Turnhout. Founded in 1398, the priory included an important brewery and malt-house, visible in Lucas Vosterman’s 1659 engraving. That original brewing operation ended in 1784, when the monastery and brewery were closed by order of Emperor Joseph II of Austria. From Patersbier to Corsendonk In 1906, Antonius Keersmaekers continued Oud-Turnhout’s brewing tradition and brewed the local Pater beer. The Corsendonk name later returned to prominence from 1982. The official history records rapid growth from 840,000 bottles sold that year to 9 million in 1990, while the Belgian Beer Glass Museum places the modern beers’ production outside Oud-Turnhout rather than at the former priory. A name preserved beyond its original brewery Corsendonk’s heritage is therefore geographic and historical as much as architectural: the former priory is the name’s historic heart, but it is not the present brewing site. Brasserie du Bocq states that the Keersmaekers family has had Corsendonk produced there for more than 30 years, linking the modern brand to a long-running Belgian high-fermentation tradition. Corsendonk is a modern Belgian beer house whose identity preserves the memory of a medieval Oud-Turnhout priory brewery. Oud-Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium 1398 1398: The Priory of Corsendonk was founded with an associated brewery and malt-house. 1659: Lucas Vosterman’s engraving depicted the priory’s windmills, granary, malt-house, brewery and water well. 1784: The priory and brewery were closed on the order of Emperor Joseph II of Austria. 1906: Antonius Keersmaekers continued the Oud-Turnhout brewing tradition and brewed Pater beer. 1982: Corsendonk beer regained major prominence and the brand’s modern commercial expansion began.