Eupener Bierbrauerei

Eupener Bierbrauerei belongs to the brewing history of Eupen, a German-speaking Belgian town whose beer identity grew from older local breweries and survived major border changes. The brewery was formally created in 1897 through a merger, brewed at Paveestraße, and remained tied to Eupen until production ended there in the late 1990s. Its legacy continues through the Eupener beer name, now brewed elsewhere. A brewery shaped by older houses The company’s immediate roots reach back to Johann Bartholomäus Delhougne’s brewery, founded in Eupen in 1834, and to the older Körfer brewery on Borngasse. In 1897 these strands were joined as Eupener Bierbrauerei. The Paveestraße premises became the surviving production site, while the brewery’s historic buildings remain part of Eupen’s protected architectural heritage. From border market to Belgian brewery Eupen’s political setting changed after the First World War, when the town became part of Belgium. The brewery consequently lost much of its former German hinterland and had to build a Belgian customer base. Later modernization included new brewing, fermentation and storage facilities. In 1998 Haacht acquired the historic brewery, and brewing subsequently moved from Eupen to Boortmeerbeek. A local name beyond the brewhouse Eupener beer remains strongly associated with its original town. The surviving beer identity is represented by Eupener Pils, catalogued as a pils beer connected with Eupener Bierbrauerei and Eupen. The regional association is reinforced by the town’s coat of arms and the traditional phrase “Rein Malz und Edelhopfen” found on related glassware. A border-town brewery whose identity endured after its original brewhouse fell silent. Eupen, Liège Province, Belgium 1897 1834: Johann Bartholomäus Delhougne founded the brewery that became one of Eupener Bierbrauerei’s principal predecessors. 1897: The Delhougne brewery merged with the Körfer brewery to form Eupener Bierbrauerei. 1998: Brouwerij Haacht acquired Eupener Bierbrauerei and brewing subsequently left Eupen. 2000: The former brewery buildings at Paveestraße 12–14 received protected-monument status.