Heilig Hart Brouwerij bij Brouwerij Craywinckelhof

Heilig Hart Brouwerij is a small East Flemish brewery with an unusually distinctive home: a deconsecrated church in Kwatrecht, Wetteren. Founded by Hans Dusselier and later developed with his son Victor, it approaches Belgian beer through gastronomy, natural ingredients and experimentation. Its range moves between reworked Belgian classics, inventive beers and bottles shaped by natural or wild fermentation. From home brewing to a church brewery Hans Dusselier began making his own beer in 2017, drawing on his interest in wine, sake and beer. In 2019, he established the microbrewery in Kwatrecht’s deconsecrated Heilig Hart church, where the beers have since been made on site. His son Victor works alongside him as co-brewer and brewing partner. Three paths through the range Heilig Hart groups its beers into three families. “In de naam van de Vader” revisits established Belgian beer styles without additives; “In de naam van de Zoon” is the experimental category; and “In de naam van de Heilige Geest” explores natural fermentation and wild yeasts. The brewery’s work includes beers involving grape must, Greek yoghurt, spices and fruit. Beer made for the table The brewery focuses on gastronomic beers with restrained carbonation, including examples without bottle refermentation. Fermentation and maturation in amphorae are part of its practice, and some beers spend as long as three years in stone vessels. The defining idea is not a single style, but a natural, food-minded approach to Belgian brewing. A church-based Belgian microbrewery where natural fermentation and gastronomic experimentation share the same roof. Kwatrecht, Wetteren, East Flanders, Belgium 2017 2017: Hans Dusselier began developing his own beers. 2019: The brewery moved into the deconsecrated Heilig Hart church in Kwatrecht, Wetteren.