Les Artisans Brasseurs

Les Artisans Brasseurs was a small Namur brewery whose identity grew from a café opposite the city’s railway station into the Mibrana microbrewery. Founded in the mid-1990s by Willy Deboot, it became known for a distinctly regional portfolio—including Marlagne, Aldegonde, Moutarde and Wépionnoise—before brewing ceased after a move to Emines and production was transferred elsewhere. A Namur microbrewery with a local address The brewery operated in Namur from 1994 to 2001 under the name Mibrana, a contraction of Micro-Brasserie de Namur. Its brewing began in the café called Les Artisans Brasseurs, located opposite Namur station, giving the brewery a firmly urban and local starting point rather than the long lineage of an old abbey or industrial concern. A portfolio shaped by place Its regular range included the Marlagne series in blonde and white forms, and Aldegonde in amber, special blonde and special brown versions. The brewery also made or hosted a wider assortment of special and label beers. The Wépionnaise provides a particularly clear example of its regional role: the Namur brewery produced the first batches of this amber strawberry-associated beer, brewed with bottle refermentation and described by its makers as lightly bitter and not sweet. From brewing to distribution In 2001, the operation moved to Emines and stopped brewing its own dozen or so beers. Production was subsequently entrusted to other Belgian breweries while Les Artisans Brasseurs retained distribution activity. Contemporary beer listings identify the Emines brewery as closed, placing Les Artisans Brasseurs firmly in Belgian brewing history rather than among today’s active producers. A compact Namur brewery remembered for turning local identity into a varied, regionally minded beer portfolio. Namur, Wallonia, Belgium 1994 1994: Mibrana, the microbrewery associated with Les Artisans Brasseurs, was founded by Willy Deboot in a café opposite Namur station. 1999: The Wépionnaise company was established and developed its first beer batches with the local Les Artisans Brasseurs brewery. 2001: The brewery moved to Emines, ended its own brewing, and transferred production to other breweries while continuing distribution.