Microbrasserie de la Principauté

Born from the garage experiments of two young agronomists, Microbrasserie de la Principauté became one of Liège’s modern brewing signatures. The brewery’s identity is closely tied to Brasserie {C} and to Curtius, the beer that carried its founders’ early work from small-scale experimentation into a professional brewery rooted in the city. A Liège project with a clear beginning The brewery’s story begins in 2012, when François Dethier and Renaud Pirotte, recently graduated in agronomy, turned years of home brewing into a professional venture. Their aim was to create a distinctive Liège beer, and the first result was Curtius. Contemporary brewery listings identify Microbrasserie de la Principauté with Brasserie {C} and place it in Liège. From Saint-Léonard to the historic centre The founders first worked from a local Saint-Léonard site, learning the practical demands of brewing as they went. As the team grew, production moved in spring 2014 to the Béguinage du Saint-Esprit, a historic building dating from 1611 in the heart of Liège. Since 2019, the brewery has also operated La Fabrique {C} in Saint-Léonard, giving the company its first fully autonomous production space. A distinctly Liège brewery whose modern identity grew from garage-scale brewing into an independent urban production house. Liège, Wallonia, Belgium 2012 2012: François Dethier and Renaud Pirotte founded the brewery and developed Curtius. 2013: The growing team began preparing a move to a larger historic site. 2014: Production moved to the Béguinage du Saint-Esprit in Liège. 2019: La Fabrique {C} opened in Saint-Léonard, making the brewery fully autonomous in production.