Saint-Feuillien beer

In Le Roeulx, Brasserie St-Feuillien links a living family brewery to the memory of an abbey whose brewing tradition reaches back centuries. The modern brewery was founded in 1873 and now produces the St-Feuillien abbey range alongside Grisette, Saison and newer specialty beers. Its identity is distinctive not because it belongs to fictional guild lore, but because Belgian religious heritage and continuous family brewing meet in one place. From abbey to family brewery Saint-Feuillien Abbey was founded at Le Roeulx in 1125, and the brewery’s history page records a brewer among the people working around the abbey. The abbey was dissolved during the French Revolution in 1796, after which the Saint-Feuillien beer disappeared temporarily. In 1873, Stéphanie Friart founded the brewery that carried the name into a new era. The beer that bears the name The brewery identifies St-Feuillien as a traditional Belgian abbey-beer range. Its classic Blonde is described as a top-fermented, golden beer with aromatic hops, citrus notes from spices, malty fullness and a dry, hoppy finish. The brewery’s broader process uses maturation followed by bottle refermentation, a method that gives its beers their characteristic sparkling finish. A glass shaped by the brand The Belgian Beer Glass Museum records a St-Feuillien abbey goblet from Le Roeulx: a broad-bowled glass with a notably decorative, changing-shape stem. Its bowl carries prominent St-Feuillien branding alongside the words identifying the beer as abbey beer, placing the brewery’s glassware within the visual tradition of Belgian abbey ales. St-Feuillien is Belgian abbey brewing remembered through a still-active family brewery in Le Roeulx. Le Roeulx, Wallonia, Belgium 1873 1125: Saint-Feuillien Abbey was founded at Le Roeulx. 1796: The abbey was dissolved during the French Revolution, and the Saint-Feuillien beer disappeared temporarily. 1873: Stéphanie Friart founded the St-Feuillien Brewery. 1952: The brewery introduced St-Feuillien Blonde and Brune. 1969: St-Feuillien Cuvée de Noël was created.