Seizoensbrouwerij Vandewalle

In Reninge, Seizoensbrouwerij Vandewalle connects a small modern brewery with West Flanders’ older brewing memory. Its beers are shaped by local ingredients, seasonal production and regional styles once made by Reninge brewers. The brewery’s distinctive character lies less in scale than in its deliberate return to local references: Poperinge hops, Veurne cherries and the tradition of Flemish brown ale. A young brewery with an old regional frame The brewery was established in Reninge by Chris Vandewalle and presents itself as a young enterprise rooted in a family brewing tradition reaching back to 1756. Historical material from the Westhoek places Seizoensbrouwerij Vandewalle within Reninge’s succession of brewing activity, where earlier local breweries produced regional beers before the last historic brewery ceased production in 1963. Brewing with the Westhoek around it Vandewalle’s range is built around ingredients and styles associated with the surrounding region. Reninge Bitter Blond uses Poperinge bitter hops, while Reninge Krieken Rood uses Veurne Kelleries cherries and continues a local cherry-beer tradition. Reninge Oud Bruin is made in the tradition of Flemish Oud Bruin, with oak maturation and blending with younger brown beer—an approach linked to the Oud Bruin once brewed by Reninge’s earlier brewers. A compact Westhoek brewery turning local ingredients and Reninge’s brewing memory into seasonal Belgian beers. Reninge, West Flanders, Belgium 2012 2011: Chris Vandewalle is recorded as managing Seizoensbrouwerij Vandewalle & Cie in Lo-Reninge. 2012: Seizoensbrouwerij Vandewalle is described as founded in Reninge by Chris Vandewalle. 2012: A Westhoek historical publication presents Reninge Bitter Blond and Reninge Oud Bruin as beers bringing the town’s brewing link from past to present.