European Breweries History: St Bernardus LTD.
Shortly after the Second World War, the Trappist Monastery St. Sixtus
in Belgium decide to commericalize their beer. An agreement was made :
inside the walls of the Trappist Monastery there would brew only beer for
their own consumption, for sales to the public at the gates of the Monastery
and also for a few taverns whom where connected to the Monastery. Mr. Deconinck
on the other hand would brew and commercialise the Trappist Beers under licence.
A new brewery was constructed and Mr. Deconinck started to brew the Sixtus
beers with the help of the Masterbrewer of Westvleteren, who brought
along his wisdom, knowledge and the original recipes.
Since 1992 the beers brewed at the Trappistenweg 23 in Watou are
commercialised under a new brand name ‘ StBernardus’ (referring to the Refuge
de Notre Dame de StBernard – cfr. supra).
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