De Halve Maan


De Halve Maan (The Half Moon) is a beer brewery in Bruges, Belgium.[1] De Halve Maan brews Brugse Zot ("Bruges Fool"[2]), Straffe Hendrik ("Strong Henri"), Blanche de Bruges/Brugs Tarwebier and other beers. The Straffe Hendrik and Blanche de Bruges/Brugs Tarwebier brands had been sold to other breweries, but De Halve Maan has recently bought them back and is returning production to Bruges.

Brouwerij De Halve Maan
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
Founded1856
FounderLeon "Henri" Maes
Headquarters
Bruges
,
Belgium
Key people
Xavier Vanneste
ProductsBeer

Beer has been brewed at De Halve Maan's location for approximately 500 years.[3] The current brewery has been operating since 1856.[4] The brewery has been in the same family for five generations.[5] The brewery was called Henri Maes until the late 1990s. Henri Maes brewery offered home delivery by horse, and later by truck, after World War II.[6]

In 2016 De Halve Maan completed a 3,276-metre long (2 mi) beer pipeline from its brewery to its bottling plant to avoid having to send trucks through the narrow, cobbled streets of Bruges.[7] At its deepest point, the pipeline runs 34 metres (112 ft) below the surface. The pipeline was partially crowdsourced, and those who contributed received free beer from the brewery.[8]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Tom Scott (20 February 2017). "The Beer Pipeline of Bruges" – via YouTube.
  4. "Halve Maan Brewery Beer Pipeline". Atlas Obscura.
  5. "Take a look at". Brugstarwebier.be. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  6. "Brouwerij De Halve Maan Brugge – Brouwerij Belgische bieren – Brugse Zot en Straffe Hendrik – Bezoekerscentrum en historiek". halvemaan.be.
  7. Kottasova, Ivana (19 September 2016). "Cheers! The world's first beer pipeline is now open". CNNMoney.
  8. "This is the world first beer pipeline – and its thousands of investors are being rewarded with free beer". Business Insider.
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