De Halve Maan
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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1856 |
| Founder | Leon "Henri" Maes |
| Headquarters | Bruges , Belgium |
Key people | Xavier Vanneste |
| Products | Beer |
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[when?] bought them back and is returning production to Bruges.
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
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Tom Scott (20 February 2017). "The Beer Pipeline of Bruges" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Halve Maan Brewery Beer Pipeline". Atlas Obscura.
- ^ "Take a look at". Brugstarwebier.be. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Brouwerij De Halve Maan Brugge – Brouwerij Belgische bieren – Brugse Zot en Straffe Hendrik – Bezoekerscentrum en historiek". halvemaan.be.
- ^ Kottasova, Ivana (19 September 2016). "Cheers! The world's first beer pipeline is now open". CNNMoney.
- ^ "This is the world first beer pipeline – and its thousands of investors are being rewarded with free beer". Business Insider.
External links
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Media related to De Halve Maan brewery at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Brugse Zot Archived 29 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Straffe Hendrik Archived 4 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Blanche de Bruges Archived 25 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine
