Brasserie d’Achouffe

Status: Operational

Established: 1982

Visitor Policy: Not generally accessible

Tel: Not supplied

Website: http://www.achouffe.be

Founded in August 1982 by Pierre Gobron and Christian Bauweraerts (two brother-in-laws), originally as something of a hobby, the Achouffe Brewery quickly grew and by the end of the summer of 2006 they sold to the Duvel Moortgat Brewery. Nice hobby.

It’s easy to disregard the beers of Achouffe as being frivolous due the elf characters depicted on what are actually very serious beer’s labels. Apparently, Elves and other goblins commonly feature in the myths from the Ardennes, where the brewery is located.