Thursday, December 01, 2005

Hoegaarden to close

Brewing giant brewer InBev announced today that it would close Belgium's famous Hoegaarden brewery, long associated with classic "white beer."

InBev, based in nearby Leuven and the largest beer producer in the world, said belt tightening would eliminate 232 jobs.

Production of Hoegaarden Grand Cru and other beers will move to InBev Jupille brewery in the south of Belgium, although the storage and bottling facilities will remain open.

Full Story from RealBeer.com

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hoegaarden must stay in Hoegaarden !!!
Let's start an international protest action.
Only the spirit of the village can make Hoegaarden beer what it is.

9:33 pm, December 03, 2005  
Blogger Rob Good said...

Hoegaarden is the best beer in the world. If the production base changes I bet the taste will too.... Bummer

6:40 pm, December 16, 2005  

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