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Renowned breweries can themselves open brewpubs. In Wallonia, this is the case for Dubuisson, who inaugurated the first establishment of this type, Brasse-Temps, in the university town of Louvain-la-Neuve as long ago as 2000! A specific range of four beers was created, to be tasted only on the premises. In the space of twenty years, Brasse-Temps has become a household name, with several outlets opening in the Hainaut region, including Mons and the latest in Charleroi's Ville 2 shopping center, which opened in 2022.

IV Saison, V Cense, VI Wheat This new brewery opened in the summer of 2007, taking the name of its home village of Jandrain-Jandrenouille in Walloon Brabant. It is the brainchild of two young engineers, Alexandre Dumont de Chassart and Stéphane Meulemans, who developed the brewery in old farm buildings with equipment from the old Brasserie du Berry at Bourges in France.Launched in September 2007, the first beer was IV Saison, an unfiltered, unpasteurised and bottle-conditioned beer (6.5% abv) with a pleasant hoppy aroma. It's a genuine saison beer and the IV in its name refers to the number of ingredients needed to make it: water, malt, yeast and hops.IV Saison has now been joined by two other new beers: the amber V Cense, a subtle blend of hops and three different malts (7.5%), and VI Wheat, a mild wheat beer (6%) with fruity aromas produced by the different hop varieties it contains. All beers are sold in 75cl bottles and 20 litre kegs. The brewery hopes very soon to be producing 300,000 bottles per year.

Autre Chose is an organic grocery store located in Rixensart. With a daily supply of fruit and vegetables, as well as a wide range of dried foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics and even a bookshop, Autre Chose offers a varied selection of organic products.

A few years ago, the "Vaudrée" concept from Liège was exported to the university town. This adventure now has a name: the BeerLovers' Shop, while the BeerLovers' Café remains in the Principality. The BeerLovers' hops are also available on the Net, enabling them to reach new heights. Available in this store, virtual or otherwise, are more than 750 beers (not all Belgian), as well as a wide range of pékets, liqueurs, absinthes, rums and other beverages in the same vein... And even beers on tap.

Gueuze Tilquin à l'ancienne This new gueuzerie (gueuze blender) opened its doors to the public for the first time in May 2011, causing a minor sensation in the world of spontaneously fermented beers. It is the first gueuze blender - or "blendery" - ever to open in Wallonia and is in the village of Bierghe, a few miles from Brussels and a few hundred yards from Flanders. Crucially, it is still in the Senne Valley and thus well placed to exploit the wild yeasts in the valley that are so important to the production of lambic and gueuze. The gueuzerie was founded by Pierre Tilquin, a Walloon. He likes to present his Gueuze Tilquin à l'ancienne as a model of Flemish, Wallonian and Brussels collaboration. As a blender, he doesn't make his own lambic, but he buys wort from Boon, Lindemans, Girardin and Cantillon and lets them ferment and mature into lambic in his 220 oak barrels. He then blends the different lambics to obtain the gueuze he is looking for.The plan is for the gueuzerie to produce on average 500hl of gueuze per year. 30-40% is likely to be sold in Belgium, 40% in the United States and the rest in other export markets. There are ambitions, too, to produce a kriek one day, but Tilquin doesn't rule out working with other fruit before turning to cherries.

Diabolici, Dominus (Double and Triple), Gordon Finest (Scotch, Copper, Silver, Red, Gold and Platinum), Gordon Five, Gordon Xmas, Martin's Pale Ale, Martin's Blond Ale, Timmermans beers and Bourgogne des Flandres. (See also Timmermans.) John Martin moved to Antwerp from the UK in 1909, setting up a drinks company which, from 1912, specialised in importing Guinness from Ireland. Martin even managed to persuade Arthur Guinness to brew Guinness Special Export (GXS, 8% abv) specially for the Belgian market.John Martin quickly set up his own communications company and then built a new factory at Genval in 1934. It is no coincidence that the John Martin group soon became known for its strong advertising campaigns and marketing strategies.The move to Genval allowed the company to diversify into the hotel industry. The brewing division's headquarters are still in Genval today. One of the company's flagship beers, Martin's Pale Ale, first appeared in 1950. It is still available today but is now less well known than the Gordon range of beers. The first of these were a Scotch ale and a Christmas beer, which were joined in 1991 by the Finest range. In 1993, the group bought the Timmermans brewery in Itterbeek and its range of sweetened beers, a move which marked a departure from the Martin tradition of selling "British-style" beers. Since 2004, Anthony Martin, John Martin's grandson, has been in charge of the brewing division; his brother, John, runs the hotel business.

Bi'OK Thorembais is a health food store located in Perwez. The store offers a wide selection of carefully selected dietary products. Bi'OK Thorembais is also known for its 8-hectare organic gardens, located just behind the Corbais store. Products from these organic gardens are available in all 4 Bi'OK stores in Wallonia.

This is a real reference in the whole of Brabant-Wallon! This vast space of 150^m2 includes a large counter with 12 beers available on tap (10 of which are fixed) and a long list of 200 Belgian beers (and seasonal beers, ephemeral by essence). The team, very professional, gives advice to the undecided. The place regularly hosts small spontaneous concerts: everything is good for the pop-rock atmosphere of this bistro which attracts both passing beer lovers and local students.

L'Épuisette is a fishmonger's, but as the trend is for multi-functional places, it is also a catering service AND a bistro. Enough to satisfy all your seafood cravings. The chef, Guillaume Vanhalle, has worked in the kitchens of the Villa Lorraine, a Michelin-starred establishment, and is therefore a guarantee of good food. As a result, the soles, lobsters, crabs and other shrimps intended for the croquettes are directly transformed on the spot. The products are respectful of the seasons and the fishmonger's shop gets its supplies from sustainable sources. A beautiful establishment!