Craft breweries and microbreweries Zwalm

Reinaert (Amber, Tripel, Grand Cru) The Proef brewery dates from 1996 but as most of its business consists of brewing to order for third parties (individuals, breweries which need extra production capacity or new start-up breweries), neither it nor its brewer, Dirk Naudts, are household names in Belgium. In fact, the one range of beers that it sells under its own name, Reinaert, accounts for only 0.2% of its total production, which, in 2010, was 36,000hl. The company is better known abroad. In the United States, they work together with other breweries, spreading the word about hoppy beers. In Denmark, they supply the restaurant recently voted the best in the world: Noma, in Copenhagen. Noma has been selling Noma Novel since spring 2011.

Den Tseut, Den Bras, Den Drupneuze, Den Bi3r, Belle Cies This brewery in north-western Flanders made its first beers in June 2008. It now produces a range of five, including the winter beer, Den Drupneuze.

Wieze (Tripel Blond, Tripel Zoet Bruin, Christmas) Brouwerij Wieze is a new craft brewery run by Ronny De Wolf at Wieze, in the valley of the river Dender north-west of Brussels. It started in 2009 and currently produces three beers: the golden Wieze Tripel Blond, the brown Wieze Tripel Zoet Bruin and an amber (and hoppy) Christmas beer, Wieze Christmas Tripel Hop. The Wieze brand used to belong to Brasserie Haacht, who acquired it when the Van Roy brewery folded in 1997. De Wolf acquired the rights to the brand and its logo after successful negotiations with Haacht.