De Halve Maan Brewery

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8 / 10

6 expert reviews

“The brewery here was mentioned in dispatches as early as 1546 and has been in use in "modern" times since 1856.”

– Frommer's

Atlas Obscura Atlas Obscura
"A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges. " Full review
U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report
5.0
"With a history that dates back to the 16th century, the De Halve Maan Brewery is a family-owned business that brews the Bruges city beer – the Brugse Zot – a strong-tasting, highly fermented brew." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"The Half Moon is one of Bruges’s last family-owned working breweries and has operated on its present site near the Begijnhof since 1856. Today, it produces the famous Brugse Zot (Bruges..." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
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"Founded in 1856, though there has been a brewery on the site since 1564, this is the last family brouwerij (brewhouse) in central Bruges." Full review