Brouwerij De Halve Maan
One of Belgium's most beloved family breweries, operating at the same Walplein address since 1856 through six generations of the Maes family. Home to the Brugse Zot and Straffe Hendrik brands. Famous for constructing the world's first urban beer pipeline in 2016 — a 3.2km underground pipe connecting the city centre brewery to the bottling plant outside Bruges. Attracts over 100,000 visitors per year.
Beers by Brouwerij De Halve Maan
3 beers
The recurring character behind the beers
Brouwerij De Halve Maan brew within a single family — the differences sit in how, not what.
Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
Compared with 121 other breweries brewing Belgian Blonde Ale:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Brugse Zot Dubbel
Their beers place in the Top 17% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.
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About Brouwerij De Halve Maan
One of Belgium's most beloved family breweries, operating at the same Walplein address since 1856 through six generations of the Maes family. Home to the Brugse Zot and Straffe Hendrik brands. Famous for constructing the world's first urban beer pipeline in 2016 — a 3.2km underground pipe connecting the city centre brewery to the bottling plant outside Bruges. Attracts over 100,000 visitors per year.
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