Stella Artois Brewery - Belgium

lilli · Nov 17, 2008

Visited by me BenWRX and DocD in October as part of our "Wrong Satnav" week in Belgium in October, I think this was day 4 ..... they all blended together after a while!! :mrgreen:

In 1926, Stella Artois was launched initially as a seasonal beer especially for the Christmas holiday market. It was such a commercial success that the brand was commercialised all year round and, apart from the during the Second World War has been produced ever since. The first Stella Artois beer was exported to the European market in 1930. By 1960, 1 million hl of Stella Artois was produced annually. InBev open a new fully automated brewery in Leuven in 1993, and by 2006, total production volume was over 10 million hl annually.

That's a lot of beer!!! So much so while driving into Leuven looking for the old factory we we initially drawn to the new one and it took a bit of time and a phonecall to confirm we were in the right place!! After seeing other peoples pictures of it I have to say I wasn't disappointed

Red brick exterior

Small brew hall

Control Panel

Moving up the building

To the roof

Beer!

The Main Brew Hall

Foxylady · Nov 17, 2008

Fabulous building, lilli. Those windows and staircases are amazing, especially for an industrial site.
Reassuringly good explore! :mrgreen:

jackylad · Nov 17, 2008

When did that place close? I went on the tour in early 1998, would it have been there or did it close before then?

CHEWY · Nov 17, 2008

Great

pic 4 looks like it could be from the film "Alien".
just needs some spinny orange lights hanging from the roof :lol:

Sabtr · Nov 18, 2008

It's a very beautiful building. Hardly seems industrial once you are inside. I love the "olde world" look of this place. Thanks for sharing.

lost · Nov 18, 2008

It looks stunning, amazing that such a dire beverage used to be made in there.

krela · Nov 18, 2008

lost said:
It looks stunning, amazing that such a dire beverage used to be made in there.

Isn't it. I made the mistake of buying an 8 pack of stella 4%... triple filtered my ass. Actually triple filtering my ass would probably taste better.

mr_bones · Nov 19, 2008

Superb stuff Lilli, it looks incredible. Great photos too. We never managed to find a way in

Earth Worm Jim · Nov 19, 2008

Groovy.

I am sure I have played this level.

Zombies on the right aliens on the left.

crickleymal · Nov 21, 2008

Earth Worm Jim said:
Groovy.

I am sure I have played this level.

Zombies on the right aliens on the left.

Here I am stuck in the middle with you

Foxylady · Nov 21, 2008

crickleymal said:
Here I am stuck in the middle with you

With a BFG, no doubt!

Damn, I've got that song on the brain now!

meth_ · Nov 21, 2008

awesome, that place. I was in Belgium last week but didnt get chance to go out to play. Tempted to drive over there next time!

Stella did seem to taste much nicer over there though!

kyberhai · Nov 22, 2008

Foxylady said:
With a BFG, no doubt!

Nonononononono.
I come here to get time away from those!!

But yes, the architecture in that fourth photo struck a strong chord with me too

bartje · Nov 24, 2008

Great place!
Here a few of my pics:

Gr, Bart
www.urban-travel.org

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freebird · Nov 24, 2008

This looks like such a good explore and youv'e captured some really great pics of the place. It is so ornate and looks really beautiful in places. Great to see. Nice one.

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