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Brasserie Dubuisson
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The Dubuisson Brewery, which celebrated its 225th anniversary in 1994, was founded in 1769 by Joseph Leroy an ancestor of the Dubuisson family.
The family's involvement in brewing is older still as Joseph Leroy and his family brewed on the Ghissegnies' estate right in front of the present day brewery.
However, in order to abolish the unfair competition presented by the fact that all the aristocracy's estates were exempt from tax, Empress Marie-Thérèse quite simply ordered their destruction.
Joseph Leroy then decided to set up his own brewery on the present estate on "non-aristocratic" land, thereby acquiring independence as a farmer-brewer.
At the time, brewing was far more limited than today and consisted in producing beer for the farm-hands and villagers.
Later on, in 1931, Alfred Dubuisson decided to give up farming to devote all his time to producing beer.
His brother, Amédée Dubuisson, joined him and together they bought their parents' farm-brewery.
In 1933, wishing to meet the growing competition of English beers, Alfred Dubuisson decided to brew a blend of the Belgian and English tastes.
He named his fortunate creation Bush Beer, the English literal translation of the Dubuisson beer.
Little by little, Bush Beer became the main product of the Dubuisson brewery.
(Info from: Brasserie Dubuisson, 2002)
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