Brouwerij Desplenter, Historic brewery in Dentergem, Belgium.
Brouwerij Desplenter is a brewery spanning both sides of Wontergemstraat with the main buildings located at addresses 42-44 and 65-67. The complex combines production areas, offices, a former residence, and a vintage café structure, all constructed with white-painted brick and decorated with wrought iron details.
The Desplenter family founded the brewery in 1896 and rapidly constructed steam-powered brewing facilities, a café, a director's house, and an event hall on the south side of the street. Major renovations in the 1960s and 1990s adapted the complex to modern operations while keeping older structures in place.
The brewery represents a family legacy that shaped drinking customs in this corner of West Flanders for generations. Walking through, you sense how local beer production became woven into the community's rhythm and identity.
The brewery occupies two distinct zones across Wontergemstraat, so visitors should plan to walk both sides of the street to see the full layout. Starting at the main address helps orient yourself, after which crossing to the opposite side reveals additional buildings and structures that complete the picture.
The brewery still produces Dentergemse Witbier, a local white ale with roots in the founder's era, which visitors can observe being made or taste on site. This specialty beer connects the modern operation directly to the brewing traditions that began more than a century ago.
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