They need our help! http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/help-rebuild-belgiums-hof-ten-dormaal/ Yesterday, January 6, was a dark day in Tildonk, Belgium, located in the Flemish Brabant, near the center of the northern part of the country. Tildonk is located in the municipality of Haacht, and that whole area has less than 14,000 people, so it’s a fairly small village. It was also home to a true farmhouse brewery, Hof ten Dormaal. The small brewery made a wide variety of beers, including a range of Belgians, sours, wild beers, a barrel-aged series and a number of experimental beers, too. I say “was,” because yesterday starting around 6:45 a.m. there was a fire at the brewery which completely destroyed the farm brewery, and the “bottling line, warm chamber and a big part of the stock (another account mentions thousands of bottles) are completely lost.” The brewery originally came from Montana, and was installed in 2009. The following year, they added a bottling line. Fortunately, the brewhouse and fermenters appear to have been spared, and, more importantly, no one in the family was injured. http://www.hoftendormaal.com http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23031/
This year's Philly Beer Week collaboration beer is supposed to be with Hof ten Dormaal and Free Will Brewing.
I've really liked their stuff that I can get my hands on. I think they are a very underrated brewery. Very sad news. Lucky that no one was hurt.
I had one of their beers this summer, BA project 5. It was fantastic. This brewery grows all of their own malt and hops I believe, hopefully they can recover. Glad to hear everyone is safe.
Very sad. I had only had a couple of their beers before and they were nice. Awful to happen to anyone.
I just bought one of their saisons yesterday(Never had their beer before). I was going to drink it tonight but maybe I'll wait. I wish them a speedy rebuild.
We carry a couple of their brews, pretty pricey, and I think at least one is a sour, so I've never had the pleasure, I'll have to see what we still have when I'm in the store again
