Girardin Brewery

Girardin Brewery with its delicious local products. The progenitor of the brewery was Franciscus-Alexius Girardin (°1847). Franciscus-Alexius bought the farm in Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, which he rented since 1882. As was often the case more than a hundred years ago, the Girardin brewery started as a farm-brewery. From the marriage of Francis-Alexius and his wife, seven children were born. It was the youngest son, Jean-Baptiste (°1888), who succeeded his father in 1930. Jean-Baptiste gradually grew the importance of the brewery. He also married and had three children. On his death in 1962, the management of the company was taken over by his only son Louis (°1924). Louis, in turn, became the father of three children. Together with his wife and his two sons, he continued the business. The old brewing hall, which was brought in by horse and cart from Wallonia, is still used today. In addition, in 1990, a new brewing hall was built against the walls of the farm from Bernkastel-Kuez on the Moselle. She was single-handedly dismantled and rebuilt. After the death of Louis Girardin in 2000, his sons Jan and Paul continued the company. In 2012 Jan died suddenly and since then Paul and his wife Heidi have been running the farm-brewery together.

Pascal Brackman