A brewing tradition since 1240

The history of the brewery has its origin in Notre-Dame de Leffe, an abbey of Premonstratensian canons founded in 1152. The Premonstratensian canonical monks have always been faithful to the traditions of their little world: for this reason, since the foundation of the abbey, its inhabitants were famous for the particular attention they paid to welcoming guests and pilgrims. The numerous pilgrims who passed through the abbey always found the door open ... but that's not all.

In 1240, in fact, the monks decided to welcome guests by offering them a healthy and restorative drink. It was a difficult period: the numerous epidemics that shook the territory at the time made the water unsafe. The solution was brilliant: to build a brewery near the abbey! During the brewing process, the boiling temperature killed the microbes, thus making the beer safe.