How it all started…
Anne-Coleta Wauman with her children in about 1885 in the gardens of Grembergen (left to right: Josephine, Florent, Prosper, Octaaf and Gabrielle de Waepenaert and, sitting, Caroline en Constance de Waepenaert).
The oil mill in Grembergen (Dendermonde) was converted into a beer brewery by Anne-Coleta Wauman (seated in the middle), wife of Knight Raymond de Waepenaert (+1873).
At the start, the eldest son, Prosper de Waepenaert, took the lead of the brewery, later his brother Octaaf took over and led the brewery up to 1943. They were the children from the marriage between Knight Raymond de Waepenaert and Anne-Coleta Wauman. Later on, Raymond Cubbens and his brother Leon led the brewery.
During both world wars, the copper kettles were confiscated to make ammunition, which brought an abrupt end to this rich brewery history.