Brasserie L. Baeten

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Tin sign dated 1945. Source: Amsterdam Book Auctions

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History

Founded 1886 in Overmere by J.E. Baeten-Van Heymbeeck, the widow of Joannes Franciscus Baeten. Located on Kruisstraat (Fortstraat 22 today). The family also owned an adjacent oil refinery (still in operation today), in which a steam installation was added in 1850, that provided electricity to the village center. Leopold Frans Baeten (b.1865, Dworp) and Robert Baeten later owned the brewery, and it became known as “Brasserie Sept Etoiles" or "De Zevenster". It closed in 1944 during WWII, but the building was spared. It remained in use for some time after, bottling beer for the Excelsior Brewery. 1 2

Beers

• Gueuze des Flandres

Photos

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  Tin sign dated 1945.
  Source: Amsterdam Book Auctions

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  Brewer's correspondence, dated 1921. Source: Delcampe.net

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  Brewer's correspondence, dated 1906. Source: Delcampe.net

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  “Brasserie Sept Etoiles" check dated 1908. Source: Delcampe.net

Links

Site history of brewer's house and brewery (Dutch)
Site history of adjacent oil mill and steam installation (Dutch)
Birth record of Leopold Frans Baeten