==History==
Founded in 1892 by Jean Charles De Vleminck & Fils. in Strombeek-Bever, Belgium. Active under the name "Brouwerij du Drij Pikkel S.A." from 1904 until 1955, when the brewery closed due to outstanding debts. It produced Faro, Gueuze, Gueuze Lambic, Kriek, and Krieken Lambic. <ref name =DrijPikkelBeers>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050116101950/http://home.tiscali.be/proud2b/Codespostaux/1800/185301D01.htm Archived brewery listing (Proud2B)] </ref> Located at Boechoutlaan 245, the site originally dated to 1820 as an inn, brewery and cooperage farm.
The brewery name "Drie/Dry Pikkel" refers to a 3-legged stool (a driepikkel), which symbolizes 3 adjacent municipalities in Flemish Brabant: Strombeek-Bever, Meise and Wemmel.