Alken-Maes is a Belgian brewery created out of the 1988 merger of two small breweries, Maes located at Kontich-Waarloos and Cristal-Alken located at Alken . It was bought by Scottish & Newcastle in 2000, who were taken over by Carlsberg and Heineken in 2007.
7-543: Alken-Maes was created out of the 1988 merger of two small breweries, Maes located at Kontich-Waarloos and Cristal-Alken located at Alken . Both had specialized in pils (Maes was producing Maes pils and Alken Cristal pils) until Maes purchased the Union brewery (based in Jumet ) in 1978, which produced Grimbergen beer among others. After the merger, the group continued to purchase other breweries to expand their offer to
14-583: A larger panel of beers. In 1989, the new brewery purchased a 50% stake in De Keersmaeker brewery, which specialized in spontaneous fermentation beers such as Mort Subite . In 2000, it bought Ciney and Brugs Witbier, as well as the other 50% of De Keersmaeker. In the same year, the brewery was bought by British company Scottish & Newcastle , which in turn was bought by the Carlsberg/Heineken consortium in 2007. In 2002, it took over
21-595: The Lordship of Mechelen . The village was mainly an agricultural community. In 1880, Maes Brewery was established in Waarloos by Egied Maes. Their main product was Maes pils which became one of the best selling beers in Belgium. From 1970 onwards, production of other beers stopped and Maes pils was their only product. In 1988, the brewery merged into Alken-Maes . In 2003, the brewery in Waarloos closed and production
28-674: The Louwaege brewery from Kortemark (producing Louwaeges Kriek and high fermentation Hapkin ). Alken-Maes has now become the number two on the Belgian market. Its headquarters are in Waarloos. Mort Subite is the brand name for a number of lambic beers brewed by the Belgian brewery Keersmaeker. The beers take their name from a café in Brussels, À La Mort Subite. Mort subite means "sudden death" in French , but can also be used to refer to
35-425: The final throw in a dice game. Underground trading once took place within À La Mort Subite – it was named after the speed at which one could lose one's money. It is explained that the name was derived from the bar's proximity to the law court. In effect, lawyers and clerks would play cards during their lunch break and when the bell rang to resume proceedings, the hand held was subject to sudden death rules to ascertain
42-523: The winner. This derivation is also listed in the Rough Guide series of books. Waarloos Waarloos is a village and deelgemeente (sub-municipality) of the municipality of Kontich in the province of Antwerp , Belgium . The village is located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the city of Antwerp . Waarloos was first mentioned in 1188 when the church became part of Lobbes Abbey . The heerlijkheid (landed estate) belonged to
49-573: Was transferred to Alken . In 2008, Maes became a brand of Heineken . In 1907, a railway station opened on the Mechelen to Antwerp-South railway line. The line closed in 1968. Waarloos used to an independent municipality. In 1977, it was merged into Kontich . The St Michiel Church is a three aisled church in Gothic Revival style. The first church at the location has been known to exist in 1149. The current church dates from 1855, when
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