Abbaye de Cambron

Abbaye de Cambron is a Belgian abbey beer brand produced by the Brasserie de Cambron, a brewery built on the site of the former Cistercian Cambron Abbey within the Pairi Daiza recreational park in Brugelette, Hainaut. The brand traces its roots to a brewery recorded on the abbey grounds as early as 1677, and the nearby Saint-Bernard spring supplied water of exceptional purity. After being produced by Brasserie de Silly from 1977, the beer has been brewed on the abbey site since 2013 using an ancestral recipe, the same raw materials and yeasts as in the past, and in collaboration with Brasserie Dubuisson. The brewery was reconstructed on its own ruins following Cistercian-era materials and methods, including hand-moulded terracotta bricks, blue-stone rubble and natural slate. Four abbey beers are currently brewed and sold exclusively at Pairi Daiza: Abbaye de Cambron Blonde (5.5% ABV), Abbaye de Cambron Brune (7.5% ABV), Abbaye de Cambron Blanche and Abbaye de Cambron Cerise. The brand is a niche, site-exclusive abbey beer tied to the visitor experience of the Pairi Daiza park, where the reconstructed Brasserie also operates as a restaurant serving traditional dishes.

The history of brewing at Cambron Abbey dates back to 1677, when a brewery is recorded on the site. The nearby Saint-Bernard spring provided water of great purity, a key resource for the monastic brewery. The abbey itself was a Cistercian foundation, and its brewing tradition formed part of the monastic economy. In the modern era, the Abbaye de Cambron beer brand was produced by Brasserie de Silly from 1977. In 2013, production returned to the abbey site, where the beer is now brewed according to an ancestral recipe using the same raw materials and yeasts as in the past, in collaboration with Brasserie Dubuisson. The brewery was reconstructed on its own ruins, respecting Cistercian-era materials and techniques: hand-moulded terracotta bricks, blue-stone rubble and natural slate. Today the Brasserie de Cambron operates within the Pairi Daiza recreational park in Brugelette, Hainaut, and its beers are sold exclusively on site. The reconstructed Brasserie also functions as a restaurant, offering traditional dishes such as marinated Holstein beef skewers, one-sided cooked sea bass fillet and prepared American fillet, with a terrace along the Dendre river.

• 2013

  Brewing returns to the abbey site in collaboration with Brasserie Dubuisson, using an ancestral recipe.

• 1977

  Abbaye de Cambron beer is produced by Brasserie de Silly.

• 1677

  A brewery is recorded on the site of Cambron Abbey.

Site-exclusive Belgian abbey beer brewed on the historic Cambron Abbey grounds within the Pairi Daiza park.

• Abbaye de Cambron Blonde

• Abbaye de Cambron Brune

• Abbaye de Cambron Blanche

• Abbaye de Cambron Cerise

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