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Whitbread’s Brewery London – Stout – Liége, Belgium – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son

Dec 25th, 2015

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In 1742 Samuel Whitbread formed a partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell and they acquired a small brewery at the junction of Old Street and Upper Whitecross Street and another brewhouse for pale and amber beers in Brick Lane, Spitalfields. – Wikipedia

Bieren Jacob – Mechelen, BE – Gaia Son, Lowlands Correspondent

Mar 2nd, 2015

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Corner of Goswin de Stassartstraat & Heembeemd © Gaia Son

As found on Mechelen Blogt – www.mechelenblogt.be – Jan Smets

As found on Mechelen Blogt- www.mechelenblogt.be – Jan Smets

As found on Mechelen Blogt- www.mechelenblogt.be – Jan Smets

César Jacobs brewery was located on the Olivetenvest in Mechelen, near the old Winketbrug. This brewery (Brasserie Winketpoort) was, in 1900, founded by César Jacobs (1856-1938) in a cooperative with some publicans. This cooperative would hold out until 1906, after César Jacobs tried it on his own. – Mechelen Mapt

Grand-Hornu – Boussu, België – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son

Dec 19th, 2014

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Grand-Hornu is an old industrial mining complex in Hornu in the municipality of Boussu, Belgium. It was built by Henri De Gorge between 1810 and 1830. It is a unique example of functional town-planning. Today it is owned by the province of Hainaut, which houses temporary exhibitions in the buildings. As one of four Major Mining Sites of Wallonia, UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site in 2012. – Wikipedia