Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste

In 1892, Remi Vander Ghinste bought a house and outbuildings in Bellegem for his 23-year-old son Omer, who began delivering beer locally by horse and cart. The name Omer has passed from father to son, a tradition begun to spare the cost of replacing the stained-glass pub signs bearing the founder’s name. Omer’s wife Marguerite inherited Brasserie LeFort in 1911 and later sold her holdings to help finance the brewery tower completed in 1929.

The brewery has remained in Bellegem through five generations; Omer Jean leads the business, and Omer Géry joined in 2019. Its brewers work with oak-aged sour beers as well as top-fermented ales.