please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message hoegaarden brewery type brewery industry alcoholic beverage founded 1445 headquarters hoegaarden belgium products beer owner anheuser busch inbev website hoegaarden.com hoegaarden brewery ho rd n ; dutch pronunciation u a rd n is a brewery in hoegaarden belgium and the producer of a well known wheat beer . contents 1 history 1.1 early and recent history 1.2 celis goes to texas and michigan 1.3 hoegaarden since inbev takeover 2 types of hoegaarden beer 3 references 4 external links history edit a village called hoegaarden near tienen in flanders is the modern birthplace of belgian white beer . records of brewing in the village date back to 1445 when the local monks were enthusiastic brewers but the tradition died out in the 1950s . 1 early and recent history edit the village of hoegaarden had been known for its witbieren white beers since the middle ages . in the nineteenth century the village had thirteen breweries and 9 distilleries ; 2 however in 1957 the last local witbier brewery tomsin closed its doors . pierre celis a milkman who had grown up next to the brewery and sometimes helped with brewing decided some ten years later to try to revive the style . he started a new brewery called de kluis in his hay loft . 3 4 celis used the traditional ingredients of water yeast wheat hops coriander and dried cura ao orange peel known as laraha . in the 1980s with demand for the product continuing to grow celis bought hougardia a former lemonade factory to expand his brewing operations . 2 after a fire in 1985 several brewers offered their help as is traditional in belgium . one of these was the largest brewer in the country called interbrew after a merger with ambev renamed inbev . interbrew lent money for the purchase of other buildings to rebuild the brewery . over time celis felt very strongly that the company used the loan to pressure him to change the recipe to make the beer more mass market . celis goes to texas and michigan edit celis decided instead to sell them the brewery and with the proceeds he moved to the united states where he set up the celis brewery in austin texas to continue making witbier to what he described as the original hoegaarden recipe . it was later acquired by miller brewing . celis never fully relocated to texas but his daughter and son in law who operated the brewery did . miller ultimately closed the brewery and sold the equipment and brand names to michigan brewing company . the witbier celis brewed in texas which he described as the original hoegaarden recipe was at the same time brewed in belgium first by brouwerij de smedt and then later by brouwerij van steenberge . this beer celis white is still being brewed in belgium by brouwerij van steenberge and was brewed in the u.s. by michigan brewing company which went bankrupt and sold the name . hoegaarden since inbev takeover edit in november 2005 inbev announced the forthcoming closure of the brewery in hoegaarden among other changes in belgium . the brewery was to close in late 2006 with production moving to inbev s larger brewery in jupille . the beer julius was said to have been an immediate casualty and sparked worries that all beers that were bottle conditioned would be changed . the closure sparked protests from hoegaarden locals upset at the loss of the town s most famous symbol and largest employer . citation needed the move was never completed . the brewers in jupille remained unsatisfied with local production of the witbier so on september 10 2007 inbev decided to keep the production in hoegaarden . inbev also decided to invest part of a 60 million euro budget in the hoegaarden site to upgrade the facilities . citation needed types of hoegaarden beer edit hoegaarden wheat beer in its characteristic hexagonal glass wheat beer first brewed in 1445 hoegaarden is a witbier and is spiced with coriander and orange peel . it is unfiltered and therefore has a cloudy appearance . in many bars it is customarily drunk with a slice of lemon citation needed . it has an alcoholic content of 4.9 % . 5 ros e launched in 2007 3 % abv . available in the benelux . 6 citron launched in 2008 3 % abv . grand cru launched in 1985 8.5 % abv . julius an 8.8 % blonde ale with a dry taste formed through triple hopping . forbidden fruit forbidden fruit french fruit defendu . flemish verboden vrucht an 8.5 % dark ale with complex spicing . das a 5 % spiced amber ale from a 1931 recipe . as of 2009 update not anymore in production . sp ciale launched in 1995 5.7 % abv . hoegaarden sp ciale is a full bodied rich belgian style wheat beer . it has a characteristic fruity taste and clear spicy notes of clove and coriander . slightly citrus and rounded off by a smoky sweet vanilla quality its sweet and sour flavour is well balanced . sp ciale is averagely bitter but with hardly any aftertaste . it is available from october to january . references edit calagione sam foreword ; hampso tim general editor 2008 . the beer book 1st american ed . . new york dk publ . p. 204 . isbn 9780756639822 . a b likeurtjes proeven naast de brouwerij . het nieuwsblad . 3 january 2005 . retrieved 7 february 2010 . tim webb good beer guide to belgium and holland isbn 1 85249 174 4 page 143 jackson michael 1992 . the great beers of belgium 2nd ed . . antwerpen coda . p. 111 112 . hoegaarden at ratebeer . retrieved 2012 07 07 . hoegaarden . hoegaarden.com . external links edit beer portal wikimedia commons has media related to hoegaarden beer . t witgebrouw visitor s centre v t e anheuser busch inbev corporate directors carlos brito ceo august busch iv arnoud de pret roose de calesberg jean luc dehaene philippe de spoelberch jorge paulo lemann subsidiaries anheuser busch inc manufacturers railway st. louis refrigerated car co. inbev ambev grupo modelo equity investments craft brew alliance 32.2 % redhook widmer bros. kona brewing global and multi country brands beck s brahma beer budweiser cerveza corona hoegaarden leffe stella artois local brands 10 barrel antarctica bass belle vue blue point boddingtons brewery busch beer diekirch dommelsch dutch gold elysian franziskaner four peaks guaran antarctica harbin brewery hasser der hertog jan jupiler king cobra kokanee labatt lakeport l wenbr u lucky michelob mousel natural oranjeboom quilmes rolling rock skol spaten st. pauli girl category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hoegaarden brewery & oldid 731764756 categories breweries of flandersorganisations based in flemish brabanthoegaardenhidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2010all articles needing additional referencesarticles needing cleanup from february 2010all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from february 2010wikipedia pages needing cleanup from february 2010all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2014articles with unsourced statements from may 2016articles containing potentially dated statements from 2009all articles containing potentially dated statementscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal e tinadeutschespa olfran ais italiano nederlands polskiportugu s sloven inasuomisvenska t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 27 july 2016 at 11 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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