Ownership: AB InBev (Belgium/USA) — ⚠ Bosteels brewery was acquired by AB InBev in 2016; profits no longer stay in Belgium
Known for: The three-grain Tripel — wheat, oats and barley — based on a 1679 Carmelite monastic recipe. Arguably the finest Belgian Tripel commercially available.
History: Brewed by Brouwerij Bosteels in Buggenhout since 1791. Tripel Karmeliet (8.4%) uses a recipe attributed to Carmelite monks from 1679 and has won multiple awards as the world's best Tripel. Bosteels was family-owned until AB InBev acquired it in 2016 — an important caveat, since the brewery's heritage is Flemish but profits now go to a global conglomerate. The beer is unchanged and still exceptional; the ownership is not what it was.
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