Pierre Celis

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Pierre Celis (French pronunciation:

wit beer style in his hometown of Hoegaarden.[1]

Pierre Celis

Early life

Celis was born on 21 March 1925 in his family home on the edge of the Hoegaarden town square. He grew up working on his father's cattle farm, but also helped out in the brewery of his neighbour Louis Tomsin. Tomsin brewed white beer, which was a speciality in the region around Celis' home town.[1]

Becoming a brewer

After Tomsin closed his brewery in 1957, white beer disappeared from Hoegaarden. Celis, who became a milkman after he married, took up beer making in 1965. The first year he started with a wash tub in the barn of his father. With a loan from his father he bought equipment that came from an abandoned brewery in

Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas,[2] managed by his daughter Christine,[1] which he started supposedly with yeast he smuggled in his socks.[4]
Because Celis Brewery couldn't follow demand, Miller Br. approached Celis Br. to create a partnership. Celis Br. was sold 100% to Miller in 2000 and closed in 2001. Miller sold equipment and name to Michigan Br., who went bankrupt in 2011. Pierre Celis never worked for Michigan Br. Christine Celis started the new Celis Brewery in Austin in 2017 where all the original beers are being brewed. He died on April 9, 2011, at age 86 from cancer.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Cook, David (April 20, 2011). "Pierre Celis: A Conversation in Hoegaarden". Belgian Beer and Travel. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  2. ^
    Austin American Statesman. Archived from the original on March 11, 2002. Retrieved April 26, 2012. at Wayback Machine
  3. ISBN 978-0762408856
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  4. ^ Nurin, Tara (June 2019). "The Father Of Modern Witbier's Family Brewery Is Declaring Bankruptcy". Forbes. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  5. OCLC 1330888409
    .

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