End 19de centuries, in 1897, bought certain Arthur Van den Bossche a plot ground to the beautiful rural square in Sint-Lievens-Esse. Then he could not yet suspect that he the founder would become of large brouwersfamilie. Arthur Van den Bossche had married with for the of the family Callebaut from Wieze. Now this family has been in the first place confessed because of chocolate; in former days she made name and faam as brouwersgeslacht. The family Callebaut had both a brewery and chocolaterie and in contrast to what one would suspect, were the production of beer more important than the production of chocolate. More still, by the beer could keep the chocolaterie the head above water.
Arthur wanted start to the example of its family also with to brew. For this reason he let build a brewery on its piece ground beside a large lord house also. Thus it came that more than 100 years suffered for the first time beer Sint-Lievens-Esse flowed from the mash tubs in.
After the death of Arthur Van den Bossche in 1925, are it are woman and later two of its zonen Willy and Marc Van den Bossche who the current ‘’bvba has developed’’ Van den Bossche to a thriving company.
In 1975, Ignace Van den Bossche, zoon of mark come, as an associate in the brewery and in 1981, he becomes of the. As from then the company was modernised.
At present also the fourth generation is active in the brewery. Bruno Van den Bossche, the oldest zoon of Ignace, is responsible for the commercial activities of the brewery. Also Emmanuel, the youngest zoon of Ignace, are recently active in the brewery.