Catalogue no. BBG088

Van Roy Wieze Pils

Brewery: Brouwerij Van Roy
Beer style: Pils
Glass style: Pilsner
Place: Wieze (Flanders)

Curator’s Notes

This slender, gold-rimmed Pils glass belongs to the original Wieze brewery of the Van Roy family. Brewing in Wieze began with Petrus Josephus Van Roy in 1866, while Wieze Pils itself was introduced in 1952 and became one of the brewery's best-known beers.

The design is strikingly restrained: a simple black-and-silver oval carries the Van Roy name and the Wieze branding, with little of the elaborate decoration found on some contemporary Belgian beer glasses. Its tall, gently tapering form and heavy base are characteristic of the straightforward Pils glass.

The glass is also a survivor from a brewery which no longer exists. Van Roy went bankrupt in 1994 and briefly continued as Wieze Het Anker before brewing at the site finally ended in 1997. The former brewery buildings were demolished in 2001.

Its precise date is uncertain, although its design appears consistent with glasses from the later decades of the original brewery.

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