The roots of the Van Honsebrouck brewery can be traced back to Werken where Amandus Van Honsebrouck (1811-1865) was mayor and ran a farmstead with a dairy farm, brewery and distillery. Amandus's son Emile and his wife Ludovica Louise De Poorter, due to family issues Louise up her own brewery in Deerlijk later relocated to Toekomststraat.