Artisan candle in the original beer glass Grimbergen from the alken maes brewery. The abbey beer of Grimbergen has its roots in the Norbertijner abbey of Grimbergen, where beer was brewed for the first time in 1128. Over the centuries, the abbey was destroyed three times, but each time it rose from its ashes. The choice of the phoenix as the emblem of the abbey and the beer does not surprise: it is the sign of the eternal rebirth of abbey and beer.