“We have to stop with the anti-Walloon bashing,” he said, adding “it’s just bullshit.” He specified that the Walloon government was indeed negotiating a new cashier contract (Editor’s note: with Belfius) and that this government would ensure rigorous management of its finances. The Minister spoke during a visit to the young “Brasseries de Flobecq”, however located in the Peruwelz zoning. Mr. Dolimont was surrounded by several representatives of the Walloon Region, which grants aid to this company created by the engineer-brewer of Burundian origin John-Christian Kavakure.
The brewery launched its first brews in 2020. Its brewing process is highly automated and the production capacity represents 26,000 hectoliters annually. It currently produces three beers, one evoking the Universal Exhibition in Brussels in 1958, the other two paying homage to Belgian champions Eddy Merckx and Jacky Ickx.