Brasserie-malterie Hazard Paul

Built: 1890s

Abandoned: 1985

Visited: 2011

Avesnes sur Helpe, France

This brewery and malt house was founded in the late 19th century by Paul Hazard. Later named Hazard & Co. until the production stopped in 1960. At that time the brewery was converted into beer shop and in 1985 it is partly used for housing. In 1927 the brewery produced between 6 and 12,000 hectolitres of beer every year, in 1946 the production was around 15,000 hectolitres of beer of high fermentation.