{{short description|Belgian beer brand created in 1982}} {{infobox product | title = Corsendonk | image = Corsendonk logo.jpg | caption = Corsendonk logo |type=beer brand | inventor = | launch year = 1982 | company = | available = | current supplier = Brasserie Du Bocq | last production = | notes = | url = }}
'''Corsendonk''' is a Belgian beer brand. The brandname refers to the Priory of Corsendonk in Oud-Turnhout; which was in operation from 1398 to 1784, and was rebuilt in 1968, as a hotel complex by new owners Corsendonk Hotels.<ref name=Des>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvD4WAguTdYC&pg=PT959 |title=1001 Beers: You Must Try Before You Die|last= Moor|first=Des de |publisher=Hachette UK|date= 5 Dec 2011 |isbn=9781844037162|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://priorij-corsendonk.be/nl |title=Priorij Corsendonk |work=priorij-corsendonk.be |year=2012 |accessdate=30 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133104/http://priorij-corsendonk.be/nl/ |archive-date=13 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1982, on the 125th anniversary of the Oud-Turnhout municipality,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.belgiuminchina.org/en/news/item/211.html |title=Signing Ceremonies in Chongqing |work=belgiuminchina.org |year=2012 |accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> Jef Keersmaekers, grandson of Antonius Keersmaekers who had founded a brewery in 1906,<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pBHh_87xkmsC&q=%22antonius+keersmaekers%22 |title=The beer companion|page=120 |author=Stephen Snyder|publisher=Apple|date= 28 Oct 1996 |isbn=9781850767077|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> was approached by the local tourist office to use the Corsendonk name for its abbey association, as an abbey beer marketing technique.<ref name=Des/> He launched ''Pater Noster'', now called ''Corsendonk Pater'' (or "''Abbey Brown Ale''" when marketed in America), and ''Agnus Dei'', now called ''Corsendonk Agnus'' (or "''Abbey Pale Ale''" when marketed in America).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LIEhJ1bWYeQC&pg=PA330 |title=Grandes bières de Belgique|page=330 |author=Joris Luyten, Michael Jackson |publisher=Lannoo Uitgeverij|date= 1 Oct 2006 |isbn=9789020965971|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> As the family brewery had closed down in 1953, the beers were contracted out to other breweries, including Brasserie Du Bocq, who now brew all the brands.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LIEhJ1bWYeQC&pg=PA332 |title=Grandes bières de Belgique|page=332 |author=Joris Luyten, Michael Jackson |publisher=Lannoo Uitgeverij|date= 1 Oct 2006 |isbn=9789020965971|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> Other brands include ''Corsendonk Blond'', ''Corsendonk Bruin'' and ''Corsendonk Christmas Ale''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ratebeer.com/brewer/13039/sort/1/ |title=Brouwerij Corsendonk - RateBeer |work=ratebeer.com |year=2012 |accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> thumb|Corsendonk Pater, sold as Abbey Brown Ale in USA
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111130171102/http://www.corsendonk.com/ Official website]
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