{{Infobox company | name = Roman Brewery | logo = | logo_caption = | native_name = Brouwerij Roman | native_name_lang = nl | type = | industry = Brewery | fate = | foundation = Mater, Belgium ({{Start date|1545}}) | founder = Joos Roman | location_city = Mater | location_country = Belgium | locations = <!-- Number of locations, stores, offices, etc. --> | area_served = | key_people = | products = Beer | production = | services = | owner = | num_employees = | homepage = <!-- {{URL|http://www.roman.be}} --> }} The '''Roman Brewery''' ({{Langx|nl|Brouwerij Roman}}) is a beer brewery in Mater, Belgium, in operation since 1545.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://weekend.knack.be/lifestyle/culinair/dranken/bier/adriaen-brouwer/article-1195029291774.htm |title=Adriaen Brouwer |work=Knack |date=2003-06-04 |accessdate=2013-10-29 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103173834/http://weekend.knack.be/lifestyle/culinair/dranken/bier/adriaen-brouwer/article-1195029291774.htm |archivedate=2013-11-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Julien |last=Verhaeghe |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=NBRA19032003_008 |title=Een bruintje voor Adriaen Brouwer |work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=2003-03-19 |accessdate=2013-10-29 |language=nl |archive-date=2013-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104101151/http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=NBRA19032003_008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waaskrant.be/index.php/component/content/article/68-nieuws/dossier/13519-toerisme-oost-vlaamse-biermaand-gestart-v15-13519 |title=Oost-Vlaamse biermaand gestart |publisher=Waaskrant.be |date=2009-10-12 |accessdate=2013-10-29 |language=nl}}</ref> The brewery has been family-owned since the late sixteenth century; Joos Roman, a bailli until 1604, is considered the ''pater familias''.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} Unlike many Breweries in the region, which make Belgian style sour beers, the ''Brouwerij Roman'' has maintained beers of more German and French styles.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXirBQAAQBAJ&dq=Brouwerij+Roman&pg=PT44|title=Wild Brews: Beer Beyond the Influence of Brewer's Yeast|last=Sparrow|first=Jeff|date=2005-05-25|publisher=Brewers Publications|isbn=9780984075683|language=en}}</ref>
Besides beers, the company also produces soft drinks.
==See also== * List of oldest companies
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.roman.be}}
{{Belgian municipality Oudenaarde}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1545 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Category:Breweries of Flanders Category:Companies based in East Flanders Category:Oudenaarde