 The brewery was founded in 1978 when Frank Boon purchased the De Vits brewery, café, and geuzestekerij when Rene De Vits and his sister Jeanne decided to retire.The head of the brewery is Frank Boon and the Boon family own 50%.The other 50% was sold to Palm Breweries, but on 30 June 2014 this stake was transferred to Palm's parent company Diepensteyn NV and Boon was not involved in Palm's sale to Bavaria in 2016.