The story behind the statue is clouded in legend, but it is believed to have been commissioned in August of 1619 to replace a similar 14th century statue that had succumbed to the elements. Over the centuries, the good people of Brussels have hidden their little boy from invaders and bombs. He was supposedly even stolen once by citizens of a Flemish city that claimed to have the oldest statue of a peeing boy and so did not want Brussels to have one. So the statue has some history attached. The beer itself is brewed by Brasserie LeFebvre of Quenast, Belgium, which has been brewing beer for more than 120 years.
Some people drink it with a slice of orange.
The owner of an Appleton tavern that serves Manneken Pis on tap thinks Ohio is showing cultural blindness in banning the beer for its label. That little boy peeing is all over Europe. He's Belgium's first son, and the beer is one of the finest Belgian ales in the world. For some reason, it is a particularly non-offensive beer. Once you taste it, you're hooked.