Smeets (ebe a na-aṅụ mmanya)

thumb|Kpebie ihe gbasara Smeets na Hasselt.
Smeets bụ akara nke Hasselt jenever .  N'oge gara aga, ọ bụkwa aha ebe a na-adabaghị na Belgian obodo Hasselt .  Nke a distillery ntọala ntọala na 1923 site Gerard Smeets (1894-1966).  Ugbu a, La Martiniquaise Benelux akpa Smeets jenever 

## Akụkọ ihe mere eme
thumb| De brandewijnketel (distillery Smeets)
N'afọ 1921, Gerard Smeets, Jụrụ ya Emma Berghmans na nwanne ya nwoke Joseph-Antoine mepere azụmahịa nke na-ere na-egosi, , aperitifs namark ụtaba na Kapelstraat na Hasselt.

N'afọ ndị mbụ, a ndidira jenever na-akpa nke azụmahịa a niile.  Iji kwado nke a Gerard kwubiri iche iche nke Limburg maka ụdị Dutch De Oude Schiedamsche Genever - Vieux système De Papegaai, nke ụlọ ọrụ Dutch Vanverckel & Co. ibu site na Delft

N'afọ 1923, Gerard Smeets debara aha aha mbụ ya nke jenever, na-akpọ ya Oude Genever De Leeuwerik ka ọ mepechara.  Ndị ọrụ ahụ wee si n'ire ere gaa na ike.  N'afọ 1928, ụmụ n'ihu nke ikike dugara n'ịzụta ụlọ na Botermarkt (ugbu a Zuivelmarkt), na see nke see ike izi .  Ewebatakwara karama akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ ndụ aka.  N'oge a, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ were mmadụ asaa ndị.

N'etiti 1941 na 1943 ụlọ ọrụ n'ihu.  Gérard ụdị ụlọ ụlọ na-esi na Paardsdemerstraat gaa Raamstraat site na nv Malteries Brepoels-Schoofs, dịka ọmụmaatụ.  Eji ezinụlọ ụfọdụ ụlọ ndị dị na Raamstraat na ụlọ ndị dị na Botermarkt (nke bụzi Zuivelmarkt).  Mgbe Gerard Smeets nwụrụ n'afọ 1966, nwa ya nwoke Louis blọọla ịzụ ụlọ ọhụrụ na Sasstraat.

N'ime ọgbọ atọ, obere ụlọ ahịa nwere ezinụlọ toro ka ọ bụrụ ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ọgbara ọhụrụ nwere saịtị n'ebe dị iche iche na obodo Hasselt. Ndị ọrụ ahụ etolitela site na mmadụ 15 na 1930 ruo mmadụ 45 obere oge tupu ịkwaga Sasstraat.

N'afọ 1977, nwa nwa Jo na-edu ndú na n'okpuru ya ụlọ ọrụ ahụ nwere ngosi siri ike.  N'ebe kacha elu - mgbe mbupụ na-elu na 1970s na 1980 - Smeets Distillery were ihe ruru mmadụ 100 ọrụ.  Okwu okwu ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bụ 'Zoveel beter, en van bij ons' (+/-. Nke ka mma, na mpaghara.

Na 2002 Konings Distillery si Zonhoven weghaara Smeets. N'April 2003, Konings kwagara 75,000 lita nke Smeets dị ọcha, nke osisi oak na Zonhoven. Ụlọ ọrụ Interbrew guzobere ebe nchekwa azụmahịa ya maka Limburg n'ime ụlọ ndị dị na Sasstraat. Na 2011, Bruggeman Distillery nke Ghent weghaara akara Smeets. Ugbu a ọ bụ akụkụ nke otu French La Martiniquaise Benelux.

## Ụlọ
Na narị afọ nke 18, mgbe ezinụlọ Elsrack si Hasselt na-agbalarị ebe a na-ere nri ebe ahụ, a na-akpọ ụlọ ahụ dị na 17 Raamstraat *Brandewijnketel* (+/- Brandy Kettle. Ka ọ na-erule n'etiti narị afọ nke 19, ụlọ ahụ adabaghị n'ọrụ, a naghịkwa eji ya eme ihe ruo ogologo oge. Mgbe e mesịrị, ọ ghọrọ ụlọ malt n'okpuru aha Brepoels-Schoofs.

Stoker Vinckenbosch weghaara ụlọ ahụ na, site na ezinụlọ Brepoels, Smeets jenever distillery ghọrọ onye nwe ya na 1943. N'afọ ndị 1970, Smeets ka na-ekpo ọkụ mgbe niile. Na 2002, mgbe Konings weghaara Smeets, e mechiri ụlọ ahụ ma ree ya. Mgbagwoju anya bụ ezigbo ihe atụ nke ihe owuwu azụmahịa na-arụ ọrụ nke narị afọ nke 19.

Na 1980, e nyere ụlọ ahụ ọnọdụ ihe ncheta echedoro. N'afọ 2013, e wughachiri ụlọ ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala na mbụ ma megharịa ya ka ọ bụrụ ebe ịzụ ahịa.

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