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. In 1982, on the 125th anniversary of the Oud-Turnhout municipality, Jef Keersmaekers, grandson of Antonius Keersmaekers who had founded a brewery in 1906, was approached by the local tourist office to use the Corsendonk name for its abbey association, as an abbey beer marketing technique.
Corsendonk is a Belgian beer brand. The name is derived from the Priory of Corsendonk in Oud-Turnhout, which existed from 1398 to 1784 and was redeveloped into a hotel complex by new owners Corsendonk Hotels in 1968. In 1982, Jef Keersmaekers, grandson of Antonius Keersmaekers who established a brewery in 1906, was persuaded by the local tourist office to use the Corsendonk name for its abbey association marketing strategy.