Bellegem is a part of the Belgian city Kortrijk situated in West Flanders, Belgium.

The higher parts of the area were already inhabited during the Neolithic period, as evidenced by finds such as end scrapers, mining blades, and axes.

The 16th century brought famine, a plague epidemic (1555-1556), and then religious strife, in which the Calvinists were replaced by gangs of malcontents.

In 1874 and 1892, breweries were established, and in 1928, the NV Zijdemaatschappij of Victor Cambien and Jozef Van de Maele was founded.

The brewery is currently in its fourth generation of family ownership and continues to produce a variety of traditional and spontaneously fermented beers.