 In December 1996, the commercial company Jopen BV acquired the beer.The name Jopen refers to the 112 litre beer barrels that were used in early times to transport the Haarlem beer.Until the end of 1996 Jopen beer was brewed in the Halve Maan brewery in Hulst, after that it was made in the La Trappe brewery in Berkel-Enschot.