In 1913, at the eve of World War I, Philemon Vanden Stock, father of Constant, starts a trade in Gueuze beer. At that point he doesn't own a brewery but he is mixing 'Lambiek' (old Flemish beer) from different origin. In 1914(13-06-1914) his son Constant is born.
In 1927 the family acquires the Café Belle-Vue at the Paul Janson Avenue in Anderlecht. This Café (beer bar) would later give its name to the brewery and the famous Cherry beer. In 1943 the family, together with two other brewers, acquires a 'Lambiek'-brewery by the name of Vos Kina, which was located at the Vierwindenstraat 83 in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. It was the launch of the brewery 'Ph.Vanden Stock' and the beginning also of the development of the Site.
The German occupant arrested Philemon Vanden Stock in 1944. He was deported to concentration camps, wherefrom he never made it back. His son Constant, not yet thirty at that time, takes the lead of the company. At the end of World War II, in most difficult circumstances, Constant will start up again the company's business. Three men and a hand pulled wagon to begin with. Very rapidly he succeeds in developing the company to a point that it became the fifth in rank of all Belgian brewing companies and first in its kind for the production of Gueuze and Cherry beers.
In 1962 Constant's son, Roger Vanden Stock, will join the management of the brewery. Today, Roger is, as his father was, the chairman of the R.S.C.Anderlecht soccer team.