Mr Mertens Alois was a passionate entrepreneur and liqueur maker. In his home town of Aalst he introduced his home-made drinks in 1876 and the Liqueur House Mertens was a well-known value at that time. His son Hector took over the business and later came to an agreement with Joseph Van der Schueren. The first years they worked together until Joseph took over the house completely in 1928 and thus took his first steps. Later, other drinks were added and evolved into the distillery today. Distillery Van der Schueren has been producing many types of fine liqueurs from the very beginning, in the 1920s. At one point, the distillery made over 35 different liqueurs. Mainly fruit liqueurs such as lemon, strawberry and apricot liqueur, but also Curaçao Triple Sec and Punch au Rum. We still do this today. We supplement the variants from then with contemporary liqueurs. Since 2019, the lion's share of the liqueur range has been made under the name Alowis as a tribute to the founder of the liqueur house that started it all.