Brasserie 28 (previously Caulier Developpement: La Maison Caulier)
Client Brewer
in Ghislenghien,
Hainaut,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brasserie 28 by Caulier - Brussels Central Station
- Out of business
Established in 2008
In 2012, he opened a new chapter in the long history of exceptional craft beers by vowing to deliver locally brewed craft beers, to sell them within 28 weeks of bottling through 28 gastro pubs and to deliver them within a 28 minute radius. This way our consumers and customers would receive the beer at peak flavour.
In 2013 the name was changed into Caulier Sugar Free. In 2020 - after a hefty capital investment - the name of the company was changed into Brasserie 28, which is more in line with the ambitious plans of Coppieters (like establishing of a new brewery in Brussels).
For the time being the beers are brewed at the Proefbrouwerij.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
29 June 2019. At Cambrinus, Bruges. Cheers to the family! Pours clear golden with a lasting, small, unstable, foamy, off-white head. Aroma of mandarin, mango, pineapple, lychee, pine, cheese, spring onion. Taste is light to medium fruity sweet, notes of mango & pineapple, vague banana, bread & slick honey, turning medium hoppy bitter with grapefruit peel, mandarin rind & spicy-yeasty touches, slightly sour. Dry, floral hoppy finish, lingering ripe fruit & yeast. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Clean, correct, introductory Pale Ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle. Golden amber colour, foamy white head leaving lacing and fruity aroma. Taste is malt, caramel, some grain with tangy fruity bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite OK
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap. Pours black with a full foamy tan head. Aromas of creamy chocolate, licorice, and dry roasted malts. Flavors of creamy coffee, creamy chocolate, vanilla and lightly smoked malts. Brilliant.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours hazy deep amber, medium beige head, good lacing. aroma is Brett, vinous, caramel, must. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, light funk. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
23 February 2019. (Tasting formerly known as) RBBWG. Cheers to all, thanks Kraddel for the hospitality! Clear yellow with a lasting, thin, unstable, frothy, white head; some lacing. Aroma of soggy white bread, mouldy orange & lemon, pineapple & lime juice, white sugar, tequila. Taste is medium fruity sweet, notes of old orange & pineapple, undercurrent of sourish lemon, wheat & lime and white bready malts, just a tad bitter with mango & wood accents. Dryish, grassy hoppy finish, yeasty, lemony, woody, only faint tequila. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. This just doesn't feel 'fresh' anymore, I'll let this cup pass.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
23/02/2019 - bottle shared on BBGG @Kraddel's place. Hazy golden, small lacing. Nose is malts, sour fruit, sweet touch. Taste is malts, fruits, sweet alcohol, OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample from bottle @ tasting formerly know as RBBWG 2019. F: big, white, good retention. C: gold, hazy. A: malty, bit fruity, caramel, bit woody, bit brett and sour fruity. T: light sour fruity, bit woody, peach, floral, no tequila here, not such disaster for me because I was afraid of aging pale ale yet not bad at all, enjoyed.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Caulier 28 Pale Ale Vieillie en Tonneau de Tequila (by Caulier Developpement (La Maison Caulier)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
23/II/19 - 75cl bottle @ 1st Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (formerly known as Belgian Ratebeer Gathering), BB: n/a, bottled: n/a - (2019-283) Thanks to Rubin77 for sharing the beer!
Clear light orange beer, small creamy irregular off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very soapy, floral, bit ruity, some citrus. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sourish, floral, little bitter, soapy, bit fruity, quite some grapefruit. Aftertaste: citrus fruits, little soapy, soft bitterness, some dried tropical fruits. Not bad, but I've never been blown away by a Tequila B.A. beer… This one is no exception.
Lci