Brouwerij De Klep

Microbrewery in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
Foodhal MOUT, Deken van Oppensingel 6, Venlo, 5911 AD, Netherlands
Description
The founder of this brewery is Louis Klaassens, owner of Café De Klep. From the very beginning, Louis's ambition was to open a "high-profile and successful city brewery" in Venlo. Initially, it was called Stadsbrouwerij Klaassens, which in 2018 became Stadsbrouwerij De Klep, and in 2022, Brouwerij De Klep.

Until 2022, the beers were primarily brewed at Brouwerij De Fontein. Initially, this was around 300 liters per batch, but in 2018, it increased to 1000 liters per batch.

On June 1, 2022, a dedicated brewing system was put into operation, and the brewery was established in the MOUT food hall in Venlo: the dream of having our own brewery was finally realized!

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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Fles 33cl thuis. Dried fruits, pruim, rozijn, caramel, maltig, wat liquorice, melasse, licht kruidig, wat droog. (28-12-2025).

Tried from Bottle from 't Bockje on 28 Dec 2025 at 22:23


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Fles 33cl thuis. Yeasty, steenfruit, suikers, vrij droog, licht kruidig, bloemig, wat citrus, honingtonen, zoeten, bittertonen. (28-12-2025).

Tried from Bottle from 't Bockje on 28 Dec 2025 at 21:55


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Fles 33cl thuis. Belgisch gist, bloemig, bittertonen, fruitig, klein zuurtje, redelijk droog, steenfruit, citrustonen. (25-12-3025).

Tried from Bottle from 't Bockje on 25 Dec 2025 at 15:11


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Herb-malziger Beginn, eher trocken, etwas brotig, trocken. Langweilig, kurzer Abgang. 10/6/6/6/8/6

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2025 at 13:45


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle. Cloudy, auburn colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Slightly nutty, caramel malty aroma, hints of nougat, caramel. Taste is sweet-ish and nutty, caramel malty, hints of nougat, hazelnut, caramel, mildly bitter, hoppy counterpart.
Creamy-watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, soft, creamy carbonation.
Homogeneous, harmonious, focussed - very nice.

Tried from Bottle from Pakhuis Twente on 04 Nov 2025 at 22:11


6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle. Cloudy, dark amber to chestnut colour with weak ruby shimmer and small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Toasty, nutty, malty aroma, hints of Brazil nut, dark hazelnut, whiffs of dark honey. Taste is toasty, minimally nutty, caramel malty without residual sweetness and piney hoppy, hints of Brazil nut, dark hazelnut, some pine; lingering, dry finish.
Oily-watery texture, slightly dry palate, medium, dense, prickly carbonation.
Clean, simple - not that exciting.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2025 at 19:15


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 33cl. @home poured into a weizen glass. Hazy white clour, rocky white head, good retention and lacing. Aroma wheat, yeast, lemon, light banana, some cloves, straw. Taste medium sweet and slightly bitter and sourish, wheat, lemon, banana, hops. Medium body, creamy texture, average carbonation, sweet and slightly bitter and sourish aftertaste, yeast notes, bit unbalanced, refreshing, nice.

Tried from Bottle from De Biersalon on 08 Sep 2025 at 21:22


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Draft, half pint. @"Proeflokaal Arendsnest", Amsterdam (The Netherlands). 24/08/2025
[#8.606 Global - #325 Netherlands - #1 De Klep (My Brewery #107 from the Netherlands)]
Pours dark amber with a lasting white head. Aroma: caramel malts, honey and dried fruits. Taste: dark malts, honey, caramel and nuts. Caramelly palate.
Next one, please!

Tried from Draft at Proeflokaal Arendsnest on 24 Aug 2025 at 07:25


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 03/08/2025.
Deep chestnut to mahogany brown with a light beige cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is caramel, sugar, big on pear drop, stewed fruits.
Taste comprises apple, cinnamon, toffee, fruit rinds, cake mix, booze.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a lick of booze.
Passable sipper ... a touch harsh and estery ... could even have guessed at some kind of tripel from a blind tasting!

Tried on 03 Aug 2025 at 17:43


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 33cl. @home poured into an alt glass. Roasty nose. Clear deep amber colour, good creamy beige head, half-way lasting, fair lacing. Aroma roasted malt, caramel, grain, iron. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, roast, iron notes. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, malty sweetbitter aftertaste, roasty notes, some cardboard, nice.

Tried from Bottle from BierBink on 03 Aug 2025 at 16:05