Brasserie Caulier

Microbrewery in Péruwelz, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1996

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Rue de Sondeville 134, Péruwelz, 7600, Belgium
Description
In 1933 Charles Caulier, a miner, left his job and decided to set up as a beer reseller in Bonsecours, a small village in the south of Belgium. In 1980, Roger and Linda Caulier took over the family business and continued progressing.
The warehouses soon became too cramped so they took over the buildings of a former tannery in Péruwelz. The products of the Brewery are still brewed in these buildings today.

In the early 1990s, Roger and Linda decided to market their own beer: a custom-made high fermentation blonde. The Bon Secours was born! These were promising beginnings but they still dreamt of creating their own brewery. A dream which became reality when they bought the machinery from the Deneve brewery in Schepdaal and inaugurated the first brew in 1996!

In 2007, the NV Brasserie Caulier was declared bankrupt. At the beginning of 2008, the activities were transferred to a private limited company of the sons of Roger Caulier, who subsequently adopted the name Brasserie et Distillerie Caulier. As of 2012, Laurent, Bertrand and Vincent joined their parents in the adventure. In order to respond to the growing demand for its products, in 2018 the Brewery began a large multi-annual programme of investments with the goal of tripling its production capacity. The historical Brewing House has been extended, new fermentation and storage tanks have been added, and the bottling line has been modernised.

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5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draught Fluffy, snowwhite head over clear golden beer with a verdigris shine. Greenmalt, young, unfinished beer, fatty acids and no hops to smell. Dull, malty, less young tasting than the nose suggested, but still: WHERE’S THE SIMCOE??? Light body; despite the visual, fizzy. I cannot see the point. A "Simcoe Edition" that delivers no hops, for Chrissakes?
Tried from Can on 05 Mar 2010 at 13:25

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Golden- orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, yeast, apple, malt. Flavour is fruit, yeast, apple, spices, malt, alcohol, hop. Ordinary beer.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2010 at 21:33

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. An orange-golden beer with some floaties and a small, off-white head. Slightly sourish, milky nose with pale malts dominating. Sure off, which is also clear when tasting it. Warming and full-bodied, nicely carbonated with flavors of pale malts, alcohol, fruits, some spices and hops. Nice bitterness in the finish, and too much alcohol. Not a very interesting beer, doubt it was when fresh either. 091024
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2010 at 11:00

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Caulier Bon Secours Blonde de Noël (by Caulier):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

33cl. Orange to dark yellowish colour. Very fine white regular head that sticks to the glas when drinking. Sweet-acidic scent. Quite acid start followed by an alcohol sweetness. A lot of bubbles on the tongue that keeps prickling in the aftertaste. Would be a very good aperitive beer!
Tried on 05 Feb 2010 at 11:44

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Bottle 330ml. w. swing top.Clear light to medium amber color with a large to huge, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate yeasty, light vinegar - capers, star anis. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, vinegar notes. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20091024]
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2010 at 06:37

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
5th November 2008. Hazy blonde beer. Dry sweet creamy araomatic malt let down by a spicy but over dry finish. 7th March 2010. A 10% version on tap - but it’s not the Noel. Cloudy blond beer. A little offputting pukey malt on the nose. Dry palate. Creamy malt. Sweet orange, a little floralness. Hints of dry brandy. Finishes dry, minerally and with some alcoholic heat.
Tried from Draft on 24 Jan 2010 at 11:58

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Caulier Bon Secours Brune (by Caulier):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

20/01/2010 - 33cl bottle @ home (2011-24)

Note: retasted this one after almost one year of aging. I'm going to leave the scores from the original tasting below, as they are more respresentative.

Dark brown murky beer, very dense creamy soft head, stable and adhesive. Aroma: caramel, banana, overripe fruit, vanilla. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body, creamy texture. Taste: fruity, banana, caramel, mocha turning to chocolate. Aftertaste is very dark bitter chocolate, toffee, orange peel. Really worth to let this one age for at least a year!
Ar: 9, Ap: 5, T: 8, P: 5, O: 16, Total: 4.3

25/04/2010 - sampling taste @ brewery

Note: drank during "open brewery" days. Just found the paper again.

Cloudy dark brown beer, little to no head. Aroma: caramel, sour apple, sweet ripe fruit, raisins. Taste: roasted malts, wood, alcoholic sweet. Aftertaste: little sweet, coffee and acidic touch.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2010 at 08:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
bottle. I planned to crack this open next Christmas, but the bottle was sizzling in my cellar and foam was coming out of the swing top, so I feared there would be too much pressure in it. Precautionary I opened the bottle in the sink, which was a good idea. The beer pours (or rather explodes) a cloudy pale yellow colour with an enormous head. Malty nose with spicy hints. Full-bodied, malty with lots of spicy hops and lots of alcoholic flavours.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2009 at 09:38

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
slightly cloudy orange, white head. fruity aroma, faint malt sweetness, yeast. belgian beer. flavor is mild fruity, yeasty, a little buttery. very mild for such a high alc. %.
Tried on 06 Dec 2009 at 04:04

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
33 cL bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Gusher! Pours hazy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty spiced and light roasted malty. Sweet and yeasty flavoured with a nice roasted malt base. Sweet malty and fruity yeasty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2009 at 05:03