Brasserie Caulier
Microbrewery
in
Péruwelz,
Hainaut,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Caulier Taproom & Shop
Established in 1996
Contact
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.
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.
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
The aroma is very sweet from cherries - can't make out the blueberries. The color is an unclear dark red with a perfect pink head. The flavor is thin from cherries and dry wood. A boring flavor. This beer places itself between the real krieks and the sweet versions - and in between doesn't work - and even if it is the blueberries doing the trick - it still doesn't work.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2004
at 16:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Light blond color, hazy. Very nice aroma: malt, coriander, spices, lemon. Good Strong Belgian Ale, smooth (the aroma is its best feature).
Tried
on 09 Mar 2004
at 08:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Fully hazy purple, pinkish head, lacey. Fruity nose, like fruit drops. I'd rather guess blackcurrant than blueberries. Sweet. Taste is just a very light fruity flavour - any berry fruit, indifferent. Some malts underneath, slightly tart. Light mouthfeel, without becoming thinnish. Not as bad as some, less than the great fruit beers. Indifferent.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2004
at 00:56
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Straw-gold; clear large white head. Not very hoppy nose - just what Germans call "herb". Taste: Oups. Tastes oxydised. Grainy flavour and bitterness in the palate. This is strange for Zlatec. Light bodied. Apple in the aftertaste. A bit disappointing. Strange effect for Saaz- supposed to be all aroma and little bitterness. Just about OK. Ain't bottom-fermenting.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2004
at 17:39
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Amber colour, white head. Too sweet for my taste, a hint of liquorice.......
Tried
on 02 Mar 2004
at 09:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gushing to light-pink foam; amber-brown beer with red-pink shine. Concentrated fruit nose (raspberry, raspberry jam, blackcurrant,...) Slightly tart raspberry taste & good fruitacids and carbonation on top of rather sweet base. Retronasal flavour of currant shrubs. However, very light, limit of watery texture. No beery notes whatsoever. Long fruitish aftertaste. Lately, a number of Walloon breweries - some quite artisanal - have exceeded in releasing abysmally bland and boringly light 'fruit'beers (Rosé des Remparts, Ducassis,...). Caulier has definitely done better. A really great fruitbeer it isn't - yet.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2004
at 13:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Light amber color. Quite good Strong Belgian Ale, sweet; ligth Madeira character (the Magnum bottle is 4 years old); I like it enough, but it's not extraordinary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2004
at 04:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy golden color. Nice malty aroma with some yeast, with orange peel, apple. The mouthfeel is too dry and simple, less original than the aroma, similar to a Triple. Light residual sweetness.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2004
at 02:40
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pale blond color. Dry aroma, fresh, a bit spicy; citrus fruits. Quite smooth, with a peculiar light liquorice note, dry but with a residual sweetness. Quite ordinary palate. Too simple.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2003
at 07:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy amber color, lasting head. Sweet caramel aroma and taste. Alcohol is unnoticeable. Quite nice brew.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2003
at 18:40