Brasserie Grain d'Orge

Microbrewery in Hombourg, Liège, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2002

Contact
Rue Laschet 3, Hombourg, 4852, Belgium
Description
The "Grain d'orge" brewery is a family brewery that was founded in 2002 by Benoît and Viviane Johnen. It is located in the village of Hombourg, at the limit of the 3 borders. The production of the brewery has increased year by year since its creation to reach in 2016, 4000Hl of beers.

Its main beers are Brice, Joup, Canaille, Grelotte, The Pom, Triple, Double and Pure d'Aubel. To this are added others, so-called beers on contract. They are tailor-made for small debits or special events.

The combination of ingredients and natural spices makes Grain d'orge beers unique and the layout of a spacious brewing room respecting the standards imposed by the FASFC guarantees their quality. In addition, a banquet hall has been fitted upstairs. This is available for rent but also serves to welcome groups who visit the brewery in order to end pleasantly with a tasting.

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5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
A deep red beer with an OK light orange head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of berries combined with prunes. The flavor is dusty and somewhat fruity combined with notes of prunes. Nothing specieal, but not bad either.
Tried on 22 Mar 2006 at 15:17

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
An orange beer with sediment of yeast floating around and an thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet and very fruity - almost cloying. While the flavor is a bit old, somewhat dusty, combined with notes of fruity - especially peaches. It has best before date in May/June 2006, so it is well matured - and I think over the top - but I can’t get it again, so I rate it.
Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2006 at 14:52

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
A hazy amber beer with a lazing orange head. The aroma is slightly acidic malty combined with notes of yeast. The flavor is sweet dusty and malty, but also with notes of fruit juice and yeast.
Tried on 12 Mar 2006 at 10:24

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
(Bottle 33 cl) This aged sample - best before end 2004 - is the original version from Vervifontaine. Dark amber with a neat and rather stable, off-white head. Fruity, sweetish nose with some alcohol. Good, full body with a caramelish sweetness. Quite interesting. 160206
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2006 at 11:21

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A hazy light yellow beer with a thin lazing white head. The aroma is sweet spicy with coriander standing out - the flavor is pretty much like the aroma.
Tried on 13 Dec 2005 at 15:06

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear gold beer; good resistent white head, leaving some lace. Perfumed, tad of vanilla, bit grassy and a whiff of coriander. All quite subdued, indeed. Nice sourish, wheatish taste, very fine flavours, even when not heartlifting. Finish has some corn flakes flavour to it. Light body, quite carbonated. Good for a wheatbeer, even if it doesn’t say so on the bottle. Cider????
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2005 at 03:52

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled at Delirium, Gothenburg. Dark red to copper in colour. Offwhite head. Prunes and other dried fruits in aroma. Much the same in flavor, in addition to malt. Quite fizzy mouthfeel. Fruity, alcoholic aftertaste. (051008)
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2005 at 15:36

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled at Delirium, Gothenburg. Orange, unclear in color, with white head. Fizzy. Citric nose. Candisugar and dried fruit in flavour, and a sweet aftertaste with alcohol. (Is this the same brewery as Brasserie de lAbbaye du Val-Dieu, which is also situated in Aubel?)(051008)
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2005 at 15:31

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled, brewed by Grain d’Orge (BB May/June 2006)
Brown, small, mostly vanishing head. Aroma of dates, oak, yeast, slightly bitter. Dry, woody, dates also in the flavor. Mouthfeel is kind of flat. Long dry aftertaste. Quite average in all ways.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2005 at 12:59

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottled, ABV 6.5%, brewed by Grain d’orge (BB sept-oct/2005)
Hazy orange color, decent white head. Grassy, parfumic, sweetish peach aroma. Medium-bodied. Smokey, grassy, citrusy even chocolaty - quite unique flavor. Interesting but not very pleasant more like unbalanced.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2005 at 11:48