Malcroys Brewing

Microbrewery in Kontich, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: The Beer Shop

Established in 2019

Closed in 2024

Contact
Albertlei 43, Kontich, 2550, Belgium
Description
Just as many others brewers, Kevin started brewing solely for fun and curiosity. After a while, the urge to share his brews with more people than only close friends, made him decide to go official with his “ Small Batch Brewery”. Stubborn as he is, he wanted to keep the whole brewing process in his own hands so every single one of his brews will be brewed in house. That doesn’t exclude doing some collaboration brews in the future. But every beer wearing the Malcroys label will have the same dedication and “no compromise approach” as the beers being brewed in his own tiny brew kettle. Being small has advantages and disadvantages. You can’t brew big volumes and thus reaching a big audience is not easy. On the other hand, brewing on such small scale gives a lot of freedom to experiment, brew crazy beers or try ancient or strange techniques other bigger brewers cannot afford due to scale or time. That is what makes a small batch brewery so special; that is what Malcroy Brewing will try to do. Brewing special, honest beers, one small batch at a time.

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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2024, Saturday. A black beer. Aroma and Taste of bourbon, strong dark malt, coffee, some liquorice, ash.
Tried on 12 Nov 2024 at 18:55

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2024, Saturday. A clear golden beer. Aroma and Taste of ripe stone fruits, citra, mango, dry bitter finish.
Tried on 12 Nov 2024 at 18:54

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sample at Billie's Craft Beer Fest, Antwerp 2024-11-08. Black with aroma is roasted malt, coffee and hint of pepper. Medium sweet and medium bitter. Not enough chili.
Tried on 11 Nov 2024 at 11:21

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours dark, clear blonde. Small white head. Scent is crystal malts, outspoken but not that hoppy. Taste is full, sweet-ish, caramel malts. Bright citrus. Pine, easy drinkable. medium full body, low carbo.
Tried on 11 Nov 2024 at 10:40

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours unclear blonde. Small white head. Scent is very dank, raw hops, quite pronounced caramel malts. Taste is full, dry, crystal malts, green dank hops. Quite fullbodied. not as dry as I expected a Brut IPA to be, but this is how I prefer them anyways.
Tried on 11 Nov 2024 at 06:55

7.2/10
Enough alcohol but also quite drinkable. Nice to see the balance. Billies craft beer fest 2024
Tried on 09 Nov 2024 at 19:05

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Keg Billie's 2024-11-09 Antwerp
AR: hot chipotle, dark chocolate, warming feeling, roasted malt
AP: dark brown, tiny lid
F: hot chipotle, dark chocolate, warming feeling, roasted malt
Tried from Draft on 09 Nov 2024 at 17:08

7.4/10
I’m rating 9.0 at Billie’s. But it has an awesome smoke to it that dominates. Billies craft beer fest 2024
Tried on 09 Nov 2024 at 16:56

7.4/10
I get a pepper spice going on. Main flavor is fresh red fruits. Sourness is spot on. Billies craft beer fest 2024
Tried on 09 Nov 2024 at 16:23

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Draught Hazy amber beer with off-white rim. Cookiedough, slightly roasted malts. Toast, yellow toastbread, cookiedough, quite spiced-up sweetness, as for a meatsauce (*). At least medium bodied; feels better carbonated thatn it looks. Another original. (*) This ought to be used in reductions.
Tried from Draft on 09 Nov 2024 at 09:28