Brouwerij Vandenbroek
Microbrewery in Midwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Established in 2014
Closed in 2024
Contact
D22, Midwolde, 9355TL, Netherlands
Description
Brewery Vandenbroek is a small family brewery. Craft and trust in nature are our driving forces. The brewery-housing and brewery equipment are fully self-designed and self-built as a lambic brewery. We have two brass woodfired coppers, a traditional cooling tun where -after hours of cooking- the wort will cool the night over and a beer cellar filled with oak barrels.
This creates the base for some very special beers. The brewing process is based on pure manual labor with a minimum of machines. That’s why we call our beers handcrafted. The fermentation and ripening of our beers are all natural, without any artificial cooling, just as in the old times. As a result, the seasons clearly influence the taste. We believe that high quality does not necessarily mean constant quality. Plan to be surprised. Cheers!
This creates the base for some very special beers. The brewing process is based on pure manual labor with a minimum of machines. That’s why we call our beers handcrafted. The fermentation and ripening of our beers are all natural, without any artificial cooling, just as in the old times. As a result, the seasons clearly influence the taste. We believe that high quality does not necessarily mean constant quality. Plan to be surprised. Cheers!
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375 ml bottle, bottled 9/2017, shared by Werckmeister, thanks! Amber, clear body, with a big, frothy, yellowish head. Aroma of wood, red apple, stone fruits, moderate funk, some leathery notes. Tastes quite similar, with subtle vinegar. Medium, slick mouthfeel, with an average carbonation. Finishes smooth, quite dry, wooden, very fruity, with apple, lemon peel, some leathery notes. Very nice. Pretty fruity, with some rustic character to it. Not very complex maybe, I'm missing some more funky notes, but really smooth to drink. Score: 7 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 15
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2022
at 12:01
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2022
at 21:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at last THT at Kwartje. Murky dull golden. Spicy yeast, white grapes, light herbal, light funk. Light sweet and sour, medium bitter. Over medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2022
at 19:17
7.4/10
Certainly a good beer. Not as good as many neutral belgian lambics. More barnyardy funk. Chewy. Clean, but more horseblanket. Bierkonig ams
Tried
on 11 May 2022
at 22:25
9/10
Now this is more like it. Peach is clearly the second best fruit to throw in lambic, and plum can come very close to that. Great sourness yet amazingly juicy with tons of fruityness. Super bright, refreshing and delicious. Go Toon, amazing stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2022
at 22:00
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flaska från Bierkonig, Amsterdam. Aningen disig gyllengul vätska med medelhögt vitt skum. Lätt syrlig och funkig lambicdoft. Lätt fruktig med kvitten, gröna äpplen och citrus. Strå och stall, snäll syra, aningen svavel, mineraler i eftersmaken. Mycket gott
Tried
on 17 Apr 2022
at 15:22
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2022
at 02:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 375 ml, shared with Max and Miro B. Clear orange, white head. Some cork, sulphur, wood, funk, fruity notes, barnyard. Quite sour, juicy. Easy drinkable, not super complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2022
at 05:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at Arendsnest, Amsterdam, 23rd March 2023. Pours clear and golden. Aroma is tart fruits, musk. Taste is tart, wet wood, sour, barrel and musk, complex and fun, great in the sun in Amsterdam
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2022
at 13:48
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2022
at 21:50