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 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at Arendsnest, 17th October 24. Pours a light orange brown. Aroma is tart, grape skins. Taste is tart, grapes, funky. Nice
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2024
at 14:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at a tasting at troubles' place. Cloudy golden. Stone fruits, barnyard, oak, sour, citric. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2024
at 19:48
7.2/10
On cask. A thick full bodied dark gold but full of deep sour. Pretty good, not great. Arendsnest ams
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2024
at 13:47
8/10
Hapu, puuviljane, tsitrus, kuiv. Hea.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jun 2024
at 17:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at Arendsnest, 19th June 24. Pours a pretty reddish pink. Aroma is musty, grape skins, tart. Taste is musty, damp wood, grape skin, tart fruits, refreshing and complex. Good
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2024
at 14:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On cask at Proeflokaal Arendsnest, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma has some cardboard notes, some leather and gentle funk. Flavour has plenty of oxidation, carbonation, some funk, and a little funk. Lots of oxidation and bitterness on the finish. Leaves plenty to be desired.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2024
at 23:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A clear golden beer, no head. Aroma of tart grapes, apples, apricot, funk. Taste of funky apples, white grapes, apricot, low carbonation.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2024
at 07:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Süffiger, mild säuerlicher Beginn mit deutlicher aber passender Trockenheit im Hintergrund. Der Rosmarin ist leider ziemlich mild, spritzig, moderate Herbe. Süffig, würzig, mittellanger Abgang mit leicht steigender Säure. Nett! 7/10/11/11/9/11
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2024
at 21:55
7/10
Hapu, metalline, mineraalne, nats happeline, puuviljane, veits vesine. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2023
at 01:10
8/10
😋 as expected. Very reliable brewery, this. Pic: I'm famous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2023
at 20:02