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!
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Arendsnest, 9th November 23. Pours a deep red. Aroma is funky, lots of fruits, taste is tart, musty, grapes, blackberry, sour cherry. Complex and musty linger. Good
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2023
at 14:27
6/10
Wfg’23,
Nee niet lekker
Nee niet lekker
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2023
at 19:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at ardesnest, please forgive me if I entered this at the wrong place... small stable head, light hazy dark orange to light brown, apple, light over ripe oranges, some lactic notes, light leather, not overly sour. Quite simple but highly enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2023
at 20:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 375ml. @ [ (PBF XIII Tasting.) by oh6gdx ] - Petalax, Finland.
[ As Toon van den Broek Watergeus - 2022-09 ].
ABV: 6.3%. Hazy - murky medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, moderate to heavy yeasty, leather, sour, grapes - fruit - citrus - berries. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average to long duration, tart, sour, funky, grapes - berries - citrus, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20230902]
7-3-8-4-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2023
at 18:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle@PBF XIII. Amber colour, small mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is floral, some tartness, mild citrus and some wooden tones. Flavour is floral, some tartness, wood, mild spiciness with some slight sour floral tones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2023
at 16:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle. PBF XIII. Poured hazy orange in color. Light funkyness, notes of vinegar, tartness, peaches and some white wine notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2023
at 16:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
--Bottled at PBF -- Almost clear golden, small coarse head. Citric, funky barnyard aroma. Citric with medium body and clean, crisp mouthfeel. Citric barnyard and old grass. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2023
at 16:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home. This one is 6.2% and bottled 2/2020. So think this is in the right place. Clear golden colour with a thin head. Aroma and taste are dry fruity to tart. Dry finish. Light body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2023
at 16:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Arendsnest, pours a clear dark bronze / copper with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of musty grape skins, gentle funk, light sweetness and earthiness. Flavour is gently sweet, with musty grape skins, earthy funk, and a touch of sweet grape juice. Not authentically lambic-like but a nice funky grape ale. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2023
at 19:40
8/10
2021
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2023
at 19:53