Scåssenes (previously Ecaussinnes)

Commercial Brewery in Ecaussinnes, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 1999

Contact
Rue De Restaumont 118, Ecaussinnes, 7190, Belgium
Description
The Brasserie d'Ecaussinnes was founded in 1999 by the Bruges couple Isabel & Hugues van Poucke. In 2012 the Chinese importer Xiaoning Yu bought the Brasserie d'Ecaussinnes from the Van Poucke's. Together with his friend and beer aficionado Michel Simon, he decided to invest in the former Brasserie d’Ecaussinnes. Substantive work was done to update the production and refresh the image of the brewery. In 2014, the introduction of a new team gave a young and modern dynamic to the brewery and the name was changed into Brasserie Scåssenes. In 2015, the brewery launched its own revolution….the 1830.

In 2020 after years of setbacks (the existing installations of the brewery turned out to be too old or too large; while co-investor Michel Simon left the firm) a new manager was appointed to put things in order. Brewmaster Jerôme, a medical biologist, keeps an eye on the fully automated brewing process.

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pale amber beer with a huge whitish head. Citrus aroma with malt and yeast. Sweet malty flavor with honey, citrus, and earthy yeast. Honey, citrus, and malt linger. Medium body. Well balanced and not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2007 at 23:40


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Rich amber beer with a huge off-white head. Malty, cookie aroma with a bit of tartness. Malty flavor with backing dark fruit and light yeast. malt and yeast linger. Medium body. Easy drinking. Clean and well balanced, though needs more of something tomake a lasting impression.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2007 at 22:59


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 11/11, savoured on June 27 2007; eye: amber with golden reflections, nice effervescence, abundant creamy beige head, lots of lacing, clear; nose: yeast, sweet, caramelized malt, light hops; mouth: malt, wheat, hops appears suddenly, syrup, malt, hops, cookie, finale where the malt and hops seem to take their place but give it away to the sweetness, cloying, quite sweet, lightly bitter, medium body, creamy texture, average carbonation; overall: fine but a bit too sweet for me FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 11/11, savourée le 27 juin 2007; œil : ambrée avec des reflets dorés, belle effervescence, abondante mousse beige crémeuse, pas mal de dentelle, claire; nez : levure, sucré, malt caramélisé, léger houblon; bouche : dans cet ordre, malt, froment, houblon apparaît soudainement, sirop, malt, houblon, biscuit, finale où le malt et le houblon prennent un peu leur place mais la laissent presque aussitôt au sucre, toquante, assez sucrée, légèrement amère, corps moyen, texture crémeuse, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : correct mais un brin trop sucré

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2007 at 16:19


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 26/06/11, savoured on June 26 2007; eye: straw, clear, large creamy white head, average effervescence; nose: hops, wheat, grainy malt, cedar, yeast; mouth: in that order, carbonation, hops, malt, horse blanket, wheat, finale in hops with a good presence of malt and a hint of sweetness, dry, quite carbonated, rather bitter, creamy texture, medium body; overall: not bad FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 26/06/11, savourée le 26 juin 2007; œil : paille, claire, mousse blanche crémeuse abondante, effervescence moyenne; nez : houblon, froment, malt granuleux, cèdre, levure; bouche : dans cet ordre, carbonatation, houblon, malt, cheval, froment, finale en houblon avec une bonne présence de malt et une petite pointe sucrée, sèche, très carbonatée, plutôt amère, texture crémeuse, corps moyen; en résumé : pas méchante

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2007 at 15:59


4.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 13/11/09, savoured on June 26 2007; eye: amber with reddish hues, no effervescence, clear, creamy beige head, quite a lot of lacing; nose: offensive as it is so sweet, big whiff of cherry syrup concentrate, Cherry Blossom, bubble gum; mouth: syrupy, sweet, cherry, Cherry Blossom, slight hint of acidity coming form likely raspberries, long finale in a concentrate of cherry mixed with bubble gum, a bit thin, extremely sweet, medium body, average carbonation; overall: way too sweet FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 13/11/09, savourée le 26 juin 2007; œil : ambrée dans les teintes rougeâtres, pas d’effervescence, claire, mousse beige crémeuse, pas mal de dentelle; nez : repoussant tellement c’est sucrée, grosse snif de concentré de sirop de cerises, Cherry Blossom, gomme balloune; bouche : sirupeux, sucrée, cerise, Cherry Blossom, très légère pointe d’acidité semblant venir de la framboise, longue finale en concentré de cerises mélangée avec de la gomme balloune, un peu mince, extrêmement sucrée, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : vraiment trop sucrée

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2007 at 15:54


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 20/12/11, savoured on June 20 2007; eye: dark mahogany, clear, voluminous beige head, lots of lacing, no effervescence; nose: syrupy, caramelized malt, ashy; mouth: in that order, creamy, syrupy, spices (clove, nutmeg), candied fruits, caramelized malt, alcohol, long sweet finale where the spices are becoming more and more present, quite sweet, undetectable hops, medium body, average carbonation; overall: a bit too sweet FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 20/12/11, savourée le 20 juin 2007; œil : acajou foncé, claire, mousse beige volumineuse, pas mal de dentelle, pas d’effervescence; nez : sirupeux, malt caramélisé, cendrée; bouche : dans cet ordre, crémeuse, sirupeuse, épices, fruits confits, malt caramélisé, épices (clou de girofle, muscade), alcool, longue finale sucrée un peu toquante où les épices deviennent de plus en plus présents, assez sucrée, on ne décèle pas le houblon, corps moyenne, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : un peu trop sucrée

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2007 at 16:48


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 21/12/11, savoured on June 18 2007; eye: ruby, voluminous coffee head that leaves a little carpet to protect the beer, clear, no effervescence, lots of lacing; nose: light malt, sweet (maple syrup), ginger, cinnamon, wood (oak), clove; mouth: in that order, syrupy, sweet, caramel, cannot taste the malt but can feel its presence, ashy, sweet finale in maple syrup with hints of hops, cinnamon, pepper and clove, creamy and sticky texture, quite sweet, slightly bitter, full body, not much carbonation; overall: fine but me and maple syrup beers just don’t get along… I guess you have to be from Québec to enjoy the irony FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 21/12/11, savourée le 18 juin 2007; œil : rubis, mousse café abondante qui laisse un petit tapis pour protéger la bière, claire, pas d’effervescence, dentelle abondante; nez : léger malt, sucrée (sirop d’érable), gingembre, cannelle, boisée (chêne), clou de girofle; bouche : dans cet ordre, sirupeux, sucrée, caramel, on ne goûte pas le malt mais on sent sa présence, cendrée, finale toquante en sirop d’érable avec des pointes de houblon, cannelle, poivre et clou de girofle, texture crémeuse, très sucrée, très légèrement amère, corsé, texture collante, peu carbonatée; en résumé : correct mais moi et les bières au sirop d’érable… il faut bien vivre au Québec pour ne pas aimer une bière au sirop d’érable

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2007 at 16:04


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Hazy orange colour with mediumsized white head. Aroma is syrup, fruits, caramel malts and some spices. Flavour is citrus along with yeast and citrus fruits. Not as alcoholic as the other ultra’s as for the flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2007 at 05:10


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. Dark amber colour, big beige head. Aroma is malts, sweet alcohol (quite weakly). Flavour is sweet from alcohol, along with some malts and yeast. Very wellbalanced and pleasantly done.

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2007 at 03:30


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. Yellow colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is sweet glueish alcohollike with some malts added in it. Flavour is about the same. What I wonder on this one is why the glueish alcohollike thing comes through if it’s 5%?

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2007 at 03:28