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

Bottled (BB 06/2006)
3.5% Belgian (non-lambic) ale ... interesting. Backside label gives distribution address for Australia. Pale yellow color, big foany head. Wet, grassy, metallic, dish cleanser aroma. Thin, lemony fruity, short flavor. Oily, lighty hoppy aftertaste. Plain as was expected.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2005 at 12:01


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled (BBE 01/2009)
Hazy yellow color and a big cloudy head. Sweet fruity (mango) aroma, not very strong. Medium-bodied. Bitterish with long hoppy aftertaste. A bit grassy/woody. One dimensional but drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2005 at 16:52


4.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottled (BB 05/2007)
Deep cherry red, a good cloudy tan head, lace. Artificial rasberry aroma, more like strawberry icecream. Dry rasberry flavor with some sourness. Flavor ends quickly to watery mouthfeel. Dry aftertaste. Flavor is not totally hopeless but after medicore aroma and palate this is not very enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2005 at 15:40


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Golden beer with white head. Sweet and slightly sour nose. Spices too. Sweet taste of crackers and cardamom. Sweet finish. Rating: 6-3-6-3-12-3. 051028

Bottle, two different vintages, 2005 and 2007. An unclear, golden beer with a small white head. Cookies, ginger and cardamom on the nose, the ginger toned down in the oldest bottle. Cookies, ginger and pale malts in the flavor, as in the aroma, the ginger had faded over the years, and there’s some oxidation too. Pleasant sweetness. Medium body. Cookies and spices in the finish. Definately a strange beer, but I like it. 100212

Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2005 at 14:13


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle. Very weak fruity aroma. Slightly cloudy, pale yellow colour. Small white head. Thin (of course) flavour, but it does have some fruitiness. A little too high carbonation. OK, but boring.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2005 at 06:23


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Do not serve chilled or cool or whatever the bottle says. Very dark and cloudy brown. Small but thick head that becomes rocky, and remains as a thin layer on top of the beer until the last sip. Cold immediately from the bottle the beer has little aroma, little flavor, and far too much carbonation; so much so that it seems to effect the flavor as footbalm said. After warming to room temperature there is malt, fruit, and very light spice. Flavor of rich sweet malt, some fruit. The alcohol is well hidden in the flavor. This tastes like a dubbel, but with the abv so high, it would be fair to call it a quad. Pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2005 at 23:34


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(bottle) Slightly hazy orange colour with a lacy frothy white head. Sweet orange and peach aroma, malty and slightly syrupy with a touch of wheat. Sweet fruity flavour, medium to full bodied, light fizzy. Heavy orange fruity and sweet malty taste, alcohol-warming, English marmalade like sweetbitter lasting finish.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2005 at 10:00


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Dark amber to brown color; huge thick head. Nice aroma, malty, old, light hops. Malty and sweet taste, medium spices (cinnamon, ginger…).

Tried on 12 Oct 2005 at 04:28


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

Draught
Hazy golden color, creamy head. Aroma with some malt, hop, light fruitness. Smooth malty body, silky, well balanced. Solid Strong Belgian Ale!

Tried on 12 Oct 2005 at 04:27


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

Draught
Blond color. Thick creamy head. Pretty sweet, honeyish and perfumy. Refreshing.

Tried on 12 Oct 2005 at 04:26