De Graal

Microbrewery in Brakel, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2002

Contact
Industrielaan 42a, Brakel, 9660, Belgium
Description
Brewery De Graal (the name is Dutch for 'the grail') is a young Belgian artisanal, yet automated, brewery located in Brakel, in the heart of the beautiful region that is commonly called 'the Flemish Ardennes'. The brewery of graduate brewer Wim Saeyens started in early 2002, and has known a consistent growth ever since. In the summer of 2016 the brewery moved to a new building.
Continuous investments in the latest brewing technologies have made it possible for brewery De Graal to keep up with the increasing demand for high quality beers. The export market to countries such as the US, Japan, Italy and Denmark is particularly on the rise. In addition to the main activity, the brewing of six different beers under its own De Graal brand name, the brewery is also specialized in producing custom-made specialty beers.

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6/10
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2022 at 14:11

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2022 at 20:26

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2022 at 14:31

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2022 at 13:42

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2022 at 13:31

5.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
33cl bottle at Belgian Beergeeks/Brewver summer tasting at Tim's house. Thanks Tim. BB 09/2022.
Joignant la liste d'une énièle bière à la cerise sortie tout droit des labos de recherches sans saveur des industriels de la bière d emasse belge.
Rougeâtre, col épais rosé crémeux.
Arôme nez balancé entre le fruité de la, cerise et un léger fleuri, une fine sucrosité s'échappe en rétro-nasal avec des notes de malts classiques belges.
Palais est plein sur les cerises, le tout reste similaire aux autres bières de ce genre - trop sucrée quoique ici, le côté naturel de le cerise ressort plus. Garde une base belge marquée.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2022 at 14:32

5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
10/IX/22 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (Gent), BB: IX/2022, lot: 20265 (2022-1129)

Clear dark red beer, small creamy pink head, stable, a bit irregular, little adhesive. Aroma: sweet and sugary impression, lots of sugary cherry candy, a bit fruity, rather artificial. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and sugary, lots of cherry flavoured candy, alcohol, bitter touch, very artificial. Aftertaste: cherry, candy, sweet and sugary, pretty oxidized, but strange enough it’s not too bad... I’ve had way worse cherry beers.
Tried from Bottle from Dranken Geers on 10 Sep 2022 at 14:15

4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4
10/IX/22 - 33cl bottle @ Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (Gent), BB: I/2022, lot200018 (2022-1126) Thanks to Bierridder for sharing the bottle!

Clear blond to yellow beer, big creamy white head, very stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: CO2, very yeasty, bad, oxidized, malty, some dirty grains. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, lots of yeast, autolyse, sugary, meh, rather unpleasant, don’t like it. Aftertaste: sugary, alcohol, oxidized, bitter touch, sweet, yeasty, bleh.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2022 at 13:30

5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
33cl bottle at Belgian Beergeeks/Brewver summer tasting at Tim's house. Thanks Siegfried.BB 01/2022.
Dorée, col épais blanc.
Semble que la date déjà expirée n'aie pas amélioré cette bière.
Arôme au nez classique belge sur les esters belges, fruité avec une pointe d'agrumes -que je suppose ici du Citra ?
Palais est identique, caractère belge, esters la bière passe de suite pour passée comme vu par sa date de péremption - bière devant dater de 2019 ou 2020. Le tout conserve un léger fini fruité de raisin blanc, sucre résiduel effet Duvel Citra sans plus.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2022 at 12:52

5.5/10
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2022 at 10:55