De Kale Ridders (Tumulus)

Client Brewer in Landen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2007

Contact
Walshoutemstraat 6, Landen, 3401, Belgium
Description
In 2007 Bart Landuyt and Bart Liesenborghs came to the conclusion that they possessed the required knowledge and experience to brew their own beer and fairly quickly realised this dream.

Although our region produces many famous and less famous beers, we had to wait quite a while before Landen had its own beer. After some years of experimenting De Kale Ridders finally succeeded in making a unique beer. And since De Kale Ridders are not the only citizens of Landen that like a nice beer it was decided to commercialise it. The name of the beer refers to the rich Hesbaye region where important citizens used to be honoured with impressive burial tombs or tumuli. Even today these tumuli are visibly present in the landscape of Landen with amongst others the Borntombe in Walsbets, de Middelwinde tombe in Neerwinden, the Plattetombe in Waasmont and of course de Tombe of Pepijn in Landen.

The power and mystery surrounding these tumuli is also present in the beers produced by De Kale Ridders. The name is therefore not only a reference to the region of origin but also describes this beer brewed according traditional recipes and without any artificial additions.

De Kale Ridders use the most innovative brewing techniques, obtained through an intense collaboration with various labs of K.U.Leuven, KaHo St-Lieven and the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB). The recipes for our beers were optimised in a small own brewing installation. This installation had however insufficient capacity to serve the demand of friends and family, let alone that of the wider market. Therefore we looked to increase our production by renting capacity in another larger brewery. Already our first visit to the Proefbrouwerij convinced us. De Proefbrouwerij brews on small and middle large scale according the stringiest rules for hygiene, food safety and brewing techniques. Our collaboration with De Proefbrouwerij guarantees an end product of the highest quality and with a minimal variance between the different brews.

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(sample, bottle) Clear dark brown. Medium pale brown head. Sweet, malt, light chocolate, spicy. Medium body. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2025 at 18:58


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

at ZBF 2011, Sint-Niklaas: Hazy amber coloured brew with an subtle sweet start, spicy taste and good bitter finish. Weizenbock meets Tripel?

Tried on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:40


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,33ltr: Golden colored brew with an dry bitter taste, hints of oranges, lemon and coriander.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:32


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Opaque black colored brew with beige foamy head. Dry bitter taste with an little bit of sour, hints of dark chocolate, coffee and roasted malts.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:32



7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

@ Taverne Haspengouw, Zepperen. Hazy blond colour, white foam. Very interesting tripel, sweet, fruity and estery with bitter hoppy finish.

Tried on 24 Jul 2023 at 11:28


7

Actually quite light bodied. Light flavoured. Old school classic belgian stout. It is fine, not spectacular. Could have a more robust fermentation. Blauwe Later Leuven

Tried on 02 Jul 2023 at 11:34


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

10/IV/23 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ holiday home (France), BB: n/a, brewed: 16/VI/16 (2023-316)

Pretty cloudy orange beer, big aery irregular off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, lots of citrus notes, orange peel, sourish impression, brett notes, smells infected? MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, bitter, funky, a bit oxidized, spicy, a little sweet. Aftertaste: funky, orange peel, very oxidized, more brett notes, lots of alcohol, ok but not great. Not a big fan. Too bad, a brett beer with this much age on it, could’ve / should’ve been great...

Tried from Bottle from Bierwinkel De Hopduvel on 10 Apr 2023 at 19:00


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

25/XII/22 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ home, BB: 5/I/24 (2022-1767)

Clear carmine red to pale red beer, big fizzy to creamy irregular light beige head, pretty stable, a little adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, a bit sourish, funky touch, sweet impression. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: little bitter, some tannins, sourish, fruity, nice acidity, some cherries, decent. Aftertaste: sourish, pretty bitter, more cherries, cherry pits and skins, some tannins, gentle acidity, some almonds, little oxidized.

Tried from Bottle from Bierwinkel De Hopduvel on 25 Dec 2022 at 14:30


8

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2020 at 12:22