Brasserie Eylenbosch ( -1991)
Microbrewery
in Schepdaal,
Flemish Brabant,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Mort Subite
Established in 1894
Closed in 1991
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm) Colour is mainly brown, with a disappearing head. Nose is rather sweet, with brown sugar bursting into dark aromas of raspberries and blackberries. Taste is sweet/sour with stifled raspberry notes, a bit of cellar, and a huge sweet/sour/raspberry finish. A bit on the sweet side, but very nice for a 17 year old.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught @Plan B, vintage 1989
Deep red wirh small reddish head. Weak earthy, rasberry nose. A bit sour, extremely fresh fruity flavor for so old beer, taste of rasberries. Very fruity dessert beer. One of the last kegs in the world, thanks guys for this one out in RBESG05!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 25 cl) Pretty, pale reddish colour, small head. Pronounced raspberry nose. Very raspberry flavour with a discreet sweetness on an underlying tart base. Nicely balanced between the sweet and the sour. Lovely Framboise considering this was never really my favourite style. 170598
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Kriek from Brasserie Eylenbosch ( -1991) 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Best Before 1993, 375mL bottle shared by Rastacouere at the Mondial Ratebeer tasting, 6/4/2005. Kriek cuvee speciale.
Tomato sauce colored beer, brownish-ruddy, light auburn tinges. Small white head recedes to ring providing light lacing (all the sugar they dumped in it, no doubt). Smells of sweet caramel and maraschino cherries, cider vinegar and a bit of yeast. Some actual sweet tomato sauce with honey in it. I guess that is the combination of sherry, sugar and cherries. Tastes massively sweet, with those maraschino cherries again. Some musty yeast flavor. No tart bret, no sour bacterias. Low, bubbly carbonation is gentle. Some cherry pit dryness, but it is barely noticeable. Watery. Maybe instead of Best Before, they should put Best after 2033, after which, hopefully, the sweetness will have come down another notch. So far this brewery is 0 for 2 in my book.
CloakedDagger (37038) reviewed Kriek from Brasserie Eylenbosch ( -1991) 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 25 cl) My version at 4,3% ABV. Reddish brown with a nice head. Cherry-aroma is not very dominant, which is a pity really. Rather dry - all the fruit-sugars must have fermented. Slight tartness - very refreshing. 280597
CloakedDagger (37038) reviewed Gueuze from Brasserie Eylenbosch ( -1991) 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 25 cl) Original version from "Br. Eylenbosch" in Schepdaal at 4,3% ABV. Amber coloured, bubbly head (leaves the bottle by itself as soon as you get the cap off) but then the beer turns rather flat. Some tart - but far from extreme - vinegary notes nicely matched by a candied sweetness. 291196
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Gueuze from Brasserie Eylenbosch ( -1991) 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
1991 bottle 375mL shared with Bucknaked on 5/1/2005.
Pours a caramelized sugar colored orange-amber (caramel) with some bright golden-copper tinges. Sediment at the bottom is surprisingly (to me) very light (in quantity). This poured with a big yellow-flecked white head which rapidly dissipates to a ring and then nothing. But it’s absolutely marvelous to see it pour a head at 14 years of age. Fine bubbles still rise to the surface in the liquid. Aroma of dry, dusty yeast, sawdust like, perhaps, with low, but still discernable barnyard qualities, wet hay, bits of damp barniness (that’s a new word). But up front in the aroma we have bits of aceteldahyde or however you spell it, with lots of cideriness, quite a smooth, sweet sherry oxidation and a caramelly sweetness. The flavor approximates the aroma quite nicely, though there is even less funk in the flavor. Caramelized sugar or candi sugar (or whatever is giving that big sweetness and color) roams a bit too freely in the flavor and this is sweeter than I would prefer a gueuze to be, but the body has held up remarkably well, no wateriness, not thin, just a bit of tingly carbonation and a smooth, soft mouthfeel. Bit of sawdust again on the finish, cider vinegar, little bit of sweet and sour sauce and then just fade to sugar. Incredibly well-preserved. This is the kind of oxidation that I live for (just wish the beer wasnt so sweet). This must have been brutally sweet when fresh, though. Thank you so much Jacob, that was truly generous of you to send this!! I think Ungstrup’s comment, "for a gueuze not so good, for a beer OK" is spot on.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Very aged sample - surprised it’s in the database - but still to be found in various locations. Served ice-cold Amber-orange with pinkish shine; slim whitish head. Very nice raspberry-ish smell (fresh fruit), typical for the former Eylenbosch brewery, not syrupy but several fruitacids and lactic. Sweet taste, quite a bit artificial all the same. There’s fruit taste, but I could not say raspberry this time. Bit of smokiness (? sweetener). Lips say lactic acid. Medium bodied, very obvious slickness, probably also due to the sweetener. Not disagreable, just too sweet. The nose is a true marvel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottled, vintage 89 @ Akkurat Nice sweet and tart frambozy aroma. Hazy strawberry color, creamy lacing head. Mellow on berries, sweet with slightly dusty roasted edges. Light berry dryness, sparkly mouthfeel. Tap, Vintage 86 @ Plan B
Cloudy red, off white creamy head. Big fruity aroma - extremely fruity for its age actually. Brilliant balance of fruit vs. Sourness, marzipan red fruits pralines with port. Sparkly dry mouthfeel
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Orangey-amber colour. Aroma is slightly grapey, raspberryish with leather and horseblanket. Fairly sweet - raspberries with cream - leading to a late, appley tartness. Sweet & sour, sugary, fruity finish. 1989 vintage, tasted at 15 years of age.
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| Score | 7.03 |
| Beers | 17 |
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