Brouwerij Palm

Commercial Brewery in Steenhuffel, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Bavaria Brouwerij (Swinkels Family Brewers)
Associated Venue: Palm Brewery

Established in 1706

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Steenhuffeldorp 3, Steenhuffel, 1840, Belgium
Subsidiaries
Brouwerij Palm owns 2 breweries:
Description
Sometime before 1698 one Andries Van Doorselaer started renting a brewery next to the church in Steenhuffel; however, he was able to open his own brewery when he purchased the De Hoorn property across the street in 1706. In 1801 De Hoorn is sold by public auction to Jan Baptist De Mesmaecker and Clara Bastaerts. In 1908, his daughter Henriette De Mesmaecker married Arthur Van Roy, a descendant of a brewing family from Wieze.

Arthur kick-started the brewery’s industrial development in order to sell his beers far beyond the borders of the municipality. He also created his own “Spéciale Belge” brew. In 1929, Arthur Van Roy gave his “Spéciale Belge” the brand name “Spéciale PALM”. The brewery continued to grow before and after the second World War.

In 2014 Palm Breweries is renamed Palm Belgian Craft Brewers. A new micro-brewery is opened in order to experiment with new combinations of herbs, spices, hops, fruit and wood, and is named in honour of De Hoorn. At 10 hl, the capacity of the micro-brewery is almost exactly the same as that of the village brewery of days gone by.

On 9 May 2016, the Dutch brewery Bavaria N.V. (Swinkels Family Brewers) bought a majority stake in the company. Bavaria initially bought 60% of the shares and will expand this to 100% in 2021.

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Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2024 at 23:16


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

250ml bottle. Clear, dark amber colour with small to average, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Toasty, minimally bready, malty aroma, floral overtones, hints of rye crisp bread, corn flakes, a touch of petals. Taste is moderately bitter, floral-grassy and minimally citrusy fruity hoppy, minimally toasty, bready malty basis with a touch of corn flakes and rye crisp bread. Watery texture, minimally dry palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Quite some tolerable flavours, but simple and monotonous - okay for what it is.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2024 at 16:31


5

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:51



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

Bottle, 8.5%. Citric aroma, faintly smokey. Clear shiny golden colour. Very big white head. The flavour is citric and sweetish with a peaty smoke note. Very high carbonation. Sweetish peat finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2024 at 15:33


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

30cl bottle from Albert Heijn supermarket in Maasmechelen. F: medium, white, quick gone. C: gold, clear. A: banana, bready, spicy, apples, chewing gum. T: medium to full malty base, banana, apples, bready, spicy, honey, bit harsh bitterness, soft to medium carbonation, cheap and not real abbey beer, nothing really tasty here.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2024 at 20:45


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tried on 23 Nov 2024 at 22:42


5

Tried on 23 Nov 2024 at 21:41


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried on 22 Nov 2024 at 23:07


5

Tried on 22 Nov 2024 at 21:39