Brouwerij Palm

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

Established in 1706

Contact
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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5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

33cl Blik van AH. Helder goudgele kleur, witte kraag. Druiven, geel fruit, hint van citroenschil, gember, smaak van aspartaam, erg kunstmatig, sinaspril, redelijk bitter, nee dit is niet zo lekker. Medium body.

Tried on 12 Sep 2024 at 15:51


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

33cl Blik van AH. Mistig gouden kleur, witte kraag. Zepig, lavendel, kunstmatig hoppig, aspartaam, perzik of abrikoos in de smaak, flink zoeter dan verwacht, iets dennen. Lichte body. Nee, geen feest dit.

Tried on 12 Sep 2024 at 15:38


6

Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2024 at 14:20


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

Keg @ Admiral Benbow. Pours a misty gold, medium white head. Moderately sweet blonde with a very noticeable sweet, honey-like oaky influence.. nice but not sure I could have another glass.

Tried on 18 Aug 2024 at 19:05


7

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2024 at 18:32


6

LCI

Tried from Can on 17 Aug 2024 at 11:51


6

Getreidig

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2024 at 17:45


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Can 330ml (KCM Länsikeskus)
Hazy orange colour, small steady white head. Aroma was fruityness, pear and wet dog. Light-bodied. Fruityness, light underlying Belgian spiceyness, pear. Easy and kind of meh.

Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2024 at 16:48


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

Pours clear blonde, relatively large white head, fairly fast fading. Scent is BE yeast, but not over the top. Banana, malty,... nothing very unique or surprisjng, but also nothing off. Taste is fairly bitter, banana yeasty notes, malty. Seems a bit aged as i taste oxidation (honey), but it still had almost a year to go before BBD. Not great, not terrible.

Tried on 10 Aug 2024 at 16:59


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

Pours unclear blonde. Medium large to large white head. Scent is citrus , coriander, wheat... all very basic. Taste is sweetish, lime aroma, coriander, zesty. Tad bitter witbeer, but nowhere near extreme, not even so interesting .. what is this rebelling against ???

Tried on 09 Aug 2024 at 17:57