Brouwerij Palm
Commercial Brewery
in
Steenhuffel,
Flemish Brabant,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Royal Swinkels (Bavaria Brouwerij / Swinkels Family Brewers / SFB)
Associated Venue: Palm Brewery
Established in 1706
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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.
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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Had this every night for six weeks while working in Nederland since this was the best choice at my hotel, guess I become a bit used to it and found a few qualities here that’s not to obvious by the first impressions. Body is dark golden with a fine white head. Aroma is quite clean malty with some hops. Flavor is refreshing and pretty distinct malty in balance with some caramel and bitterness with a certain degree of fruitiness. It’s not a word class beer, but giving it a fair chance it’s very smooth and balanced. It works as the first beer after some long ours work and it actually also work as a nightcap after a late dinner with a handful of trappists.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2009
at 15:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of Phil @beermerchants. Pours amber/golden. White head doesn’t last long. aromas of malt, pears. Sweetish texture. Fruity, malty flavour. Finishes sweet and very mildly hoppy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2009
at 11:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Got this at Peculier Pub in the East Village, came in the nice glass and all that. Pours amber color with a creamy looking white head. Not much to the smell, which was mild: malts, a few hops and some yeast. Very slightly sweet, especially with the fruitiness right in the middle. Then the finish of the beer goes to a dry taste. Definitely has a few stages of flavor, but overall nothing overly impressive.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2009
at 15:43
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Amber-12oz bottle-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is barn, grassy. Taste is barn, light malt, grassy/spice hops. Fizzy, dry finish. Thanks jwc215 for picking this out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2009
at 08:46
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draft @ De Koornbloem, Roeselare. Pours a clear golden color with a small off-white head. Has a malty grainy and slightly fruity aroma. Sweetish malty fruity flavor with some bitterness. Has a sweetish malty grainy bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2009
at 05:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33cl. @ home.Clear medium yellow amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, toasted, molasses, caramel, dusty, fruity, light hoppy, citrus notes. Flavor is moderate to lightlight heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, some nutty notes in the flavor. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090314]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2009
at 17:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ De Zalm, Roeselare, Belgium.Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, cornish, vetable notes, light hoppy, grass, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, fresh and dry finish. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090308]
Tried
on 10 Aug 2009
at 17:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ De Zalm, Roeselare, Belgium.Unclear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light nuts, toffee, buttery, light hoppy and yeasty, fruity notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - creamy - smooth, carbonation is soft. [20090308]
Tried
on 10 Aug 2009
at 17:17
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
0.33L bottle, small head which dissapears quite quickly, clear light copper colour, light malty aroma with notes of vanila. flavour of malt wit a touch of metal and strong coarse alcoholic presence, quite light bodied, short aftertase, not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2009
at 03:51
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled 750cl. Clear pale amber color, small white head. Metallic, apple fruity and woody aroma. Fizzy, lively carbonation. Thin, light body for 7.5% beer. Apple, pear, metal, some alcohol. Very lagery beer, this is a pretty close to European strong lagers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2009
at 12:57