Den Herberg

Microbrewery in Buizingen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Den Herberg

Established in 2008

Contact
Octave de Kerchove d' Exaerdestraat 16, Buizingen, 1501, Belgium
Description
Op 1 februari 2007 openden Bart Devillé en Ann Heremans café ‘Den Herberg’. Aanvankelijk was het echter niet de bedoeling een café uit te baten. Dit idee is langzaamaan ontstaan. We kochten het gebouw in 2000 aan om er een brouwerij in op te starten. Stilaan groeide het idee om er onze ambachtelijk gebrouwen bieren ook zelf te verkopen. Ruimte was er voldoende en mits enige grondige aanpassingswerken was het café nog voor de brouwerij af. Één jaar na de opening van het café was ook de brouwerij klaar voor productie.

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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Thanks. Sampled @ ZBF 2014. Darker orange, creamy white. Slightly funky and tart nose, touch brett, thick candy, caramel malts and rock candy. Taste is thick, too sweet, muddled orange peel, candy sugar, sweet malts, touch malts, touch brett. Malty and muddled body. This is an Orval clone that at least shares some similarities with the real deal, it is miles and miles below the real deal. One doesn’t simply brew Orval.
Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2014 at 03:29

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Den Herberg Cuvée Devillé (by Den Herberg):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

26/IV/14 - 33cl bottle @ ZBF 2014 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2014-420) Thanks to the Belgian Ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!

Note: they're still searching a name for this new beer, that wasn't bottled. They told me "let's just call it our Orval clone for now". Well, that's literally what we entered. :-) Will probably change in the near future, when the bottles get labelled.
Clear red orange beer, creamy yellowish head, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: bit dirty and weird, I suppose this is the brett yeast they probably used, orange peel, yeast, fruity. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish start, bitter, grapefruit, some chocolate, citrus touch. Aftertaste: little bitter, woody notes, pretty darn bitter if you ask me, little sour, wild brett notes, dry ending. Decent beer, maybe one of the better Orval clones I've had, even though it's not even near the original one.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2014 at 12:07

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Leeuwse Schutter (by Den Herberg):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5

9/III/14 - 33cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk) @ home - BB: IV/2015 (2014-273)

Clear blond to light orange beer, creamy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity, quite some banana, bit sapy. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sugary, bitter hops, pretty grassy, fruity, citrus. Aftertaste: dry, bit spicy, coriander, bitter and hoppy, bit grassy, yeast, bitter ending.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2014 at 12:04

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
33 cl. bottle @ home. Procured from Willems. BBF 11/2015. Hazy orange, creamy touch off-white head. Nose is thick yoghurt yeast, thick bread, touch sweetness & overall just lots of yeast. Taste it thick bitter yeast, faint grass, yoghurt yeast, faint bitter herbs, sweet white bread, touch sugar, overall just lots of yeast, same for the body. Another BE brew that just feels like a glass of yeast and not the fanciest one at that even.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2014 at 09:43

6/10
Tried on 31 Jan 2014 at 20:45

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of malts, candy sugar, quite sweet, light spicy yeast. Sweet malty flavour, light bitter and black pepper. Sweet finish, candy sugar, malts and candy.
(From 33cL bottle @ weekly tasting. Courtesy of Benzai)
Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2013 at 16:23

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle @ benzai thc to benzai. Hazy yellow with a small to medium white head. Smells grains, yeast, herbs. Tastes malts, grains, spices and herbs (pepper). A bit thin, crisp feel, fizzy carbo.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2013 at 13:06

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle shared with Dutchdrebus and Martinus @ weekly tasting. Clear yellow to golden color,medium sized instantly diminishing white head. Smell malts, hay, lightly herbs or spices. Taste lightly malts, lightly hops, lightly herbs or spices, a touch of pepper, a bit yeasty, lightly grassy and a touch of mint. Average body and carbonation. Decent, but a bit unbalanced imo.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2013 at 13:05

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ home. Clear light to medium orange color, small white head that leaves good lacing. Smell and taste wheat and a touch of fruitpeel. A light citrussy fruityness towards the end. Average body and carbonation. Don’t think this is a Belgian White though.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2013 at 15:50

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle @ home. Hazy orange color, small to medium sized, a bit soapy white head that diminishes quickly. Smell and taste malts, some sweetness, a touch of lemon and orangepeel. Fizzy carbonation, low to average body. Overcarbonated for sure. Otherwise an average blond.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2013 at 13:13