Brasserie Lupulus

Commercial Brewery in Gouvy, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Les 3 Fourquets

Established in 2004

Contact
Courtil 50, Gouvy, 6671, Belgium
Description
In the beginning, in 2004, the Lupulus brewery was built to brew beers for the tavern next door. In 2007, the brewery decided to create a new beer, in kegs and in Champagne bottles. The brewers wanted to offer a traditional beer with its own unique flavour, using modern equipment. The region where the brewery is based gave the brewers the inspiration they were looking for. The brewery is housed in a magnificent old 19th century farm, a part of Ardennes heritage. The installation is based in the middle of surrounding green fields, beside a freshwater stream. The historical record is sketchy, but we know that wolves populated the Ardennes landscape in olden times. Some say that these wolf-packs came from Slovenia, where the best hops in the world are cultivated... True story? In any case, the wolf was behind the creation of a new beer: Lupulus. The name derives from the Latin name of the hop plant Humulus Lupulus, which means Small Humble Wolf.

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6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught
Hazy pale yellow, small white head. Wheaty, yeasty nose. Sweetish, wheaty. A bit peppery aftertaste. Refreshing. Funny that when I rated this I made a note that this is "sweetend version of Hoegaarden" :)
Tried on 27 Jul 2005 at 07:59

7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7
Draught Good white head, fast gone; hazy grain-yellow, milky colour. Coriander, wheat and citrus nose. Fruity (citrus), wheat and coriander again in the taste, rather sweet. Just a little sourishness from the fruity character. Slick MF, well filled. This serious body is the only thing that betrays the real ABV, as in comparison to an ordinary white. Once, Hoegaarden GC was the ONLY beer I could recognise on any blind tasting. InBev professionaly ruined it, but this, IMO, is not the same neither - it’s more like a super-strenght original Hoegaardse witte on draught.
Tried on 25 Jun 2005 at 15:53

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at Kafe Belgie. Hazy golden color, short white head. Aroma is grainy, some wheat and a hint of citrus. Soft and sweet taste, slightly bitter. Refreshing palate. I didn’t expect this to be an european strong lager actually. More like a blond belgian ale.
Tried from Draft on 21 May 2005 at 05:02

5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Citrusy malt aroma. Yellow/golden colour. Vey like strong Danish lager, but much maltier. That actually suits this beer very well.
Tried on 30 Mar 2005 at 13:18

4.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
At ZBF 2005 Creamy, off-white head, mostly diminishing. Flat, yellow body. Weak malts in the nose. Lightly bitter flavour.
Tried on 21 Mar 2005 at 05:07

3.2/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3
Aroma of megaswill. Slightly darker than megaswill. Tastes like megaswill. This is not amber speciaalbier as advertised.
Tried on 14 Mar 2005 at 12:53

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught Pale gold; small white head. Very faint grain, very faint malt... actually, very faint nose, if any. Grainy, very fresh taste, bit of lunaria; fresh "spring" flavours (blossoms, buds,...) Light, refreshing sparkling without being fizzy. The way a light beer can be, as a good, artisanal pilsener.
Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2005 at 02:46

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught Bright yellow-orange, good very fine off-white head. Grain - even wheat - in the nose, dull, but in the way a hot summer day is dull - ’languid’. Faint citrus. Very grainy-wheaty raw grains taste, really full of malt sweetness and restsugars. A bit sticky, but not annoying. Actually this beer is refreshing, which is perpendicular to its taste. Served way too cold, however. Better than the first Fourquets beer I had, but in the end, it is also dull in the strict sense of the word.
Tried on 06 Mar 2005 at 02:40

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap, cafe De Zotte, Amsterdam. Slightly hazy light brown color, short off-white head. Aroma was a bit like la Chouffe, so sweet hoppy, bit malty, not really like a bock. Nice sweet malty taste, bit caramelly, some toffee. Lingering palate.
Tried from Draft on 24 Oct 2004 at 08:12

3.6/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
[Draft at ZBF 2004] An unclear light yellow beer with a small disappearing head. The aroma is light of citrus and yeast and slightly sour (wheat?). The flavor is of sour wheat combined with corriander and ending on a dryness - a boring flavor. The body is thin. And all in all this is a boring beer. I hope Joris is right - and then I must resample it.
Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2004 at 16:37