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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4.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival 2012. Dark brown color with a slight red glare coming through when held into the light, small beige to light brown head on top. Smell and taste malts, smoke and weirdness. Can’t describe it but I sure know I don’t like it at all.
Tried from Can on 16 Dec 2012 at 09:15

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Lupulus Hibernatus (by Lupulus):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

Original rating:

15/XII/12 - bottle @ Kerstbierenfestival (Essen) - BB: n/a (2012-1361) Thanks to the Belgian/Dutch ratebeer crew for sharing our beers!

Ar: 6, Ap: 3, T: 7, P: 3, O: 13, Total: 3.2 Clear red brown beer, creamy yellow to beige head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: mocha, earthy, caramel, some dried fruits, some overripe fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: yeasty, bitter, mocha, chocolate, overripe fruits, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: banana peel, some alcohol, bitter chocolate, alcohol.

22/II/14 - 75cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: VIII/2016 (2014-xxx)
Ar: 8, Ap: 4, T: 8, P: 4, O: 17, total: 4.1

Note: guess it wasn't a new beer after all. Should stop trusting my memory and look it up online instead. :p Anyway, glad I got to retry it, because I enjoyed it a lot more from bottle than from tap.

Clear dark brown beer, big creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of dried fruits, dark chocolate, mocha, bit sweet. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of chocolate, little bitter, dried fruits, bit spicy, mocha, little sour twist, pretty nice! Aftertaste: dark chocolate, some mocha, bit of caramel, dried fruits, little spicy. Very nice brew.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2012 at 10:11

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
16th January 2011
Hazy gold beer, little white head. Light palate, dry and a little crisp. Dry malt. Minerals. Trace of citrus. The malt is somewhat bitter. Finishes dry. Over dry and lacking good flavour. So glad I bought a magnum - not!
Tried on 24 Nov 2012 at 09:00

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
(28/10/2012) Van ’t vat vermoed ik op Brassigaume 2012. Niew bier gebrouwen met kersen en frambozen – gedronken als Griottes maar de finale naam moet nog beslist worden op basis van een wedstrijd. Helder donker rood met een redelijk solide roze kraag bovenop. Ruikt naar rode bessen maar de geur is een beetje gedept en lijkt lichtjes artificieel met bijna een plastieken toets. Smaakt naar zoete hoestsiroop met een rode bessen smaak, licht metallieke nasmaak, krijg een beetje het gevoel dat hier lichtje met geknoeid is geweest om deze smaak te krijgen door dingen te voegen,… krijg ook wat lichte jam en wat mout. Ondanks de lichte indruk dat hier adjectieven in zitten is de smaak toch nog wat flest met weinig nasmaak. Gemiddeld tot lichte mondgevoel. Het is niet slecht voor wat het is, niet echt mijn ding, moeilijk te zeggen wat ik zoek in fruit bieren maar een echte explosie van echt, natuurlijk fruit in een bijna Southern Tier manier zal wel eens leuk zijn. Hoe dan ook – dit is ok. ///// Nog eens kunnen proeven van ’t vat op ZBF 2013. Iets beter, mijn review en score blijven wat zij waren.
Tried on 28 Oct 2012 at 05:56

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
75 cl. bottle sampled @ Brassigaume 2012. I am not sure why but I appear to have written down my review for this in Dutch. Bier ziet er donker bruin uit met een lichte beige kraag. In de geur zitten noten van Belgisch mout, gist en lichte toetsen van de typische kruiden. Beetje gemodereerd en lichtjes flauw. Smaakt naar chocolade, mokka, Belgische mout en gist, lichtjes zoet aangebrand, noten en wat kruiden. Koolzuur gehalte en mondgevoel zijn gemiddeld. Niet bepaald slecht maar mij persoonlijk overtuigd het niet echt.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2012 at 03:33

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft @ Brassigaume 2012. Finally got around to trying this one. Hazy golden with a solid white head. Smell is lightly floral with some esters floating around, light herbs and Belgian yeast. Hazy Belgian yeast, Belgian esters, touch hoppy even, herbs, flowers, grass. Quite hazy, enjoyable – not as good as erroneously? hopped.
Tried from Draft on 27 Oct 2012 at 06:08

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft @ Brassigaume 2012. Brune, col beige léger. Arôme caramel malté avec un profile phénol pomme, cara-crystal. Palais sucré et caramel, pomme avec un fini levure restant présent tout au long de la dégustation, palais est réchauffant sur une point de malt chocolaté discret. Le tout reste en évidence très belge dans l’approche avec pour moi un fini qui en demeure un peu trop doux/sucré.
Tried from Draft on 22 Oct 2012 at 04:39

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. corked.ABV: 8,5%. Unclear medium to dark brwon colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, moderate to heavy yeasty, dark fruit - honey ! Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark malt, yeasty, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120915]
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2012 at 08:15

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ FOneFan. Hazy dark brown/amber with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, yeast, dark fruit and caramel. Flavour is malt, yeast, dark fruits, caramel, medium sweet, little dry, hop and medium bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2012 at 11:03

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Really late Summer Tasting Ulfborg, 2012. Pours ruby dark amber with a creamy head and lacings. Dark fruit, caramel, vague roast and hops. Full bodied. Dry and bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2012 at 11:02