Boelens

Regional Brewery in Belsele, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 1993

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Kerkstraat 7, Belsele, 9111, Belgium
Description
Regional brewery that is very known for both it's own brands, as well as their contract brews.

In the period after 1850, the De Meester-Boelens brewery was founded at the current address in the Kerkstraat. in 1897 the name changed to Boelens-De Meester. Brewing stopped during World WarI, after the war the family continued the business as a bottling and beer enterprise. In 1978 Kris Boelens took over the beer business from his father. He reintroduced beer brewing in Belsele in 1993. In 2016 his son Yannick Boelens joined the brewery.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
The aroma is sweet with notes of honey, yeast, and oranges. The color is an unclear yellow and it has a beutiful white head. The flavor is dominated by sweet honey combined with notes of corriander and yeast. It ends on a dry note. This beer is too sweet for my liking.
Tried on 15 Oct 2003 at 18:07

8.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
The aroma is very fruity with strong notes of oranges and apples and weak notes of yeast. The color is an unclear dark orange with brown notes, and it has a beutiful head. The flavor is rather sweet with strong fruit notes of oranges and apples and weaker notes of yeast and wheat. It has a lovely acidicness that rolls in the cheeks. The flavor is great, a pretty fresh, and very complex one. One of the very best beers I've ever had.
Tried on 15 Oct 2003 at 17:48

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Old gold, very hazy, slim white head. Unbelievable yeastdeposit in the glass even after careful pouring. Nose: yes: honey - grassy too and herbal; some unidentifyable garden weed, very fine. Slight but consequent acidity, virtually no sweetness. Also flavours of grapefruit and (surprise, blond beer) coffee. Burning sensation: acidity + alcohol. The honey tends to strengthen the alcoholburn, not just the ABV. Strange, special, well worth trying.
Tried on 23 Jun 2003 at 12:16

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Hazy orange golden color, medium thick creamy head. Spicy and hoppy aroma. Spicy taste, creamy body. Bitter palate. I wasn't aware of the high ABV.
Tried on 23 Jun 2003 at 04:11

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Hazy, orange body. Creamy, lightly rocky head. Nose of orange, caramel and bit yeast. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour of flowers and some citrus. Soft mouthfeel.
Tried on 04 Jun 2003 at 14:01

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
At first I didn't like this beer at all. But after 10 seconds, when I tasted it again, the improvement was enormous. It has a foggy-brown colour, white head. The aroma is sweet and fruity. The flavour reminds me of Girardin Gueueze, sour, sweet, fruity, very nice. But is is a little bit more bitter.
Tried on 30 Mar 2003 at 13:35

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
2 years old
Cloudy light amber color, with too many sediment particles; persistent head. Strong biting malt aroma, white sugar. Smooth taste, well balanced (i.e. not too sweet), velvety; malt, fudge, light honey. Interesting final, not really hoppy, but juggling between sweetness and dryness, bitterness and honey.
Tried on 16 Jan 2003 at 08:40

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark-brown ale. Nose of liquorice and sweets.In taste liquorice again, and a certain amount of lactic acid that doesn''t seem voluntary - sits not quite right on the balance. Very much carbonation. No new aftertaste, sweetness becomes a bit cloying. Not exactly their best try.
Tried on 12 Jan 2003 at 02:05

9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 9
Orange colored. Hazy. Lively, soft and full bodied. Complex with some bitterness. Superb beer!
Tried on 22 Feb 2002 at 09:27