Celis Brewery
Microbrewery
in Austin,
Texas,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Celis Brewery
Established in 1992
The first Celis Brewery opened on July 11th in 1992. It was an immediate success. Turns out Texans really liked our beer! Before we “crazy Belgians” arrived, most Texans were drinking one of “the big three” brands on the market. The small craft breweries that we all know and love today simply did not exist. When Pierre Celis started brewing his beloved beer, he created a craft beer that changed everything.
Exactly 25 years to the day it first opened, the legendary beer is back, better than ever at Celis Brewery 2.0. Along the way in the Spring of 2011, we lost my Dad. But Pierre’s spirit and his commitment to quality lives on—along with his original yeast strain.
Welcome to the future, the legacy, the celebration, and the beer that started it all. Welcome to Celis Brewery.
Admin Note: After the original brewery in Austin closed the Celis brand was purchased by Michigan Brewing Company and brewed in Michigan for a decade. Then contract brewed at Two Roads.
thegreenrooster (7252) reviewed Grand Cru from Celis Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a clear bright golden with a average white head. Aroma is nice with lots of banana, citrus and yeast. Flavor is spicy with some corriander and a bit of cloves. A decent attempt at a Belgian, a little watery in some areas, but this is something to try.
Ibrew2or3 (10793) reviewed Celis Raspberry from Celis Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
1996 vintage courtesy of dpflanzer, thanks David. Pours gold with small sediment floaties and thin white head. Big fruity aroma of concentrated sweet raspberries and little else. Very nice inviting aroma and the age is apparent in how even and blunted it is. The taste is even and blended from age starting with semi sweet raspberries that grow toward tart fruitiness as the midpoint approaches. Into the finish it dries up and mellows out leaving a pleasing mildly tart yet sweet raspberry fruitiness behind in the after taste.
radagast83 (13439) reviewed Grand Cru from Celis Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours a clear gold color with a small white head. The aroma is spicy with a touch of coriander. Flavor is pretty light, especially with 8%.
Dogbrick (24152) reviewed Celis Raspberry from Celis Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
This beer pours a clear pinkish-orange color with a medium thin white head that diminishes steadily. Thin rings of lacing. Aroma of raspberries, yeast and corainder. Light, crisp body with a tart raspberry character. Light yeast, spice and bubblegum flavors as well. The finish is soft and fruity, and leaves a sweet spice aftertaste. Average all around.
bhensonb (22552) reviewed Celis Raspberry from Celis Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Strange aroma - raspberry, but a bit medicinal. Hazy amber color with a white head. Thin to medium body with lightly fizzy carbonation. Flavor is sort of unbitter and unsweet. Raspberry, but sort of woody. Gets more acceptable as things progress, but it just tastes a bit strange (to me).
bhensonb (22552) reviewed Grand Cru from Celis Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Typical Belgian ale aroma - spice and fruit. Good golden color with a decent, though ephemeral, white head. Full bodied with mild creamy carbonation. The flavor is a bit sticky candi, with exotic light fruit esters. Like pineapple and banana. The finish is sweet (not sticky) with fruit and spice, and some floral hop notes. It has some bitter to balance the sweet. It is really very well put together.
JK (8140) reviewed Celis Pale Bock from Celis Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Not a very good beer. Light vegetable aroma. Tomatoes and oregano in the flavor. Light red. Minimal yeast, dry, boring, and not very good.
bhensonb (22552) reviewed Celis White from Celis Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Aroma of coriander with a bit of citrus and clove. Hazy gold color with a white head that flattened rapidly. Medium in body, brisk in carbonation. The flavor is light stone fruit, coriander, citrus, maybe finishing lightly sweet with citrus peel to balance. Banana seems to be present. Really pleasant to drink.
maniac (11830) reviewed Celis Pale Bock from Celis Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Clear dark amber body with a small creaqmy off-white head. Sweet molassas, caramel and sugar aroma. Sweet fruity caramel flavor with a sugary molassas ending.
cheap (9479) reviewed Grand Cru from Celis Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
12 oz brown bottle, date code 6256B-21010. When you first pop the lid there is a slight skunk cabbage aroma. After you pour it into the glass it changes to a moderate citrus hop aroma that borders on a soap smell. This inturn morphs into a just plain clean sweet beer olfactory. Virtually no head, just a fizzy girdle around the inside edge of the glass. The color of this is the ubiquitous pale yellow american lager appearance. The initial taste of this brew is moderately bitter, something like an overly done pilsner. Medium body and there is no warmth in the mouth or throat for the amount of alky present. No way can this be the 8% that is stated here, if it is, this stuff really hides the alky flavors well. Quite surprising. The alky impression comes across like pilsner bite, not Belgian strong. After a few drinks there is a mild to medium bitterness that builds on the sides and back of the palate. This is probably one of the least oppressive 8% beers I’ve tasted, next to the real Belgian dubbles and trips. Decent medium carbonation that is welcome one the tongue. Finish is a moderate alky astringent impact, this lasts for a few moments after the last sip. Not quite as good as the refined Maredsous 8, but on par with Legacy Euphoria, Delirium Noël, and Piraat 10.5%. IMHO slightly better than Kasteelbier Blonde 11% and the notorious Gulden Draak.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.58 |
| Beers | 20 |
| Ticks | 165 |
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