Brouwerij Eylenbosch (2019 - ... )

Microbrewery in Kobbegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Hof van Piemont

Established in 2019

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Lierput 1, Kobbegem, 1730, Belgium
Description
Eylenbosch comes back to life in 2019, after almost 30 years of hibernation. Founded in 1886 by Emile Eylenbosch in Schepdaal, the Eylenbosch brewery grew into one of the most important producers of lambic and geuze in the last century, with an absolute high point at the 1958 world expo. Advantage of the industrial lager, and also Eylenbosch closed its doors and stopped production in the early 90s.

But luckily that wasn't the end of the story for this historic brewery. In 2018, Erik De Keersmaeker decided to focus on his passion after a number of other challenges. As the fifth generation of a brewery family from Kobbegem, De Keersmaeker brings the Eylenbosch brewery and its iconic beer back to life. He does this together with the young brewer Klaas Vanderpoorten and study friend Jeroen Lettens. The new Eylenbosch Brewery is dedicated to tradition and authenticity, and will brew its lambic using the traditional method and recipes.

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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 7.5
Pours a deep, darker amber. Clear, solid, very stable, relatively large white head. Scent is mild, some oak (no clear whisky thouhg) some brett. very silent. Taste is pleasant, got a much older taste than expected, mushroomy almost, old oak. Whisky isn't something i would have recognized. Remains very calm, fairly silent, easy drinkable. Lower than expected carbo. Mild funk, very low acidity. I do really like the lower carbonation. I'm enjoying the flavors it has, I just would have liked them (way) more pronounced. Main 'issue' for me is that this does at no point relate to whisky (or whisky barrels) to me, I honestyl would have believed it (if tasted blindly) to be more around perhaps madeira barrels - which is a very good thing according to my taste, but not so much for expectation vs delivered.
Tried on 14 Apr 2026 at 15:36

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours hazy golden with a dense head. Hoppy and soapy aroma with notes of allspice and yeast. Fruity, hoppy, soapy, spicy and yeasty flavour. Long bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2026 at 14:21

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 9
Bottle cork grimma 2026-03-31 Göteborg vintage 2025
AR: sour citric, dry, angostura
AP: wee hazy bronze, snow white head
F: sour citric, dry, angostura , tart
Tried from Bottle from Systembolaget Webbeställning on 31 Mar 2026 at 19:41

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Very good, just off-white head over veiled ochre-golden beer, lively carbonated. Horseblanket, shellfish, mineral, farmyard, sour apples, lemonpeel. And, if you think on it, indeed whiskey. Fresh lemony/lactic gueuze with faint lemonpeel, lactic acid, green apples, horseblanket. Yuzu or other exotic citrus, white wood. Sharp, but not agressive. Lipsmacking acidity, dry-out effect. Very well-carbonated. Really good gueuze, but I find the whiskey pretty hidden.
Tried from Bottle from Borger Bottles on 16 Mar 2026 at 09:16

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
"Wild Blond". Cloudy golden colour, small white head. Some earthyness, fruityness in the nose. Light-bodied. Fruity, earthy, not so tart. Very drinkable. Vasa Sessions.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2026 at 22:09

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some funky tones with some mild fruity elements. Flavour is citrus, funk, some acidity, sourness and tart. Funky and somewhat tart frutiy aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2026 at 21:56

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Hazy golden colour, small white head. Aroma is citrus, some tartness, wood and mild acidic tones. Flavour is floral, some tart wood and mild acidity. Some funk.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2026 at 21:00

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Hazy orange colour, small white head. Tart, grape aroma. Medium-bodied. Tart, earthy, white grape flavour. Active carbonation. Easy to drink. Nice. Vasa Sessions.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2026 at 20:53

8.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
2024 bottle. Bit hazy dark golden with very big lively head. Vanilla, oak, dank cellar funk, there's a ton if whisky in here! Quite fruity with peach, apricot and some apple. Medium sweet and sour. Full bodied. Nice!
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2026 at 19:47

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Hazy orange colour, no head. Earthy, sour, some fruits in the nose. Light-bodied. Smooth, earthy, a bit tartish flavour. Lingering sourness. Ok. Vasa Sessions.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2026 at 19:26