Brouwerij Maenhout

Microbrewery in Meulebeke, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2009

Contact
Brugsesteenweg 157, Meulebeke, 8740, Belgium
Description
In 2009 starten Thijs Maenhout en Birgit De Rammelaere met een kleine brouwerij in een voormalige bouillonfabriek tussen Tielt en Meulebeke. In 2014 verhuizen zij naar Pittem omdat de capaciteit van de brouwerij niet meer voldoende bleek. Begin 2015 draait de nieuwe brouwerij, met een capaciteit van 1200 hectoliter, op volle toeren.

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Large tight white head on a hazy dark golden coloured body. Orange, spices & yeast aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a tingle on the back. Orange, malt, Belgian yeast, chalky & tangy hop tastes. Standard.

Tried on 08 May 2023 at 20:46


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

The ‘blonde’ and thus tripel version of strong dark Ferre, bottle from the Carrefour hypermarket in Sint-Denijs-Westrem. Snow white, moussy, dense, membrane-lacing head, misty golden blonde robe with vague peachy hue. Aroma of dried apricot, banana peel, old potatoes, sulfuric DMTS, cauliflower, clove (strong 4-vinyl-guaiacol), cooked soup meat, dried mugwort, unripe pear, honey, green beech leaves. Fruity, estery onset, ripe pear, medium banana and some peach; fizzy carbonation, honeyish residual sweetness over a white-bready and cereally malt core with pronounced 4-vinyl-guaiacol effect (clove, cooked meat) and earthy yeastiness, along with a floral but quite ‘long’ and earthy hop bitter note. Some warming, gin-like alcohol, but at acceptable levels for the genre. Some errors here, and in that sense clearly less solid than the original quad versions – another totally redundant example of a style ridiculously overexposed in this country.

Tried on 31 Mar 2023 at 08:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bruin bier met schuim. Smaak is vrij zoet met wat whiskey, vanille en een beetje zoet fruit. Heel goed.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2023 at 16:20


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

33cl bottle. A clear reddish brown beer with a big beige head. Aroma of mild vanilla, dark ripe fruits, wood, booze. Taste of dried dark fruits, vanilla, wood, boozy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2023 at 21:36


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Good cream-coloured head, dense, over red-brown beer, faintly veiled. Perfumed nose, sweet rosepetal-like aroma. Amandine, some lightly coloured malts. Boozy, dark(er) malts basic beer with a serious dash of cheap whisky. Almonds, human sweat. Alcoholthinning, alcoholheat, medium carbonation. No. This one is way too easy, too cheap. Alcoholinfused, instead of Barrel aged. Txs to Stef!

Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2023 at 11:20


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Very good, dense, ligth cream-coloured head, irregular, over veiled orange beer. Rather spicy nose, fruity esters & fusels, faintly toasted malts, bit of citrus(liqueur). Pretty dry, partly sweet - again liqueurish - flavour. Citrus/orange, spices. Malts less prominent than in the nose. Again fruity esters, dominating, certainly warming up. Main taste is neutral, but the warming makes it sweeter. Quite slick, almost oily feel. Well-carbonated; dry finish and aftertaste. Decent tripel. Pittem must be far from Antwerpen - here Ferre ≡ Grignard. No idea where I got this one.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2023 at 14:28


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Hazy orangeish golden colour with a mediumsized white head. Aroma is sweet malts, mild fruits, yeast and some slight spiciness. Flavour is spices, fruits, some sweet malts, alcohol and some slight toffee and mild nectar.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2023 at 14:04


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Donkergeel bier met schuim. Smaak is bitterzoet met iets van banaan, wat citrus en abrikoos. Gewoon een heel goede tripel.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2023 at 14:14


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Dark brown colour, beige foam. Sweet, malty, fruity, a bit herbal. Warming alcohol in the finish. Good winter beer.

Tried on 20 Jan 2023 at 20:20


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Levendig oranjebruin bier met mooie stevige schuimkraag. Smaak is bitter hoppig met iets van tropisch fruit en wat citrus. Heeft een fijne en aangename zachte geur die het perfect aanvult. Één van de betere IPA's wat mij betreft.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2023 at 13:12