Brouwerij Serafijn

Client Brewer in Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Huisbrouwerij Achilles - Out of business

Established in 1999

Description
The microbrewery is founded by Achilles Van de Moer on the passion for special beers. After 7 years of trials with different beers, the decision to start a microbrewery in Itegem was made in 1999. The brand name of beers is “Serafijn”. All beers are high fermentation brews, with second fermentation in the bottle. Most of the beers are contract brewed, but some of them are also brewed at their own location.

In 2015 Achilles became part of Caupona bvba (of the Prik & Tik stores in Heist-op-den-Berg and Herselt). The brewery is now called ''Brouwerij Serafijn.'' That is the new company in Heist that houses the Serafijn beers. The former microbrewery in Itegem has been dismantled.

The beer is now brewed at the Pirlot brewery in Zandhoven.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Dark brown color, medium head. Aroma of caramel malt, bit sugary sweetness, hint of chocolat and fruit, raisin. Quite sweet taste, quite some carbonation, but still decently balanced with fruity and malty flavors. Quite ok.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2010 at 05:16

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bottle from faroeviking. gusher. very over presured when opened. unclear orange-brown, small white head. sweet malty and caramelly aroma, slight sourness or woodyness. flavor is fruity, caramelly flowery and malty sweet, faint spices, belgian beer a bit on the sweet side, but drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2010 at 07:28

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
33cl Bottle @ Willems, Brussels. Pours hazy golden with a small creamy white head and lacings. Nose is fruit, yeast and buiscuit. Dry and fruity flavor. Very malty. Clean and overall pretty good. Dry bitter end. Full bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2010 at 08:51

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Bottled@Gastropub Tuulensuu, Tampere. Hazy golden colour, mediumsized white creamy head. Aroma is fruits, some spices, wood and mild notes of some herbal and a bit toothpaste like. Flavour is bread, fruits, some grains and mild hops. Quite interesting in the flavour.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2010 at 09:09

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Clear redbrown color, medium brown head, some debris floating around. Spicy aroma, caramel malt. Bit dry plum taste, hint of metal, nutty, hint of alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2010 at 11:30

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
750 ml. Hazy amber body. Short, fizzy, off-white white head, rapidly diminishing. Fruity, floral, perfumey aroma with notes of caramel and toasted grain. Subdued aroma. The flavor is lighlty to moderately sweet, lightly acidic and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately bitter, lightly to moderately acidic and lightly sweet. Medium body with a thin, watery texture and fizzy carbonation. Unpleasant mouthfeel. Slightly laquerish finish along with some tartness. Average in every category which adds up to disappointing.
Tried on 13 Jul 2010 at 18:37

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Clear orange golden color, huge rocky off-white head. Spicy aroma, some orange. Soft bitter taste, spicy, slight sweet. Bit boring actually.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2010 at 12:36

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Bottle: Poured murky brown caramel color with a off white colored head. Aroma is fruit and caramel malt. Taste is a sour smoked malt with fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2010 at 14:41

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4
An unexciting, fairly mediocre Belgian. I was looking for a calm, middling beer tonight, and even that relatively low bar was not met. The beer pours a normal enough warm brown-amber color with an extremely effervescent head. The head puffs up hugely at first, filling the glass with bubbles with only a couple inches of liquid. Despite all of this initial excitement, the head actually dissipated quite quickly and left very little lacing. Mouthfeel is under-carbonated. The smell is really lacking. It’s a flat, yeasty odor with very little of the normal complexity of good Belgian yeast. The flavor is somewhat better but still odd. It’s sweet with a fair bit of caramel and bread malt flavor, but it’s not really very interesting or complex. The bitter yeasty flavor is also there in the flavor. There is a merely passing earthy Belgian note. The beer just doesn’t come together
Tried on 07 Jun 2010 at 12:57

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Clear golden colour until yeast is poured in. Mediumsized longlasting white foamy head. Aroma is fruits, some yeast and quite big on the spicyness. Flavour is spicy, yeasty and also some slight malty notes. Also some mild fruits and acidic wooden notes as it warms up.
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2010 at 09:31