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.
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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shortlived yellowish head over hazy red-amber ale. Again a smell of greenmalt, unfermented worts, but relieved by a nice fresh-smelling aroma. Caramel, coloured & roasted malts, some greenery and worts left, but integrated better than the 7 because fo the melanoidins. Strange red pepper mouthfeel; medium bodied, slick. Finish is again unfermented malts. Better than the 7, but it still needs some serious working-over.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2009
at 05:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fluffy white head, over hazy orange-straw coloured beer. Peppery nutmeg aroma, faint dry malts, greenery or nettles. Again unripe malts in the taste, greenery, unfermented worts. Light to medium bodied, well-carbonated, but worts-slickness. PLEASE, LAGER your beers. Allow them sotm time throughout your entire brewing process.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2009
at 04:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a fluffy, off-white head and a slightly hazed amber body. Aroma of bananas, alcohol and chocolate. Taste is chocolate, raisins, toffee with a light herbal note. Light bubbles, slightly thin on the mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2009
at 11:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Huge, fine-yellowish head over deep orange beer, hazy. Dry, spicy, white candi sugar. Bit flowery, and alcohol lurking. Very dry, spicy taste, bit of liquorice. Vague celeri, or other vegetable - even cilandro. Again, suspicion of white candi sugar. Warming up, almonds, and, strangely enough, some hops coming up. Alcoholwarming, meidum bodied, slick, quite carbonated. Good beer, but nothing original to it.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2009
at 17:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle. pours cloudy brown, large but not smooth offwhite head, that shrinks fast. aroma is sweet caramel syrup, sawdusty hops. malt. nice sweet aroma flavor is roasted grains, malts, caramel, bitterness probably from hops and alc. a good strong sweet malty beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2009
at 10:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 10
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Frothy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Moderate bitter average finish. Not much fruit. Oily palate. Boring beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2009
at 14:13
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sampled at Zythos 2009. Copper colour, thin beige head. I have a slightly toffee toasted beer in front of me, bit watery and no real flavour.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2009
at 19:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brown bottle, 33 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on March 18 2009; eye: polished copper, clear, good effervescence, voluminous white head that turns into a thick sheet, good lacing; nose: yeast, bread, malt, alcohol, pepper, residual sugar, slight basement, fruity; mouth: yeast, malt, alcohol, alcohol warmth, light residual sugar, fruity, finale in caramel malt with a good presence of pleasant alcohol, lightly sweet, rather carbonated, medium-full body, creamy texture; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 18 mars 2009; œil : cuivre poli, claire, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche abondante qui tombe et se transforme en une épaisse couverture, bonne dentelle; nez : levure, pain, malt, alcool, poivre, sucre résiduel, très léger cave, fruitée; bouche : levure, malt, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, léger sucre résiduel, fruitée, finale en malt caramel avec une bonne présence d’alcool agréable, légèrement sucrée, plutôt carbonatée, corps moyen-corsé, texture crémeuse; en résumé : bien aimé
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2009
at 16:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle at One Pint Pub Belgian weeks ’09 -- shared with Sinensis, thanks!) Golden and hazy. Small white head. Sweetness, caramell and sulphur in aroma. Medium bodied and dryish palate with medium carbonation. Sulphur, frutiness, sweetness, malts and some citricness in taste. Shot sweet and bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2009
at 10:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draugth Muddy orange/blond body. Off-white, creamy head. Excellent lace. Nose of caramel, flowers, honey, hints of hops, ... Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour of orange peels, yeast, ... Dry finish (bit astringent). Strong mouthfeel. Ok complexity.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2009
at 08:08