Brouwerij Serafijn (prev. Microbrouwerij Achilles)

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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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Unclear orange color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, toasted, fruity, moderate hoppy, moderate yeasty, light banana. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (010308)

Tried on 02 Apr 2008 at 02:04


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pale muddy orange with a white head. Sweet fruity aroma, with some brett and coriander showing up. Dry, brett filled flavour, ending with a little hops.

Tried on 31 Mar 2008 at 13:33


6.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

33 cL bottle@fonefan/Brugmansia’s Cnudde tasting. Pours hazy yellow to orange with a bubbly white head. Mild spiced aroma, light brett-ish note. Flavour is mellow yeasty with a light spice note and a lingering caramel malt. Has a light brett note to it. Ends somewhat dry.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2008 at 13:24


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

ZBF08. Clear amber colour. Big stable creamy tan head. Sweet flavour, some alcohol, a little phenols. Sweet and malty after a while, tastes a bit strong. Low to medium carbonation.

Tried on 18 Mar 2008 at 10:24


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

Pours deep amber into a Trappist glass. Offwhite micro head recedes leaving no lacing to cover the surface. Yeast and malt aromas. Crisp and yeasty with a slight pepper finish.

Tried on 13 Mar 2008 at 18:48


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

ZBF2008: From tap. Pours clear orange with a dense light tan head. Aroma is mild spiced. Flavour is light phenol and spiced. Mild caramel malt base. Ends with a light yeasty flavour and more phenol.

Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2008 at 07:00


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at ZBF 08. Gold, slight haze, thin beige head. It’s a pretty decent tripel, does what you would expect with some white stone/tropical fruit, Belgian yeast.

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2008 at 04:12


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

On tap at ZBF 08. Gold/green with lasting beige head. It’s a pretty good blond beer, some decent hop, some creaminess in mouth. Decent blond with a bit of perfume.

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2008 at 04:10


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Poured a murky orange brown with a medium off white head. Aroma is fruit with a sweetness to it. Taste is a sweet fruit with malts, it also had a slight bitter bite to the finish that made it lively to the tongue.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2008 at 12:30


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

2008 Zythos Bier Festival, Belgium. Bright yellow colour. Aroma is sweet, some candy present. The candy sweetness also comes through in the flavour. Low carbonation. Clean aftertaste.

Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2008 at 11:14