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

Clear red brown beer with a nice and fluffy off-white head. Fruity aroma with raisins, cherry, marzipan, brown sugar and a little alcohol. Rather sweet caramel flavour with lots of Belgian yeast character, but overall, the beer is quite one-dimensional.

Tried on 21 Nov 2007 at 15:51


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

Warm, caramel malty aroma. Light amber color with a vigorus off-white head. Thin to medium in body, with a very mild carbonation. Starts with sweet caramel malt, offset with something like n-amyl acetate. Light belgian spice notes. A little heat. Something like hop offsets the malt. The finish is dry and "sweetly astringent". A little floral/veg hangs around. Perhaps some vanilla arrives at the end. Interesting, tasty, and very drinkable.

Tried on 21 Nov 2007 at 00:15


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy golden color; thin creamy head. Some aroma of Belgian yeast, beans. Sweetish flavor, some malt. Not very exciting, but pleasant.

Tried on 20 Nov 2007 at 17:09


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

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of fiulijn. Clear, deep golden with a creamy, white head leaving some laces. Fresh, fruity and somewhat perfumy aroma. Medium body with lightly sweet malts and fruit. Lightly bitter finish. Pleasant and harmonious. 171107

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2007 at 12:58


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

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a huge and gushing white head. Softly spiced and slight malty aroma. Soft spiced flavour with a mild sweetness. Clearly more light than a classic triple, yet it has some smoothness to it that is really pleasant. Ends soft caramel malty.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Nov 2007 at 11:02


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

Bottle. Clear sparkling medium yellow color with a huge, frothy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy yeasty, soap, fruity, light to moderate malty, toasted, some spices. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (291007)

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2007 at 01:56


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

A mediocre beer. gold color with sediment, it does look good. Mild yeasty aroma with malt, and flavor has bread, moderate malt, some hops and some sugar, but all of the flavors are quite light.

Tried on 10 Nov 2007 at 18:10


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

chiara buona schiuma abbastanza persistente note speziate calde in bocca decisamente speziata leggera in alcol ma ricca di aromi

Tried on 09 Nov 2007 at 17:00


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

Bottle. Light light unclear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, light malty, wheat, toffee, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to lively. (041007)

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2007 at 02:29


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Poured a dirty yellow color ale with a huge foamy head with some great retention and some very good lacing. Aroma of sweet Belgian malt with some spicy notes from the yeast. Taste is a well balance mix between sweet Belgian malt with some nice spicy notes from the yeast and some floral and dry hops notes at the end. Body is above average with some good carbonation and no alcohol is discernable. Very well done for the style and something I wouldn’t mind trying again.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2007 at 14:04