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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured an orangish amber with a thick lasting white head. Sweet malt and fruit aroma. Sweet almost veggy like taste with a zippy finish.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2006
at 19:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Golden color with a fluffy beige head. Unclear. Yeast, sweetness, ripe fruit and spice in the nose. Quite heavy. Fruits, notes of alcohol light caramel end sweetness in the flavour. Some vague spices are notable. Quite smooth mouthfeel. Body medium. Sweet warming ind the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2006
at 03:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Hazy amber colour with a longlasting white head. Fruity malty yeasty aroma. Smooth malty yeasty flavor. Malty bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2006
at 15:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Pours an almost clear pilsener golden with a white head leaving some laces. Aroma of fruit and yeast. Medium body, sweetish malty with distinct fruity notes plus some yeast and diacetyl. Ends rather dry. Quite pleasant drinking. 290806
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2006
at 07:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (BB 09/2007). A bit hazy orange-golden color, good cloudy head. Mango and banana in the nose. Foamy mouthfeel. Dry juniper-like flavor (sahti!) mixed with fruityness. Mainly dry. Hoppy bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2006
at 13:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber-brown colour with very large head. Sweet aroma of caramel, toffee and yeast. Sweet, flowery, yeast, balancing bitterness, soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2006
at 13:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Hazy golden coloured with a small white head. Fruity nose with notes of hops, spices and yeast. Fruity, floral and hoppy flavour, with a fresh dry aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2006
at 13:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle Hazy, orange body. Off-white frothy head, which diminishes instantly. Sweet aroma of vanilla, hops, orange, ... Bitter to sweet flavour. Very unbalanced. This beer just can’t convince me to appreciate it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2006
at 16:18
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Golden beer with faint orange shine; good, bubbly snowwhite head, leaving lace. Coriander, garden herbs, some liqueur and again coriander. Ugh. Coriander flavour. Pale malts, pressing very hard. There’s really nothing, nothing else. Light bodied, light burning, the spices? Below par. This is a shame for Achilles.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2006
at 00:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, BBE March 2007 Frothy, light brown head, but the frothiness is rather nice. Reminds me a bit of cobwebs. Clear, deep brown (with a reddish shine) body. Soapy aroma of hops. Remarkable absence of malts as one would guess to smell when drinking a deep brown beer. Lightly bitter and sweet in the beginning. Smoothening out to the end (lightly bitter and sweet). Rather nice flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2006
at 15:45