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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8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Copper color; beautiful, rocky head; Belgian lace. Very nice, hoppy aroma, with some fruitness (most of all hop flowers). Smooth, very spicy, dry malt, good hop line (lovely hop flowers!); dry caramel at the end, when the bitterness comes out a bit more. Long and strong final. Excellent!

Tried on 19 Jul 2004 at 06:34


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

A hazy orange beer with a dense white head. The aroma is very sweet with light notes of wheat. The flavor is lovely spicy with a dry wheaty background.

Tried on 24 Jun 2004 at 17:19


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Muddy blond color. Nice malty aroma, dry and spicy. Dry, spicy, light body, light fudge flavor. Warm and a bit alcoholic. Average palate. Original and quite good.

Tried on 22 May 2004 at 22:49


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Blond color, with floating particles. Very nice aroma, spicy and fruity. Dry and spicy, malty and bitter. Long final. Not strong alcohol, but excellent!

Tried on 22 May 2004 at 22:48


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A hazy dark orange beer with an orange head. The aroma is very sweet with notes of caramel, coriander and overripe fruits. The flavor is of plums, fruits combined with the alcohol running over the tongue. The end is dry and filled with coriander.

Tried on 15 May 2004 at 04:22


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

[ZBF 2004] An unclear yellow beer with a fine disappearing head. It has a fine sweet wheat aroma. The flavor is also sweet wheat combined with notes of orange peel. The body is somewhat thin - but it is a nice beer.

Tried on 18 Mar 2004 at 02:28


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

(I edited this to witbier, as the brewery insists on calling it such. It has not the usual witbier characteristics)Chromate yellow, white head, collapsing. Faint malty nose, whiff of "herb" hops. VERY malty taste, even some coloured malt. Finish is strangely almondy, marzipan, and bitter. Appropriate light mouthfeel. Long bitter aftertaste. A very nice beer for a "licht". It tastes a bit like a top-fermenting pilsener.

Tried on 08 Mar 2004 at 05:57


5.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. Muddy pale orange. Sweet and peppery with notes of melon. Clean, fairly hard malt profile. Am I imagining the chili burn?

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2004 at 08:59


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

The aroma is very sweet distinct fruity with notes of papaya, yeast, and chestnuts. The color is between orange and amber and even though I poured it very carefully slightly hazy. It has beutiful huge off-white head though collapsing. The flavor is somewhat thin compared to the aroma and the alcohol content. The flavor contains notes of corriander and other undistinquisable spices though not any I'd like in a beer - which makes it rather weird. This is not a beer for me.

Tried on 18 Jan 2004 at 16:29


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

An unclear orange beer. The aroma is spicy with notes of cloves. The flavor is of cloves, wheat malt and rather perfumated. An OK beer.

Tried on 15 Jan 2004 at 11:56