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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--- Beer merged from original tick of Serafijn Blond on 28 Jul 2019 at 11:57

Tried from Bottle at Staminee De Living on 28 Jul 2019 at 11:57


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

L'abbaye de Maredsous devrait demander des royalties sur cette Wolf 9 qui n'est pas loin du plagiat de la Maredsous 10.Bien entendu, dans ces cas-là, l'imitation n'est pas à la hauteur de l'originale, même s'il faut avouer qu'elle est très honorable. En verre, nous sommes sur un ambré foncé style merisier surmonté d'une mousse blanc cassée de 2 mm. Le nez est sur l'alcool, le caramel, le fruit (poire, raisin notamment) et très finement épicé. En bouche l'attaque présente une pointe citronnée en plus des arômes présents au nez. L'alcool commence à prendre de l'essor en seconde bouche avec une arrière bouche légèrement plus amère (l'amertume reste néanmoins très modéré). L'équilibre est cependant moins bien trouvé que pour la Maredsous 10 avec notamment un sucre trop poussé donnant une petite lourdeur. L’alcool à 9 % Abv fait quant à lui légèrement davantage et prend toutes ses aises au final, même si cette Wolf 9 est moins puissante que la Maredsous. Décent tout de même.

Tried on 01 Aug 2018 at 15:10


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

For some reason i had both a tick and a rating here, and with the new ratebeer setup for ticks (est. '18) I seem to have lost the rating. Pitty. Warrants a re-rate.

Tried on 10 May 2018 at 12:18



7

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2018 at 18:39



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

Flesje thuis gedronken. Goudgeel bier. Aroma is kruidig. Smaak is kruidig en fruitig. Nasmaak is iets zoetig.

Tried on 28 Dec 2017 at 15:53


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Florals and some plum and prune. Murky brown pour like swamp water. Light sweet finish. Decent. Bottle from Perfect Pour.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2017 at 19:28


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

New beer in this old series, bottle shared by tderoeck. Thick, egg-white, lacing head over a lightly hazy orangey peach blonde beer. Aroma of banana, shortbread, peach, caramel, peanuts, caramel, apricot, cloves, red apple peel. Fruity onset, peach with a hint of the old banana ester but not too much so, sourish apple peel-like edge, fizzy carbo, smooth mouthfeel, tad soapy. Lightly bready malt body with caramelly touch and a toasty accent towards the end, herbal and earthy, mildly but quite adequately hop bitter tail; dryish, but only superficially so. Decent enough as such.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2017 at 09:42


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Thank you tderoeck! 330 ml. bottle sampled @ “Belgian Ticks Tasting Ghent”. Clear amber orange, big bubbles. Nose is metallic, BE , soap, weird esters, oddly spices,… Carbonation is ridiculously high, ruins it, otherwise soap, fizzy, grain, chemical, esters,… I have rated the other Achilles beers notably higher, I might have been in a foul mood trying so many poor Belgians in a row.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2017 at 03:02


Brewery Stats
Score 6.58
Beers25
Ticks495