Brouwerij Varenbroek

Microbrewery in Reet, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2015

Contact
Varenbroekstraat 12, Reet, 2840, Belgium
Description
Varenbroek Brewery from Reet is a solo project by 'multi-brewer' Marc Knops.

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

Sample @ Zythos’16, courtesy of and shared with the RB Belgian crew. Dorée, col fin blanc. Arôme au nez citronné, noble vert, rétro fleuri avec un relent de levure conférant un bouquet un peu ’off’. Palais offre une effervescence moyenne-haute, avec un profil fruité rappelant le kiwi, fruité vert pointe umami de champignons, note terreuse avec un houblon qui est là mais un peu trop en retrait.

Tried on 24 Apr 2016 at 15:56


4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

NOTE: More people should know about the amazing & incredibly talented Hildegard von Bingen. This beer does her a disservice, here is instead some of her music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK1mLpRxO3M Sampled @ ZBF 2016 (Thank you for sharing RB people!) Hazy artificial looking citrus, little off-white head. Sweet chemical insecticide nose, industrial, bad yeast, fizzy. Taste is chemical, rubbish, fizzy green banana, yeast, soap. Fizzy & chemical body. Nope not a fan, pass.

Tried on 24 Apr 2016 at 08:30


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

Hazy golden color with hardly any head. Aroma is apples, Belgian yeasts,... . Taste is apples, a bit phenolic. Sweet finish. High carbonation. Meh.

Tried on 24 Apr 2016 at 03:58


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

33 cl bottle. Pours hazy yellow Sybilith a small white head. Aroma is fruity, crisp hoppy. Smooth fruity, crisp hoppy. Lingering fruity and smooth fruity finish.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2016 at 03:39


6.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Trübes dunkel goldgelbes Bier mit sehr geringen weißen Schaumkrone. Geruch süß malzig, leicht würzig. Geschmack süß malzig, Gewürze, etwas Honig, leicht erhöht karbonisiert.

Tried on 24 Apr 2016 at 03:22


7.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Imported from my RateBeer account as Varenbroek Sibyl (by Brouwerij Varenbroek):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

23/IV/16 - bottle @ Zythos Bierfestival 2016 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2016-415) Thanks to the BE RB crew for sharing beers today!

Clear pale blond beer, small irregular creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: fruity, some banana, peaches, bit sweet. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty bitter, nice fruity hops, quite some grapefruit, clean and crisp bitterness. Aftertaste: hoppy, bit grassy, nice citrus hops, good bitter finish. Well done.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2016 at 15:14


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

Deep amber to brown body. Lightly brown fizzy head. Lightly malty aroma. Heavily bitter, lightly sweet flavour. Surprising for a brown beer but in a good way. To remember.

Tried on 23 Apr 2016 at 14:20


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Varenbroek Felix (by Brouwerij Varenbroek):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

31/I/16 - 33cl bottle @ Cybu's place - BB: 4/IV/17 (2016-89) Thanks to Cybu for sharing the bottle!

Little hazy orange to blond beer, big irregular off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity, peach, some citrus, floral, bit soapy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. taste: bit sourish, fruity, notes, little sweet, soapy, floral. Aftertaste: fruity, bit sourish, citrus, little bitter. Nicely balanced Belgian ales, they do exist, people!

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2016 at 15:08


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

At Kerstbierfestival 2015. Pours dark brown, OK white head. Smell is bit spiced, bitter, chocolatty. taste is mildly malty, bit bitter, sweet, not very natural, but still OK

Tried on 21 Dec 2015 at 15:28


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

Bottle sampled at Essen Winterbier festival 2015. Appears dark brown with a medium bubbly tan head. Aroma of herbs, veggies, caramel, toffee and overripe dark fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter. Above medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2015 at 07:51