St. Bernardus Brouwerij

Regional Brewery in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1946

Contact
Trappistenweg 23, Watou, 8978, Belgium
Description
In the heart of the West Flemish hop district, we brew a truly inspiring beer that fancies a lot of beer lovers. Special top-fermented dark and light beers have been produced in our establishment ever since 1946, and they are acclaimed as the best in the world. Visitors can stay overnight in Guesthouse Brouwershuis and have the opportunity to join a guided tour, rent an e-bike and sample to their heart's delight our delicious beers in our brand new rooftop bar ‘Bar Bernard’, offering marvelous 360° panoramic views of the area. This bar makes part of the new visitors’ centre we’ve opened in August 2018. And to top it all off, in the brand new beer shop visitors can buy their ‘heavenly nectar’ to take home.

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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Murphys PourHouse.

Tried on 04 Jul 2025 at 04:28


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

Bottle. Cloudy gold with a good inch of white head that never disappears. Aroma of bread, honey, flowers, hints of lemon. Rustic kellerbier palate is less than completely clean before moderate bitterness. Gluggable. Is this the first decent Belgian lager I've had?

Tried from A Point of Difference on 01 Jul 2025 at 12:30


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

Lovely refreshing beer
Hazed golden pour and a fine head.
Balanced sweetness and bitterness.
Malty, herbal, bready and mild citric.
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]

Tried from Bottle from Systembolaget Strömstad - Oslovägen 7 on 28 Jun 2025 at 21:16


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

Glas gedronken tijdens Brew @ the zoo.
Goudgeel troebel bier met matig schuim.
Lichte geur van mout.
Smaak is kruidig.
Nasmaak is hoppig.

Tried on 28 Jun 2025 at 19:31


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

Geprobeerd met LiekevdV, Inoven en JoepvW op Brew@TheZoo2025. Het is een licht troebel goudgeel bier met een volle witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een aroma van mout en citrus. De smaak is vol citrus achtig en hoppig.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2025 at 19:29


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Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2025 at 18:19


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

Bij toeval bij de presentatie In De Wildeman, dus nog gratis ook :-)
Lichtjes troebele gouden body met een oneven wittige kraag waarin patches blijven liggen (ziet er niet zo mooi uit). Geur van wort, broodachtige mout, een tikje fruitig. Moutzoetige smaak. Licht body. Met je ogen dicht zou het een echte Duitse Helles kunnen zijn, maar niet de beste.

Tried from Draft at Bierproeflokaal In De Wildeman on 26 Jun 2025 at 18:15


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

330ml bottle, picked up from St Bernardus on a bike ride from home with Soph. Pours a generally clear gold with a fine mist, frothy white head. Expected a little more unfiltered haze. Aroma of harvest malt. Flavour profile relies on a helles sweetness, though fairly clean and lacking a good unfiltered touch. Nice balance to it, drinks well, with a fairly low-lying bitterness. Nice.

Tried from Bottle at Brouwerij St.Bernardus on 26 Jun 2025 at 17:30


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

Gulbrun lett tåkete med hvitt skum. Lukter sitrusskall, blomster og brød. Lett. Maltig, noe bitter. Smaker sitrus, lett bitter karamell, brød, blomster og belgisk gjær.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2025 at 16:40


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

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Bready grains with grassy and citrussy notes. Notes of straw and lemon. Crisp and refreshing, somewhat dry with a light to mild bitterness. Lots of bready grains in the finish. An ace collab.

Tried from Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden on 22 Jun 2025 at 20:04