Brasserie Caracole

Microbrewery in Falmignoul, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: La Caracole

Established in 1765

Contact
Côte Marie-Thérèse 86, Falmignoul, 5500, Belgium
Description
Brasserie Caracole Brewing Company is a small brewery located in a small town of Falmignoul, Wallonia in Southern Belgium. It is home to the last of the wood-fired brewing kettles in Europe. Their limited technology, elbow grease style of brewing makes them an incredibly romantic and fantastic brewery. Its name was derived from a spiral snail shell that is translated into ‘Caracole.’ Since its establishment, the Brasserie Caracole Brewery has been distributing beers to various countries like France, Belgium, Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium and Japan. It is famous for four traditional Belgian beers; the Prancing, the Troublette, the Sax and the Nostradamus. All four beers are bottle undergo bottle conditioning where they go through second fermentation with yeast in the bottle. This special type of fermentation has allowed for outstanding flavors and quality of beers to be produced by Brasserie Caracole Brewery.

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8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

In my opinion, it is a wonderful beer, plenty of malt and plums like the orchard, bready, some hop, alcool but it is well balanced, next. 07.12.2017, drinking it at the ex Pibar, Lausanne, sharing it with Raoul probably.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2025 at 17:50

gave a cheers!

4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle. Cloudy , yellow in color with a medium head. Aroma was sour orange with a slight acetic smell. Taste was Fruity citrus with a slight sour and bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 06:52


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Hazy amber pour, huge off white head, alot of floaters. Aroma of stale hops, tropical fruit, and some metals. High carb, lively mouth feel. Strong fruity finish. Lots of pineapple, and mango, with some yeasty notes.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:40


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Cafe Volo.
Very dark ruby color, huge beige head, wicked lacing, retention is very long lasting. Well 1st thing, the alcohol is present in the aroma, but its not overpowering, i’m also getting lots of ripe fruit, brown sugar, and slight yeasty notes. Flavour is much of the same, ripe fruit, and carmael, with the alcohol warming your throat as it goes down. Finish is very smooth, and blanced, not much bitterness, but the malt comes through. Very nice stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:12


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

Aroma of Belgian yeast, fruits, citrus, some spiciness, hops. Flavour is yeasty and fruity, light to medium sweetness, with a light bitterness in the finish. As Belgian Strong Ales go, this one is pretty good!

Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 14:01


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. Aroma of malt, caramel, chocolate, cookies, dark fruits, toffee, some candy sugar, liquorice, strong spicy notes. Flavour is sweet. Body is medium to full. Rich and smooth spicy malty toffee fruity beer, good balance. Enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:02


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. Aroma of malt, dried fruits, sweet apples, yeast, caramel, some tofee, earthy, herbal notes. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet. Body is medium. Has a delicate balance and smooth quality to it. Enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:02


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

Bottle at home. Aroma is wheat, citrus, lemon, spicy yeast, coriander. Flavour is lightly sweet and a bit wheaty sour. Body is medium. Certainly above average for the style.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:39


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

Fles gedeeld door Keukenman (t.h.t. 2004) en gedronken met Tomhendriksen en Roelzie.
Zwart bier zonder schuim.
Aroma van vanille en chocolade.
Smaak is koffieachtig.
Nasmaak is waterig.

Tried on 07 Feb 2025 at 22:48


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

Fles gedeeld door Keukeman, geprobeerd met LiekevdV, Inoven en Roelzie. Het is een donkerbruin bier. Het heeft een aroma van rozijnen. De smaak is vol moutig, moutig en rozijnen.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 22:41