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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7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

bottiglia 33 cl, 7,9% vol., schiuma beige media grana media persistenza, color ambrato torbido con lieviti in sospensione, al naso lieviti belgi spezie arancio candito frutta a pasta gialla note floreali, in bocca frutta a pasta gialla spezie e leggermente agrumata, lieve acidula, carbonazione decisa, corpo medio/leggero, alcool perfettamente e pericolosamente bilanciato (7,9%???) amaro moderato, secca asciutta nel finale. Fresca, pulita, scorrevole, equilibrata. Ottima. c. Fatti una birra 18.02.22

Tried from Can on 18 Feb 2022 at 19:34


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

33cl bottle. A clear golden beer with a big off-white head. Aroma of mid sweet pale malt, some yellow fruits and yeast. Taste of sweet pale malt, straw, flowers, som e honey and yeast.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2021 at 20:02


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Smell-weak to medium, malt, caramel, Belgian yeast. Foam- head rising for bottle before opening, be careful. Generally head is small, light brown-white color. Appearance- brewer bottle cap, simple nice label. Maybe a slight overall bonus. Clear ruby, dark brownish color. From- snifter Price-2,49 euros for 0,33ml Taste- weak malt, hops, Belgian yeast, caramel. Alcool mixed in well. Generally sweet, tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2021 at 18:31


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

10/X/21 - 33cl bottle from Au Village Gourmand (Dinant), shared @ verjaardagsfeestje Anniek, BB: 6/VIII/22 (2021-1150)

Clear pale blond beer, creamy dense white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, fruity, some peaches, spicy, yeast, caramel, banana. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: spicy, herbal, nice, bit yeasty, gentle bitterness, bit fruity, some coriander. Aftertaste: dry, bit spicy, banana, yeast, gentle bitterness…

Tried from Bottle from Au Village Gourmand on 10 Oct 2021 at 16:00


7

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2021 at 21:20


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

bottle. alc was 7,7% ABV. piana spora, trwala, pachnie miodem akacjowym i pszennym miazszem chleba. zlociste, musujace, metne, tresciwe. slodowe-zbozowe. dobre

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2021 at 09:06


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Fles 33cl thuis. 9,1%. Spuit de fles uit. Caramel, donker fruit, zoet, toffee, ergens licht vanille, licht vineus, klein zuurtje, licht klef, pruim, vijg, chocolade, licht droog, matig kruidig. (13-5-2021).

Tried on 13 May 2021 at 19:52


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

Bottle, Craft Republic. Gusher. Clear deep brown, no head. 3- Aroma of strong bread, dried fruit (figs, grapes), spices. Full bodied. Sweet with bread and dried fruit before lots of spices and firm bitterness. Anise, coriander, cinnamon. Drying woody spice. Some obvious alcohol. Lacks real depth.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2021 at 14:36


6

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2020 at 23:42


8

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2020 at 21:57