Brouwerij De Troch

Microbrewery in Wambeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brouwerij De Troch

Established in 1820

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Langestraat 20, Wambeek, 1741, Belgium
Description
19th century land-use plan of the area mentions a brewery owned by a certain Petronnella De Troch.
Even older records indicate that her father, Pieter De Troch, was running a brewery on the same site in the late 18th century. Petronnella married Egidius De Troch and in 1898 their son Louis took the family business over. Louis Married J. De Neve, and their son, also Louis, inherited the brewery and farm in 1936. The same Louis married M.L. Van den Moortel.
Their nephew Jos Raes and his wife M. Vanderhasselt took on the family tradition in 1974 and have been running this rare craft brewery ever since. In 2002, their son Pauwel Raes joined his parents into the family business.
In July 2012 Pauwel & his wife Kristel Schelfthout took over the brewery to continue the brewery tradition !

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4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 2 Overall 4.5
Bottled. Bronze colour. Lemon juice mixed with sugar. Fruity. Some lambicish notes remain, but it’s bold and soda-like. Acidic finish.
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2004 at 10:29

3.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Muddy red body. Pinkish head, fastly fully diminishing. The aroma is like (sweet) cherry-yoghurt aroma. It even tastes like that. Lightly sweet initial flavour. Heavily sweet finish. 100% soda.
Tried on 13 May 2004 at 14:37

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 3.5
Orange, murky body. Almost no head. Sweet fruity (mirabelles of course). Very sweet flavour.
Tried on 06 May 2004 at 14:22

3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 3
Yellow-brownish hazy body. WHite, instantly disappearing head. Sourish banana aroma. Sweet banana flavour.
Tried on 22 Apr 2004 at 02:45

4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Deep red, muddy body. Pinkish head, but instantly disappearing, good lacing. The sweet raspberry aroma is already noticeable without really sniffing. Very sweet (ligthly sour) flavour. Dito for the finish, but with the addition of some bitterness. This beer should be named "Lambic - Soda".
Tried on 18 Apr 2004 at 14:16

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cloudy orange color, small white head. Typical gueuze aroma, bit sweet and yeasty for a gueuze, some horseblanket as Joris always describes. Quite flat tartness in taste, not real complex. Also quite sweet. Very sticky palate. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Chapeau Cuvée on 30 Aug 2019 at 00:46 - Score: 5. Original review text: Veel te scherp
Tried on 23 Mar 2004 at 15:34

2/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 1
An orange beer with no head. The aroma is very sweet of sirup - just like a "Red Bull" - not a beer aroma. The flavor is sour and sweet with notes of lemon. The end is sour. I don't want this one again.
Tried on 19 Feb 2004 at 14:20

2.6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Very light clear orange color, no head. Smells more like a Faro, which means very sugar sweet. Aroma had also some artificial strawberry, very chemical. Taste is ultra-sweet. I don't think de Troch is able to make a decent brew. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Chapeau Xmas Gueuze on 23 Aug 2021 at 07:03
Tried on 05 Feb 2004 at 04:20

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Appearance: Ruby red with a small red/pink head. Nice color, wished for more head. THICK raspberry smell. Now, you either like the smell of raspberries or you don't- I love the smell- especially here, where it doesn't smell like some sort of cheap extract, but instead FRESH fruit. Wonderful- though it's very unbeerlike in taste. Drinkable as hell- but one at a time- too much might be too sweet & give a stomache ache.
Tried on 29 Jan 2004 at 01:08

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Aroma of champagne and yeast. looks like a golden pilsner with sediment floating in it. Flavors of sugar, yeast, and lemon. Mildly sour. I was surprised by how good this is. Better than the raspberry.
Tried on 28 Jan 2004 at 13:16