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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared at a tasting at troubles' place. Funk, vegetables, oak, minerals, sour.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2024 at 20:00

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pours orange, slightly on the darker side, a hint of haziness. Forms more head than usual per style, settles to about one finger, fades later than usual, no lacing. Average intensity in the aroma: a rather soft, half dough-like, half wet/sweaty aroma, with light apple and lighter citric notes, a bit of prickliness, perhaps the slightest hint of vinegar; suggesting mild sourness. And indeed not very sour in taste, though maybe more than the smell suggested. A touch of soft lactic sourness, citric notes (i get mainly lemon) along with a quite vivid green apple note, maybe the slightest vinegar hint, a hint of prickliness/spiciness; mild funkiness with just a hint of sweat. Everything feels rather subdued, lacks character. Light to medium bodied, average to slightly below average carbonation. As the head suggested, more carbonated than usual for the style; not sure if it fits though. An ok but unimpressive gueuze.
Tried on 12 Aug 2024 at 17:00

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Clear dark golden beer with a white lacing. Aroma of tart caramelized malt, red fruits, old fruits. Taste of sour apples, caramel, candies, sulfur.
Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2024 at 13:35

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle at share. Hazy pale golden pour, fizzy head. Yeasty, funky aroma, wood barrel, floral, fruity. Taste is yeasty funky, sweet, cheese, with a little tartness.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2024 at 07:42

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
375mL bottle, pours a hazy dark orange with a medium off-white head. Aroma brings out a nice barnyard funk, citrus zest, and a touch of hay. Flavour is fairly citrusy, with gentle hay, earthy farmhouse notes, and dry bready notes. Though the nose is nicely funky, the flavour is much flatter and more citrusy than anything. It's good but far from a high calibre gueuze.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2024 at 07:01

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Bottled 375cl
Orange colour, bubbles, tiny head. Very earthy aroma, some tartness. Light-bodied. Crisp, tart, some dry fruityness, funky, very earthy, even cellary. This is a bit too earthy for me.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2023 at 17:18

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 75cl from DeKoninck Buizingen. Best before 3 okt 2027 so bottled 3 okt 2022 and De Troch gives 5 years limited guarantee I presume? Can't believe it's from 2017... Color: Clear orange golden, off-white hrad. Aroma: Sweetish (for a Geuze), fruity notes,hay and funk hints. Taste: Smooth, quite sweetish for a Geuze, modearte tartness, fruity lemonjuice, gooseberry and some grape and green apple. Subtle funky, oak wood. Hints of hay. Dry -ish finish. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2023 at 15:04

5.8/10
Tastes like peach juice with a slight tart finish. Really not a true lambic but still interesting. Thanks Dan F.
Tried on 10 Sep 2023 at 12:36

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Max's bottle: pours golden with nonhead. Spoiled apple juice. Why did I do this. It is about as unpleasant as everyone says. I really should have looked up the reviews ahead of time. Ugh.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2023 at 01:40

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Golden orange pour. Enough funk in the aroma to make James Brown proud, touch of orange rind. More tart than a Del Boy cast off. Very dry. Decent Lambic.
Tried from Draft on 13 Jul 2023 at 20:31