Contreras

Regional Brewery in Gavere, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brouwerij Contreras

Established in 1818

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Molenstraat 110, Gavere, 9890, Belgium
Description
110 years of Contreras in a 190 year old brewery. In 1818 Brewery Latte was founded as a typical farm-brewery. In the second half of the 19th century the company was led by Valère Latte who sold the brewery in 1898 to René Contreras. In 1920 René Contreras chose to sell his brewery to his nephew Marcel Contreras. it was Marcel who would transform the brewery into a modern 20th century company. He shaped the buildings as they currently still remain. In 1982 Marcel's son Willy became the sole manager of the brewery. At the start of the 21st century Ann Contreras, the only daughter of Willy Contreras, and her fiancée Frederik De Vrieze gradually took over the daily management of the brewery.

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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Smakerna ligger kvar länge på tungan, lagom syrlig och fyllig med mycket smak. Gott.

Tried on 15 Apr 2012 at 15:12


8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

On-tap between Christmas 2011 and New Year in the Delirium Bar (upstairs tap room), Brussels. Pours a murky golden yellow with a thin white head that isn’t worth talking about: it had gone by the time I’d walked back to my seat and picked up my pen to take notes. The nose was regular Belgian, in a good way: yeasty, malty and hoppy all in one smell, not easy but some Belgian beers just do it right. The taste was an amalgamation of loveliness in a glass: all the flavours a good beer should have were here in abundance, like the smell they were all bundled up into a single taste and just seemed right. What a pity about the head!

Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2012 at 04:06


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle for Saturday night after drinking wine all day. Pours dark brown with huge fluffy head. Tastes of toffee, caramel, fruity, and earthy. Nice finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2012 at 18:10


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Dusty basement and lemon zest. Clear amber, medium head, good lacing. Lemon zest and funk. Finish is rotten fruit.

Tried on 18 Feb 2012 at 11:00


4.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

25cl bottle @ home, shared with Dutchdrebus. Hazy orange color, small white lacing. Smell maltsa dn something weird and foul. Taste is the same: dry, sour hints, something weird and not nice. Low carbo and body.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2012 at 13:47


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Hazy yellow to orange colour with a quickly dissapearing head. Smells like sweaty feet, chinese food and other weird stuff. Tastes iron, sourish, bad, dry, rusty.. Not a good beer in my book.

Tried on 17 Feb 2012 at 13:39


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bright blond colour. Quite some sweetness in the aroma. Some hop too. Taste is sweet and has elements of tropical fruit. It’s a fresh, sweet IPA. Hop bitterness is slight making it an easy to drink session beer.

Tried on 11 Feb 2012 at 13:33


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

draft @ Delirium. Dorée avec léger brume, col blanc crémeux. Arôme est assez faiblard pour une bière d’hiver. Note ce profile belge typique, houblon citronné, très peu d’épices avec un houblon allant plus vers un houblon allemand. En bouche, levure belge, houblonné citronné, le tout présente une douceur maltée sucrée voire caramel. Houblon contribue à un ajout minime d’un profile épicé et fleuri.

Tried from Draft on 21 Jan 2012 at 02:11


3.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Bottle at Home. Golden color with a medium white head. A pretty average pilsner, that totally lacks on bittering and aroma hops, as the sweet malty background dominates. Also a slight sour.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2012 at 04:11


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Kiya. Fragrant aroma, cherry, spice, caramel and chocolate, raisin. Deep brown with orange tints and a high, fine head. Tangy and fruity flavor, with spice, chocolate, and some roasted character. Interesting. A bit of citrus too, hops, nice strong bitterness. High carbonation, rather light. Original. Some aspects like a blonde, some like a stout...                                                       

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2011 at 01:59