Brouwerij De Mortselarij

Microbrewery in Mortsel, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2019

Contact
Rode Leeuwlaan 15, Mortsel, 2640, Belgium
Description
Bij De Mortselarij doen we de dingen graag net iets anders. We zijn een brouwerij met brewpubambities, een thuishaven voor kunstenaars en muziekartiesten, een ecologische hopplantage. We infuseren ons bier graag met creativiteit. En er staat een paard in onze wei. Omdat het kan.
Dit alles vertaalt zich in ambachtelijke bieren met een hoek af die we op jullie afvuren tijdens een rollercoaster van een smaakbeleving. Mocht u een pijpleiding van onze biertanks tot recht in uw huiskamer laten aanleggen, u zou niet dichter bij de bron zijn! Just sit back and relax, beer is on it’s way!
Het moet echter gezegd, we zijn meer dan een brouwerij. De Mortselarij is een community van gelijkgezinden, amigos en funky liaisons. Het geheel is veel meer dan de som der delen. We inspireren elkaar wederzijds en dat is ook onze kracht. Brouwen is ons vak, mensen samenbrengen onze passie. Of dit nu gebeurt via events, live brouwdagen of workshops, we want you to be a part of it!
Join the Hive and let’s buzz together ♡

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Draught Small off-white to cream head; almost black beer. Roasted grains, very light smoke, bit whisky-ish, ends with some ashes. Smoked, ashey, roasted flavours, quite well-integrated. Quite a bit of restsugars, malty OTOH. Cacao warming up, dark grapes. Medium bodied, quite slick, good carbonation. Quite good. Don't expect Bamberger Rauch specifications, but as a mild smoked porter, quite rewarding.

Tried from Draft on 02 Oct 2023 at 14:36


7

Tried on 26 Sep 2023 at 19:09


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

Keg at special belge taproom. Pours golden, nose is grapefruit, floral, toffee, taste is similar, sweet.

Tried from Draft on 26 Sep 2023 at 17:09


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Smell- weak malt, hops. Foam- thin, malt, bitter tones, hops. Head is large, white, and dirty white in color. Appearance - generic black cap, nice label. Clear orange-amber in color, no carbonation. From - tulip Taste - weak malt, hops, bitter tones, faint citrus, faint grass. Not bad, nothing special.

Tried on 14 Sep 2023 at 20:15


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

From notes, quick rate. Head - large white head, medium carbonation. Appearance - interesting label, clear yellow amber. Nice bottle generic label ? Taste - hops, bitter tones, citrus. Hoppy aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2023 at 18:38


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Kveik IPA by the Mortselarij in Mortsel near Antwerp, vichy bottle from - I think - Van Callenberghe. Quite a strong gusher, with foam spouting out of the bottle upon opening; opening it over the sink, I could reduce losses to a small portion, but foam kept creeping out of the bottle neck for a few minutes after that. Thick, snow white, thickly plaster-like lacing, coarse-bubbled, foamy head on a cloudy yellow blonde beer with vague khaki tinge and bits of orange-coloured proteins near the bottom of the glass. Aroma of ripe Cantaloupe, overripe banana, yellow kiwi, some granadilla and mango, cake dough, meringue, withering leek or sweet onion, pomelo and mandarin, rainwater, damp kitchen towels, moist sweet bread, vague iron, dank stale armpit sweat note coming up in the end. Sweet, very fruity onset, kveik effects mingled with hop fruitiness, sourish undertone accompanying sultry effects of melon, guava, granadilla, orange and banana, somewhat stingy carbonation (especially for what seems to be intended as a NEDIPA), bit painful even; full, fluffy, soft mouthfeel. Doughy and cake-like malt sweetness with 'harder' cereally core, lingering sweet fruitiness, towards increasing tropical and citrusy hops, papaya- and mango-like with a mandarin-like edge, adding late peppery bitterness which eventually even becomes a bit wormwoody, though sweetness remains the main flavour. Warming to somewhat wry, calvados-like alcohol highlights the end and interferes just a bit too much with the kveik and hops. Kveik yeast is not too well controlled here, the hops are generous enough but the unbridled fruit basket effects of the kveik manage to even top that - as one of our most eminent reviewers states below, too much kveik and not enough IPA indeed. Weird, somewhat unbalanced construction, a bit too 'wildly' going in all directions without forming a real unity - I was expecting more from this brewery, but I am confident that one day they will present a truly good NEDIPA, because I know somehow these guys are able to pull it off. Benefit of the doubt in this case...

Tried on 15 Jul 2023 at 22:44


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

quick rate. Appearance- cool label, generic bottle cap. From - thin, bitter, hoppy. bottle Taste - hops, biutter tones, large foam, weak belgian yeast, weak malt.. ok.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2023 at 18:16


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

Smell-weak, faint hops, faint yeast maybe. Foam- thin, weak acidic tones, weak bitter tones, faint spur tones. Head is medium-sized, white in color. Appearance- interesting label, but generic cap. Hazy, dirty orange color, with some sediment. From - snifter Taste - weak hops, weak acidic tones, faint sourness, faint fruits. Somewhat meh.

Tried on 03 Jun 2023 at 17:24


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Smell- weak malt. Foam- thin, malt, weak bitter tones, faint roast. Head is quite small, white in color. Appearance- nice goat label, generic bottle cap though. Clear orange-amber color, medium active carbonation. From - snifter Taste - malt, weak roast, hops, bitter tones. Ok sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2023 at 15:04


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

Hazy amber colour, nose of citrus, coriander, wheat. Lots of carbonation, very yeasty, spices. Unbalanced, overcarbonated. This is not a Weizenbock at all.

Tried on 17 May 2023 at 19:30