About
The brewery Slaghmuylder was founded in 1860 by Emmanuel Slaghmuylder. Around the turn of the century his son Ernest took over the company. He married Marie Van Roy, daughter of a brewer family of Wieze. His three sons opened a new brewery in 1926 which could start immediately with the new brewing process for lager beer. During the war of 1940-1945 brewing restarted for high-fermentation ales. It is only in1958 that the brewery started again with the production of low-fermentation beers. In the mid sixties the three brothers were succeeded by their sons. From 1979 on, the three nephews started brewing the Witkap Pater beers on request of brewery "De Drie Linden" from Brasschaat. In 1981 the Witkap Pater brand was officially taken over by Slaghmuylder. Beginning of theeighties the brewery was equipped with separate fermentation and layering cellars for both high and low fermentation beers. Brewery Slaghmuylder remains a unique family company that builds on a rich tradition.
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
As Witkap Pater Stimulo. Pours a yellow color. roma has some malt and some florals and yeast. Average carbonation.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2014
at 13:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Classic abbey tripel, historically linked to Westmalle (the monk on the label depicts a Westmalle trappist monk), even called ’trappistenbier’ before that designation became protected by law. Cream white, dense, thinnish but stable head, pure golden blonde colour, almost clear. Aroma of restrained malt sweetness, grassy hops, raw rhubarb, celery, white pepper, green apple peel, abbey cheese, honey. Smooth, dryish malty taste, subdued applish fruitiness, medium carbo, ending in a peppery hop bitterishness through which a certain, very subtle kind of saltiness pierces. Also tasted at 20 years of age at the Kulminator, my first ever encounter with aged beer, so this remains something special to me. That older version was of course heavily oxidized, but also notably sweeter and less dry than the young version described above.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2014
at 07:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tasted as Witkap Pater Stimulo from tap and bottle. Golden coloured session beer since 1981, a (’false’) abbey blonde, with a dense, cream white head and a malty and fruity aroma, yeasty, sweetish with grassy hop bitterish finish, smooth and quenching. Sometimes sourish due to infection, but they seem to have this under control now. Exhales the typical straightforwardness and ’old school style’ typified by this quiet brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2014
at 07:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
The follow-up to Greut Lawauitj, something in between a dubbel and a Belgian amber ale (spéciale belge), a bit stronger than Greut Lawauitj and perhaps a little bit less nutty, but otherwise no noteworthy differences. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Greut Lawauitj on 19 Aug 2014 at 12:40 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: Session amber beer with thick, cream white, irregularly formed head, misty amber colour. Fruity and nutty aroma, peach, grapefruit, ’speculaas’, cloves, aniseed, cake, hazelnuts, herbal hops. Soft fruity taste with rather strong carbonation, light nutty and caramelly maltiness, light sweetishness, gentle spicy accents with herbal hops, not bittering further in the finish, which therefore ends rather abruptly and even a bit watery. Not entirely the same as Witkap Pater Special, but very, very close...
Tried
on 09 Nov 2014
at 07:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
One of the lesser known Witkap Paters, the dubbel is a dark brown beer under a creamy, off-white head, with a dryish, malty character, caramelly, yeasty with subdued fruitiness and a leafy, hop bitterish finish. Since 1981. Should get more attention, though it is not a world class masterpiece in this style, but I like this brewery’s old school, low profile approach.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2014
at 09:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours hyza orange colorwith a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, fruit. Taste is medium sweet
Tried
on 25 Oct 2014
at 04:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bardzo mocna piana, kolor złoty.
Zapach delikatnie owocowy.
Smak owocowy, długo pozostaje w ustach.
Przyjemnie musujące.
Zapach delikatnie owocowy.
Smak owocowy, długo pozostaje w ustach.
Przyjemnie musujące.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 12:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
17.10.2014
Słodowe z mocną wytrawną kontrą.
25.04.2024
Kolor pomarańczowy, wyraźnie mętny. Piana biała, niezbyt wysoka (może na dwa centymetry), jest trwała, drobno pęcherzykowa.
Aromat słodki, słodowy, drożdżowy, owocowy. Nuty owocowe kojarzą się z brzoskwiniami.
Smak podobnie słodki, słodowy i lekko kwaskowy.
Wysycenie wysokie, pasuje. Tekstura gładka, miękka. Ciało pełne minus. Posmak długi, słodki słodowy, owocowy.
Uwagi: tak, takie piwa pije się z przyjemnością.
Wygląd 8, Aromat 7, Smak 7, Podniebienie 8, Razem 8, Ocena: 7,5
Słodowe z mocną wytrawną kontrą.
25.04.2024
Kolor pomarańczowy, wyraźnie mętny. Piana biała, niezbyt wysoka (może na dwa centymetry), jest trwała, drobno pęcherzykowa.
Aromat słodki, słodowy, drożdżowy, owocowy. Nuty owocowe kojarzą się z brzoskwiniami.
Smak podobnie słodki, słodowy i lekko kwaskowy.
Wysycenie wysokie, pasuje. Tekstura gładka, miękka. Ciało pełne minus. Posmak długi, słodki słodowy, owocowy.
Uwagi: tak, takie piwa pije się z przyjemnością.
Wygląd 8, Aromat 7, Smak 7, Podniebienie 8, Razem 8, Ocena: 7,5
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2014
at 20:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
One of those delightfully old-fashioned table beers, tasted from tap at a beer festival from the Leuvense Biertherapeuten a few years ago; snow white, stable head, deep ’old gold’ colour. Sweetish, grainy character with sourish touch, obviously thin as usual for the style but still fuller than average, with mild hop bitterishness in the finish. Very decent - for the style, that is. It’s a good thing these old family breweries still maintain this tradition of ’beer for daily use’ (i.e. without the risk of getting drunk), as it is a far better alternative to soda pops or alcohol free beers.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2014
at 12:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
One of Slaghmuylder’s charmingly old-fashioned beers, from a time when pale lager conquered Belgium. In fact, this was the first Belgian Easter beer ever, and remained the only Belgian Easter lager since. Very much like Slaghmuylder’s Kerstbier, but the sample I tasted, was unfiltered and had more yeasty notes because of that. And like the Kerstbier, I regard this as one of the better Belgian lagers.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2014
at 11:39