Brouwerij Sterkens

Client Brewer in Meer, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Bierparadijs

Established in 1651

Contact
Wenenstraat 9, Meer, 2321, Belgium
Description
Brouwerij Sterkens has a particularly rich and very tasteful history. In 1651, the Sterkens family began to brew their own beer out of interest. In that time, they were local farmers with small amount of money to brew some quantities. As they were brewing, they wrote down every single detail of the recipes they made and the way they produced the beer. These notes were given from father to son, for generations on. When the family noticed that brewing beer gradually got more priority than working on the farm, they chose to professionalize the brewery and to fill out more quality beers. The delicious and spicy St. Sebastiaan and St. Paul beers were well appreciated in Belgium, what led to the fact that Brouwerij Sterkens was one of the first breweries who went abroad for exportation.

The current 14th generation of Brouwerij Sterkens have ensured that the beers of Sterkens are appreciated in more than 30 countries on all 5 continents. The Sterkens family is looking to the near future with a lot of enthousiasm and confidence, without forgetting the past. After all, Brouwerij Sterkens is still bottling their beers in distinctive and exceptional packaging.

Sterkens did stop with brewing and became a client brewer in 2008.

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ Aarhus Bryghus Øl og Gourmet Festival 2018. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aorma of sweet malt, caramel, dried fruit, plums, light nut. Flavor is sweet, sweet malty, caramel, brown sugar, dried fruit, light alcohol. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light sweet finish. 070418

Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2018 at 08:25


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

500mL bottle, pours a clear copper golden with a large white head. Aroma brings out a very nice Belgian yeast, light candied sugar, and light esters. Flavour is quite boozy, with Belgian yeast, light candied sugar, and a hint of esters. Very boozy, lacking some cohesion. It's alright.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2018 at 01:59


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

Bottle 33 cl. Deep red, with a short lived light light brown head. Aroma of malt, nuts, dark fruit and some spices. Sweet taste, light bitter with a burned malt and dark fruit end. BB 09.2022. Calendar 2017, 7/24.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2017 at 15:07


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

Tap. Clear golden color with creamy white head. Aroma is straw, dough, belgian yeasts. Taste is the same. Oily mouthfeel with rather low carbonation. Not exciting.

Tried from Draft on 29 Sep 2017 at 14:07


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Opaque dark brown. One finger tall creamy beige head. Stays. Nose: rich malts revealing caramel, toast, toffee. Dried fruit, chocolate, nuts. A tiny bit bloody being cold. As the ale gets warmer this note fades out. Medium body. Lively carbo. Moderately sweet taste. Tastes pretty similar to how it smells. Well-tasting. Yeasty spice and some hops at finish. Really good. Just let it warm.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2017 at 15:46


7

Bottle. Foggy golden ale with relatively small white head. Aroma: fairly spicy, malty. Pear. Candy. Medium body. Soft carbonation. Medium sweet taste. Robust malts. Fruit. Spicy yeast. A hoppy hint at finish. Well made yet basic.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2017 at 15:02


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

Bottle. Clear golden pour. Rocky white head. Srays. Spicy yeast dominates on nose. Additional corny grains & esters. Light to medium body. Soft carbo. Initial malt sweetness on tongue. Yeasty spicy mid phase. Light hoppiness finishes all. All right. A Belgian ale of no ambition. Just well made.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2017 at 15:41


6.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Cloudy honey yellow. Huge frothy white head. Stays. Aroma: white bread, spicy yeast, coriander, light phenolics, a hint of orange. Light to medium body. Lightly sweet taste. Wheaty. Notable Belgian yeast. Spicy. Low bitterness. Tart ending. OK wit.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2017 at 13:47


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

500ml ceramic bottle from the Offie, Leicester. Packaging is over the top but the beer itself is rather attractive: cola brown, slightly translucent with a loose khaki head. Light nutty aroma with some liquorice and sweet spice. Sweet taste with enough of a balance to give it character. Again there’s a nutty note in the fairly short finish. Very heavily carbonated, which works for the light body. It’s a delicious drink of a style I’m fond of, although I’ve had better.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2017 at 07:17


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

F: big, white, long lasting. C: deep gold, light hazy. A: malty, honey, bit of orange peels, bit of spicy, coriander, yeasty, caramel, fruity. T: malty, fruity, honey, warming alcohol, spicy, coriander, grassy, caramel, medium body, medium carbonation, not bad, even enjoyed a little but boring, 0,5l bottle from Cora Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2017 at 12:59