About
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.
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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled (BB 03/2007)
Sampled in room temperature. Hazy orange, small white head. Malty, slightly hoppy aroma, hints of banana. Medium-bodied. Fruity, same time hoppy and slightly alcoholic. Short aftertaste. Not very complex tripel.
Sampled in room temperature. Hazy orange, small white head. Malty, slightly hoppy aroma, hints of banana. Medium-bodied. Fruity, same time hoppy and slightly alcoholic. Short aftertaste. Not very complex tripel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2005
at 13:59
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottled. Hazy yellow colour with foamy white head. Very yeasty and malty aroma. Yeasty, bitter flavour. Nothing special at all. I had waited more from a Belgian blond...
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2005
at 16:58
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Copperish red colour (a bit more red than copper). Big beige foamy head. Bitter citric malty flavour. Bitter cranberryish flavour, but still very refreshing. Also some hints of yeast. Mouthdrying and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2005
at 16:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Very dark ruby colour, beigeish head. Aroma of malt and a bit of plum and caramel. Also notes of alcohol in the aroma. Plummy malty flavour. Sticky mouthfeel. Semibitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2005
at 16:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Orange, a bit hazyish colour, white small bubbly head. Strong aroma of breadish malt with hints of alcohol. Smooth fruitsaladish, a bit bitter flavour. A bit sticky mouthfeel. Alcohol comes through pretty well in the flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2005
at 16:50
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled. Amber colour, clear, some sediment. Swet and raisiny with clean mouthfeel.Some grassy hops leads to a fairly bitter finish. Unspectacular.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2005
at 04:40
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled. Muddy mustard yellow. Strong herbal aroma. Sweet and soapy with rounded mouthfel and notes of curacao. Witbier-like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2005
at 04:38
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Hazy pale straw beer with a big fluffly head. Clean wheat flavor. Light body - slightly watery. Wheat aroma, some citrus. Spiciness and yeasiness is very very light leavig little complexity in the beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2005
at 07:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Rather stable dirty-yellowish head; (cold) hazy peach coloured beer. Chalk, cocos, marked caramel, buttertoffee, malty aroma’s. Heavy burnt-bitterish taste, scorched caramel, sweeter malt and honey caramels underneath. Again faint buttery flavourimpression - if it’s diacetyl, it’s below my ID treshold. Faint citrussy, very slight sourish finish. Rather slick, nearly fatty, some burning sensation in the MF. Feels more carbonised than it looks. Bit strange blonde, very mixed flavours & impressions. Not overly remarkable.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2005
at 13:53
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
This is known as St. Sebastiaan Grand Cru in its country of origin. Pale, drab amber colour; virtually no head, just some transparant bubbles. Quite alcoholic nose, and definitely some oxidation. Dull, lifeless sweetish taste, cookies, old sherry, oxydized. Thin body, flat as a pancake. A beer that hasn’t stood up to - what? Bad storage, transport, age ...? BBD is indecipherable. Will have to try again.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2005
at 15:35