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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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Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
St. Sebastiaan Dark from Brouwerij Sterkens
22 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
A hazy brown beer with a beutiful beige head. The aroma is fruity with notes yeast and apples. The flavor is very complex with a good malty sweetness, yeast, apples, and spices.
Tried on 22 Nov 2003 at 06:08
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed
Hoogstraten Poorter from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
I dont know how old this beer is but it definitly isn't like any other porter. Nice fruity aroma and a great flowerly like taste. No bitterness and no taste of alcohol.
Tried on 28 Jul 2003 at 16:36
diabel (1874) reviewed
St. Paul Speciale from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Treble brown colour, white head. It has quite the same aroma as the other St.Paul-beers: little bit creamy and sweet. The flavour however is -in contrast of my expectations, much beter as ht others. OK, it's still a little bit 'watery', but it has some bitter (and sweet flavours, also wheat-flavours). It reminds me in some kind of way of Westmalle tripel. It is really a special St.Paul.
Tried on 27 May 2003 at 12:46
diabel (1874) reviewed
St. Paul Double from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Dark colour, but not as dark as Westvleteren, white head. Malt aroma, little spicy too. As all the other St.Paul-ales, this-one too has an half flavour: little malt, little watery. Also some pleasing spicy flavours.
Tried on 23 May 2003 at 13:02
diabel (1874) reviewed
St. Paul Triple from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Blond, foggy body. Small white head. Sweet (malty) aroma. Water-flavour, litlle bitter too. Not interesting at all.
Tried on 22 Apr 2003 at 10:31
jgb9348 (12478) reviewed
White Ale from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Great colour for a white ale, I always like a nice clear glass of witbier! Not too much in the nose, some normal white tastes-cloves, bananas, etc. Not the best white during the taste, but not the worst. A decent flavour, but I definately expected more from a belgian!
Tried on 11 Mar 2003 at 06:58
jgb9348 (12478) reviewed
Dubbel Ale from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
4.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Nice colour, and a good smell. The beer tasted bland and noth worthy of a dubbel ale. Not strong, with the taste profile of a lager! Maybe the bottle was kept in bad conditions, but other tasters had similar things to say about it!
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2003 at 06:51
JK (8152) reviewed
Dubbel Ale from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Light amber color. Head disappears quickly but left a lace on the glass. Heavily carbonated. Scent of hops. Unpleasant metallic taste that disappeared as it warmed and was replaced by a pleasant herbal taste.
Tried on 25 Feb 2003 at 08:22
diabel (1874) reviewed
St. Paul Blond from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
4.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Bottled. Quite nice (almost white) colour, white head. Spicy aroma, little sweet. Where did the flavour go to? This tastes like water. I think vittel is cheaper.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2003 at 11:50
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
St. Sebastiaan Dark from Brouwerij Sterkens
23 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy dark amber color; generous head. Some malt, caramel, liquorice nose. Same impression in the mouth, lacking a character and some more bitterness; a bit astringent in the beginning, sweeter when more oxydized. Not my favourite Dubbel.
Tried on 01 Feb 2003 at 15:25