Brouwerij Den Toetëlèr

Microbrewery in Hoeselt, Limburg, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2010

Contact
Kleistraat 54, Hoeselt, 3730, Belgium
Description
De brouwerij Den Toetëlèr – dialect voor vlierstruik – werd opgestart door Luc Festjens, Kurt Meers, Stefaan Huybrechts en Erwin Duts in 2010. Vanaf januari 2011 was de brouwerij operationeel. Oud hout van de vlierstruik is hol en werd vroeger gebruikt om fluitjes of toeters mee te maken, waardoor de struik in de volksmond de naam “toetëlèr” meekreeg. Het is nooit de bedoeling geweest om het bier in opdracht elders te laten brouwen: dit nieuwe Limburgs bier moest in Limburg gebrouwen worden. Om dit standpunt kracht bij te zetten, werd bewust gekozen voor de dialectische naam van de vlierstruik.

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

Medium light-beige head over hazy dark amber-brown beer. End of bottle solid yeast. Warm, dark malts; hint of chocolate and garden herbs, leafy. Some nondescript herb or spice - warming up, I’d guess coriander; generally rather neutral smelling, except for the malt-sweet hints. Bitterish-sweetish flavour; spicy as in speculoosherbs. Dry finish. Again dark(er) malts (and yeast) determining the overall flavour. Seems well-attenuated. Watermelon, warming up. Feels pretty carbonated, very slight burning sensation, medium bodied. Certainly not bad, but a bit - neutral? I like that this one is qualified as an "abbey tripel". In a competition as WBC, let alone for BJCP, it would be thrown out on sight because of its colour. And I think Ratebeer has it right!

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2012 at 07:51


6.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

33cl bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus. Hazy murky yellow, full sized white head. Smell malts, citrus and hops. Taste malts, a bit wet hops, grassy hops, blossom, lightly bitter. Very pleasant. Medium body, low to medium carbo.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2012 at 13:06


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle thx to the benzai. Hazy yellow colour with a huge white head. Smells hoppy, some light herbs, sweetish, nice. Tastes slightly hoppy, fruity, fresh, some herbs and nice. Quite a good beer! I’m surprised by this one. Great carbo, medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2012 at 12:59


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Toetëlèr Amber Tripel (by Brouwerij Den Toetëlèr):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

14/VI/2012 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: II/14 (2012-622)

Little cloudy amber to red brown beer, small light beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, peaches, some caramel, candy, bit sugary, dusty, ripe fruits, bit earthy, some alcohol. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: little sweet, lots of ripe fruits, peaches, some mocha, banana, bitter hops, pretty dusty, dry, some caramel. Aftertaste: bit sweet, caramel, dry hops, earthy, little mocha.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2012 at 09:15


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Hazy orange-yellow colour, firm white head. Fruity and floral aroma, elderflower, light honey, pronounced yeast. Light bitter, light sweet flavour. Short finish.
Solid beer, nice to see a wit without the obligatory coriander seeds for a change.
(From 33cL bottle @ Cafe We Gaan Beginnen, Nijmegen)

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2012 at 07:18


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Distinct elderflower aroma. Dryish and light bodied, crisp and grainy. Juicy and elegant. Witbier with depth and a unique touch.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2012 at 07:18


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Hasselt Beer Festival, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgie, 12.11.11 in company of Loz, David, Jackie & Simon Nice clean aroma, fruity and with a little yeast in mouth and on nose along with a light floral edge. Tastes is also light lemon and yeasty, good, soft in mouth, nice starter beer. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2011 at 23:01


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Towering, very dense & fine, light yellow head, leaving lace over fully hazy orange-yellow beer (looks for all the world like a Hefeweizen). Very nice, outspoken flowery nose, with obvious elderflower - and do I detect Nelson Sauvin? Certainly fine hops, slightly citrussy/lemonblossom. Fruity and again noble hoppy flavours, lightly bitterish, citrussy and also spicy (like mustardpowder or galanga) - no doubt the elderflower. Quite spritzy, refreshing, wheatslickness, light to medium bodied. Excellent for the first real commercial try.

Tried on 03 May 2011 at 11:45


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Toetëlèr Wit (by Brouwerij Den Toetëlèr):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

30/04/2011 33cl @ Vilvordia BierProefFestival (2011-186)

Pretty cloudy yellow to light orange beer. White small head, unstable, little adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, pineapple, passion fruits, peaches. MF: good carbon, medium body, bit watery texture. Taste: citric, bit of exotic fruits. Aftertaste: some yeast, more citrus in front of the upper palate.

Tried on 30 Apr 2011 at 08:07


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

More UFO’s than beer (colour of orange juice) under the medium high, dense white head, gone after a minute or so. Sourish grainy nose, milky and milkripe grain. Dry, with a sourish finish of every sip. Faintly spicy and distinctly bready. Finish has something of the preserved ginger, served with sushi. Refreshing, spritzy, light. Huge points for originality, and certainly not bad at that (am I Antwerpener, or not?). If only the looks - and I’m not a particulary harsh judge in that particular field... Many thanks to Stef C.!

Tried on 03 Mar 2011 at 10:54