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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5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Blonde. Citrus in the herbal spicy aroma. Wheaty sweet citric spicy flavors. Too much spiced and too perfumed to be enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:05


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

28 April 2019. At Zythos Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, 77ships & tderoeck! Hazy amber, lasting, thin, foamy, tan head. Aroma of oak, almond, red grapes, lemon peel, vinegar. Taste is light funky sour, vinegar & lemon acid next to red grapes, sweetish as such, woody bitter tones give a vanilla-like effect, the undercurrent is bready, caramelly, even brioche-like. Dryish, tart finish, more lemon peel & vinegar, faint varnish retronasally, enforcing a rather strong liqueur-like alcohol effect. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Reasonable attempt at making an oak-based beer but it doesn’t fully manifest itself.

Tried on 17 May 2019 at 14:57


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

28 April 2019. At Zythos Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, 77ships & tderoeck! Clear amber, small, frothy, thinning, off-white head. Aroma of wood, brett, almond, vinegar, lemon peel, red grapes. Taste is light to medium funky sour, vinegar, lemon acid & brett accentuated by fruity tones of grapes & lemon, bitter hints of wood & nuts, more woody in the dry finish, vague herbal hops, lingering grape & acid. Medium body, slick texture, lively carbonation. Bit too strong on the lemon acid.

Tried on 17 May 2019 at 14:55


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

Imported from my RateBeer account as Toetëlèr Vatgerijpt 2018 (by Brouwerij Den Toetëlèr):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

28/IV/19 - sample @ Zythos Bierfestival 2019 (Leuven), BB: n/a - (2019-624) Thanks to nathanvc, 77ships & Anke for sharing today's beers!
Damn backlog, could've been first! :p
Clear orange beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: funky, sourish, brett notes, banana yeast. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter, some tannins, pretty soapy, fruity touch, caramel, some banana. Aftertaste: caramel, banana, little bitter, sourish touch, very yeasty.

Tried on 28 Apr 2019 at 21:16


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

F: very thin, white. C: pale gold, hazy. A: malty but quite oxidized, bit fruity. T: sour orange fruity, sour spicy fruity, oxidized as hell yet not for ageing so it is obvious here, medium body and carbonation, ok for tick, sample from 75cl vintage 2011 bottle @ RBBSG 10/2018.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2018 at 16:32


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

06/10/2018 - sampled from bottle on RBBSG 2018 (vintage) Clear blonde, no head. Nose is malt, dusty grains. Taste is thin malts, low fruits, clear vintage, but not in a good way.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2018 at 12:32


4.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Thank you tderoeck! 750 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG 2018. 2011 Vintage. Clear pale golden. Nose is awful green apple, chemical, fizzy, spoiled, plastic,… Oxidation is lower than expected the rest is chemical, unpleasant, watery, fizzy, spoiled green apple, really unpleasant, plastic lemon, rubbish. This is also not something that should have been aged.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2018 at 17:49


5.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Seef (by Brouwerij Den Toetëlèr):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 2.7/5

6/X/18 - 75cl bottle from Bierhuyze Vacas, shared @ late RBBSG, Brouwerij Totem (Evergem), BB: 20/III/11 - (2018-1541)

Clear orange beer, no head. Aroma: sweetish, fruity, bit yeasty, metallic, chlorine, oxidized. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sourish, fruity, soft bitterness, some tannins, wheat notes. Aftertaste: bit acidic, fruity touch, bit oxidized, sourish, lemony touch. Still drinkable after all these years.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2018 at 20:14


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

Sampled from 7yo bottle @ late RBBSG. Yellowish color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, wheat, a slight sourish touch, maybe a distant citrussy hint. Not much more to it. Oh well. Drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2018 at 15:54


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Newish strong Toëtelèr, spotted by coincidence at Drinks 4 U in Deinze, 75 cl bottle with crown cap bought there and shared with Goedele, Jan and Pieter. Regularly shaped, pale yellowish beige, moussy, slowly receding and opening head on an initially clear, warm bronze-tinged copper coloured beer with fierce fizz, misty with sediment. Aroma of caramel candy, brandy, honey, dried banana slices, marmalade, old dried orange peel, sweet field flowers, candied figs, ginger powder. Sweet onset, fig-like with apricot- and vague banana-like notes, some dried citrus peel fraîcheur, fizzy carb; lots of residual, honeyish white sugary sweetness accompany a caramelly, somewhat resinous malt sweet body towards a mildly spicy, warming finish with port-like alcohol, spicy phenols and a herbal hop bitterishness, as well as a light metallic after effect. Quad-like in the La Trappe sense of the word I'd say, decent enough but open to improvement - perhaps lowering the sweetness would be a good start...

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2018 at 17:26