Around 1980, a desire for a beer brewed `to medieval tastes´ led us to the Cruydeboeck (“Book of Herbs”) by Belgian botanist and physician Rembert Dodoens (1517–1585). The road to actually realizing this desire was long, but following a detour through a (then) small Walloon brewery in 1988 we arrived at our first “garage beer” in Beerse (province of Antwerp). On 23 November 1996, the “Proef” brewery in Lochristi bottled the first 1,000 liters of Gageleer. In 1997, five members of De Wielewaal nature society raised the capital to found a co-operative, with the goal of marketing a beer to fund the purchase and conservation of nature reserves in the Campine.
In 2017 Gageleer cvba-so uit Oud-Turnhout heeft de commercialisatie van haar bieren overgedragen en heeft hiervoor een licentieovereenkomst afgesloten met Biosano uit Wommelgem. Gageleer zal met de royalty's op de bierverkoop zoals in het verleden projecten voor natuurbehoud ondersteunen.
Inoven (3731) reviewed No Alcohol from Gageleer 2 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Flesje gekocht bij de BIO-boerderij in Hilvarenbeek. Bleekgeel bier met weinig schuim dat snel wegtrekt. Aroma is gist achtig. Weinig smaak; iets moutig, iets fruitig maar toch waterig. Het kleine beetje smaak dat er is trekt meteen weg.
tderoeck (22679) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
27/VIII/23 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ home, BB: 3/II/23 (2023-507)
Clear orange blond beer, big creamy white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: very fruity, passion fruit, a bit lemony, a bit malty, yeasty, lactobacillus. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sourish start, pretty fruity, passion fruits, peaches, some banana, kiwi, a little bitter. Aftertaste: nice acidity, fruity, passion fruit, juicy, refreshing, nice one, I like it!
Erzengel (18528) ticked Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 2 years ago
Thanks Jef! Easy to drink, slightly sour with herbal parts. Easy to drink, a bit spiced with a nice sour fruity ending.
Sloefmans (15338) reviewed Superior Dark from Gageleer 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Huge, very dense & fine yellowish cream head over opaque reddish brown beer. Sweet, caramel, speculoos spices, mint, bit of camphor, liquorice, herbal (the myrica). Bitterish sweet, again liquorice, dried fruit. Some woody hints, and a persistent flavour reminding me of cola. Medium to better bodied, well carbonated, spritzy even. Creamy feel from the head. The bog myrtle seems to work better in the blonde versions. This exhibits too much hints as from a childrens' drink - taking away the alcohol, of course. Txs to Stef!
Sloefmans (15338) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Medium, slighly yellowish dense head over hazy dark-orange beer, lace. Very spicy nose, peppery - the myrica - cypress, aromatic. Sour, very lemony, lemonbalm, lime. Less spicy, emphasis on the acidity. Sour oranges. Refreshing, light, slight acidbite. Good carbonation. Surprising beer, but the discrepancy between the nose and the flavour irks me. Still, I find it better than the original Gageleer.
Kraddel (15810) reviewed No Alcohol from Gageleer 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours clear, light blonde. Smell is slightly herbal, but balanced. 'feels' rather light, but not the common NA malty sticky scent. Perhaps a bit lemonade-like, minus the sugar, rather than typically beer. Taste is a bit sweet and sticky though, far more typical NA base than expected, but the bog myrtle does add a layer to it - never bothering me, but preventing this to be to boring. Overall, OK. The base can be improved quite a bit, but isn't bad. The usage of Bog Myrtle does work, and the balance is very well done.
tderoeck (22679) reviewed No Alcohol from Gageleer 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
6/VIII/22 - 33cl can from La Source webshop, shared @ France Holiday, BB: 20/X/22 (2022-977)
Clear pale blond to yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, wort, grains, hay, oxidized, orange peel, cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit sweet, malty, grains, hay, cow fodder, gentle bitterness. Aftertaste: a bit fruity, caramel, sweet, a bit metallic, oranges, spicy touch, more oxidized, metallic finish.
Thom Zalm (2440) ticked Original from Gageleer 3 years ago
mike_77 (15884) reviewed No Alcohol from Gageleer 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Straw blond and clear with fluffy head. Aroma and flavour have a soapy, lemony element. A bit like a radler. Not too bad.
Sigmund (14545) reviewed Original from Gageleer 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
330 ml bottle, as Gageleer Original, brewed for Biosano by Proefbrouwerij Lochristi. Bought at Bio Station Store, Antwerpen Centraal. ABV is 7.5%. Slightly hazy golden colour, huge white head. Aroma of Belgian ale yeast, white kandij sugar syrup, stewed fruits and bog myrtle / sweet gale. Flavour of surprisingly distinct bittering hops, bog myrtle, medium sweet malts and sugar.
