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.
TomHendriksen (8095) reviewed Superior Dark from Gageleer 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Fles gekregen van Inoven, geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een helder roodbruin bier met een volle beige schuim. Het heeft een kruidige geur. De smaak is kruidig, dropachtig en fruitig.
Inoven (3731) reviewed Superior Dark from Gageleer 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Flesje thuis gedronken. Roodbruin helder bier met stevig beige schuim. Aroma is kruidig. De smaak is zoet, kruidig en ook fruitig. De kruidige smaak blijft even hangen.
Rubin77 (10150) reviewed Superior Dark from Gageleer 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
F: big, tan, long lasting. C: dark coppery, hazy. A: malty, mellow fruity, bit bready, caramel, touch of tropical fruits. T: malty, fruity, bit bready, dark cherries, banana, caramel, weak herbal bitterness, medium to full body, lower carbonation, 33cl bottle from Dolma Magasin Bio in Brussels.
Rubin77 (10150) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
F: big, creamy, snow-white, good retention. C: blonde to pale gold, bit hazy. A: light malty, sour fruity, lemon water, herbal. T: sour fruity, lemon, herbal, dry on the palate, very refreshing bit puckering, light body and soft carbonation, not bad at all yet not for the style, 33cl bottle from Dolma Magasin Bio in Brussels.
Kraddel (15810) reviewed Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours hazy blonde, small white head is consistant. Smell is tart, wheat, dry, almost like a berliner weisse. Taste is tart, sharp, very dry, lemon-like sourness and astigency, even lemon-ish taste. some wheat, which finishes very nicely in the aftertaste. pretty sharp and dry. Not a bad beer at all, and certainly different. A bit to dry for my personal liking though.
DirDec (2086) ticked Superior Dark from Gageleer 8 years ago
DirDec (2086) ticked Sour White - No Hops from Gageleer 8 years ago
Tom (2088) ticked Limited Edition from Gageleer 8 years ago
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WildeJoost59 (1490) reviewed Original from Gageleer 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home. Pale yellow color, white head. Not much aroma. Taste is good, a nice blond beer.
beerhunter111 (50413) reviewed Superior Dark from Gageleer 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl bottle. A almost clear reddish golden beer with a huge most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of herbs, spice, red malt, soy. Taste of herbs, medicine, red malt, soy, caramel, dark malt, interesting!
