Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan

Regional Brewery in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brouwerij De Halve Maan

Established in 2005

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Walplein 26, Brugge, 8000, Belgium
Description
De Halve Maan Brewing Company is a family brewery in the heart of Bruges, Belgium. The brewery was restarted and refined by Veronique Maes in 2005. With unique beer recipe on the work, the brewery was renamed as ‘Brugse Zot’. Brugse Zot beer became the only beer that is personally brewed in the town center of Bruges. The Brugse Zot and Straffe Hendrik beers are two of the brewery’s finest types of beers. Straffe Hendrik beer is filled with bitter ale while the Brugse Zot is rich in fruity flavor along with different types of malts and hoppy aromas.

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8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, 21st December 2025. Pours a chestnut brown. Aroma is malts, dark fruits, liquor, barrel. Taste is dark fruit, roasted malts, liquor and wood - delicious 9 year old bottle from 2016
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2025 at 13:18

8.6/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Fles 75cl thuis gedeeld. Dried fruits, pruim, rozijn, kers, chocoladetonen, zoetig, lucht vineus, blauwe bes, eik, ergens wat vanille, wat kruidig, lichte bittertonen. (25-12-2925).
Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2025 at 17:06

7.5/10
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2025 at 21:30

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Fles met nummer 14576 gedeeld door JoepvW, gedronken met familie. Het is een diep donkerbruin bier met mooie beige schuimkraag. Het heeft een aroma van rode wijn, port en eik.
De smaak is houtig, zoet, rozijnen en port-achtig met een nasmaak van rum.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2025 at 18:42

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Fles met nummer 14576 gedeeld door Joep en gedronken met familie.
Diep donkerbruin bier met mooie beige schuimkraag.
Aroma van rode wijn en port.
Smaak is houtig, zoet en port-achtig.
Nasmaak van rum wijn.
Tried on 21 Dec 2025 at 18:36

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle from Raynville Superstore. It pours clear chestnut brown with a lasting off-white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, brown bread, toasty, malt loaf, toasty brown sugars, sugar plum, Dr Pepper and cherry cola. The taste is smooth, toasty, brown bread, fruit cake, malt loaf, light tannin, toasty grains, ryvita, cola, Dr pepper, jammy, dried fruits, dried fig and muted alcohol presence with a drying, toasty finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Grew on me as it warmed up.
Tried from Bottle from Raynville Superstore on 17 Dec 2025 at 19:51


8.5/10
75cl bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - deep brown with a thin beige head. Quite clear.
Nose - prune, mixed peel, Turkish Delight and sweet spice.
Taste - sweet spice, peel and prunes in booze.
Palate - medium to full bodied, sweet with then a slight dryness on the finish.
Overall - lovely.
Tried from Bottle from Appellation Wines (Comely Bank) on 08 Dec 2025 at 14:34

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 8
2025 version deep red brown thin tan lacing ..soft sweet berries ..juicy fruit ..big cake ....soft sweet berries ..long juicy fruit ...big sweet berries ..sift warming spiced juicy malts
Tried on 08 Dec 2025 at 14:29

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle thanks to McCash. Pours clear dark amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of light spice, toffee, dried mixed peel. Taste adds oak, mixed peel and spiced bread. Nice.
Tried on 08 Dec 2025 at 14:29