Van Den Bossche
Regional Brewery in Sint-Lievens-Esse, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Established in 1897
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Description
Arthur Van den Bossche founded the brewery in 1897. After his death in 1925, Elenora Callebaut, Arthur's wife and daughter of the Callebaut brewers and chocolatiers family, continued the brewery. In 1935 Willy and Mark Van den Bossche, the 2nd generation, take the helm and further expand the brewery. Ignace son of Mark Van den Bossche, 3rd generation, becomes active in the brewery in 1976. In 2015 Bruno Van den Bossche takes over the brewery from his father. The 4th generation is now taking the lead.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep honey yellow, good white head. Nice smell of overripe fruit, powerful malts and spice. Medium body. Malty sweet taste. Fruit, spice. Watery mouthfeel on ending. Mediocre tripel.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2017
at 14:36
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled at Zythos 2017. Thnx for sharing ☺ Pours clear, amberblonde. Sma white head. Smell is mild sweet, weak. Some vegetal notes. Taste is bitter, grainy. Not very good. Sweet, ho ey like, buttery malts (might be from a bourbon barrel ? ) the level of quality here for sure explains the unfriendly attitude of the only (!) Brewer on the festival that didn’t wanna do half pours, even though the beer was more expensive.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2017
at 11:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ Zythos Bier Festival 2017. Sehr trübes goldgelbes Bier. Geruch ist holzig, sehr hopfig, minimal säuerlich. Geschmack ist holzig, viel Eiche, mild bitter hopfig.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2017
at 11:14
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy golden color with white head. Aroma is oak, a bit phenols, spicy yeasts. Test is oak, apricots, spicy yeasts, everything you expect and wish for. Fruity aftertaste with some oak sugars. Medium to high carbonation. A very nice one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2017
at 08:14
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Imported from my RateBeer account as Van Den Bossche Oak Aged Test No 2 (by Van Den Bossche):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 8/20, MyTotalScore: 2.5/5
23/IV/17 - 75cl bottle @ Zythos Bier Festival 2017 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2017-502) Thanks to kraddel for sharing today's beers!
Clear orange beer, creamy irregular white head, pretty stable, non adhesive. aroma: sweet, bit fruity, orange peel, caramel. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sweet, fruity, sugary, orange peel. Aftertaste: little bitter, fruity, sugary. Well, I guess now we know why Tripels aren't being barrel /oak aged constantly...
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 8/20, MyTotalScore: 2.5/5
23/IV/17 - 75cl bottle @ Zythos Bier Festival 2017 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2017-502) Thanks to kraddel for sharing today's beers!
Clear orange beer, creamy irregular white head, pretty stable, non adhesive. aroma: sweet, bit fruity, orange peel, caramel. MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: sweet, fruity, sugary, orange peel. Aftertaste: little bitter, fruity, sugary. Well, I guess now we know why Tripels aren't being barrel /oak aged constantly...
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2017
at 17:08
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
At zythos 2017. Pours clear blonde, ok white head. Smell is sweet, yeasty. Taste is sharp, sweet , yeasty, mild malts and hops. Plain yeasty to me. Boring.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2017
at 13:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Foggy yellow. Nice white head. Malty & yeasty aroma & taste. Pleasant blonde ale.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2017
at 20:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Deep brown. Tall beige head. Aroma: Caramel, bread. Strange phenols. Medium body. Phenolic and estery taste. Not a favourite of mine.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2017
at 20:39
7/10
Tried
on 22 Apr 2017
at 16:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: big, almost white, average retention. C: deep gold, light hazy. A: malty, honey, floral, hint of orange peels, spicy, yeast. T: malt, honey, white sugar, fruity, light orange, yeast, medium to full body, low to medium carbonation, nice example of the style, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Carrefour market – St. Michel @ Etterbeek, Brussels
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2017
at 13:08