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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at six degrees north Edinburgh. Pours deep ruby, nose is caramel, toffee, floral, taste is sweet, chewy, burnt toffee, floral.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2017
at 01:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared on Level 42 14/03/2017. Huge thanks to Kenny for this. A dark brown amber coloured pour with a loose dirty tan head. Aroma is sour granny Smith tangy apple, Cuvee, sour red brown, hint of vinegar. Flavour is composed of woody, stale, mouldy brown bread, apple, granny smith, mouldy. Palate is semi sweet, mouldy, Cuvee. Nice funk..
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2017
at 16:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen - Clear golden pour with small ringed white head. Sweet fruity and wheaty, some citrus fruity accents of lemon and satsuma, some light citric spice and floral and wheaty and hoppy action into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Mar 2017
at 13:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
March 1st 2017
Leighton’s 20K at his posh new gaff! Hazy amber beer, big fluffy pale tan head. Palate is airy and semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth and mellow dark malts. Lots of dark malt tang. Mild spice. Nice dessert wine fruits getting sourish. Airy finish. Two weeks later the same bottle tasted quite gueuzy!
Leighton’s 20K at his posh new gaff! Hazy amber beer, big fluffy pale tan head. Palate is airy and semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth and mellow dark malts. Lots of dark malt tang. Mild spice. Nice dessert wine fruits getting sourish. Airy finish. Two weeks later the same bottle tasted quite gueuzy!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2017
at 11:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at @42. It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The aroma is soft, sweet, fruity, tangy, juicy, fruit compote, Victoria sponge, candy, jammy action and candy. The taste is slick sweet, juicy, tangy, fruit compote, tangy, vinous, grape skin, sugary, boosty alcohol, slick, jam and candy with a dry, tangy finish. Medium+ body and fine carbonation. Slick, tart and tangy. Pretty filthy and flavoursome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2017
at 16:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: big, egg-white, average retention. C: orange gold, light hazy. A: malt, spicy, orange, fruity esters, yeast. T: malt, honey, orange peels, spicy, yeasty, grassy, fruity, medium body, medium carbonation, not bad at all, 0,33l bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2017
at 14:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: huge, pale tanned, good retention. C: dark, opaque. A: malt, dark fruits, cocoa, chocolate, hint of coffee, brown sugar, hint of spicy. T: malt, cocoa, dark fruits, chocolate, caramel, yeast, hint of spicy, nutty tones, molasses, medium body, medium carbonation, quite good balanced but nothing really memorable, 0,33l bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2017
at 13:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: huge, chalk white, long lasting. C: yellowish to gold, hazy. A: wheat, coriander, orange peels, yeast, hint of banana fruity. T: malt, wheat, coriander, hint of orange, fruity, hint of lemon, spicy, light to medium body, high carbonation, good refreshing, 0,33l bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2017
at 13:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: big, white, slowly collapsing. C: pale gold, light hazy. A: malt, orange peels, spicy, hint of honey, fruity, hint of yeast. T: malt, light grassy, floral, spicy, honey, peach, mellow fruity, medium body, medium to high carbonation, quite good balanced if nothing very special, 0,33l bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2017
at 13:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap @ Kulminator. The 2014 version, in a tall tullapy vase Buffalo glass, of course. Looks reallgood. A denseish beige big lasting and lacing head over a dark deep cola brown body. A nice woody sourish aroma initially. Some tones of butter also unfortunately. Dark dried fruit and a little lingon berries. Like it, despite that slightly off butter tone. It's near flat, only soft prickling on the carbonation and it feels nice oily in the mouth. Tastes quite nice. Woody and lots of dried dark fruits. Licorice and something almost herbal in the back. Chocolate brownie. It just works perfectly with the fiddle playing music here at Kulminator. Nice. 09.03.2017
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2017
at 10:45