Van Den Bossche

Regional Brewery in Sint-Lievens-Esse, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 1897

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Sint-Lievensplein 16, Sint-Lievens-Esse, 9550, Belgium
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.

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6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at Deano’s monthly tasting, September 2013. Poured a deep mahogany with a frothy tan head. The aroma is acidic with raisins and a little alcohol. The flavour is weak bitter with a red berry fruity, yeast palate. It started well but ultimately disappointed.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2013 at 13:57

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle shared @ JMDST thin off white head. Clear deep burgundy pour. Nice complex aftertaste
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2013 at 13:51

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
330ml Bottle - Amber with a foamy head. Yeast, tea and toffee in the aroma. Yeast, spice, apricot and a hint of banana in the taste.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2013 at 08:13

4.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Het Zand, Antwerpen.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a large brown head.
Aroma: Caramel, fruit.
Body: Watery thin body, high carbonation.
Flavour: Sweet sugar, caramel, boozy alcohol.
Comment: Too watery and boozy to be enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2013 at 10:39

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Würzig malziger Antrunk, vollmundig. Die Malzigkeit hält an, angenehme Kräuternoten sind hintergründig im Einsatz. Kernig, dezent bitter und leicht hopfig. Ab dem späten Mittelteil würziger, spritzig, erstaunlich süffig. Getrockene Früchte zum Ende. 9/10/10/9/9/10
Tried on 31 Aug 2013 at 08:45

5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Pale golden colour, white head. Sweet aroma, banana and yeast. Sweet malty flavour. Sweet malty finish, some diacetyl. Meh.
(From 33cL bottle @ DutchDrebus’ home. Thanks for sharing, Rene!)
Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2013 at 07:51

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bouteille @ 4de Gentse Bierfestival. Brune foncée, col blanc léger. Arôme est agréablement bien boisé avec un beau bouquet de chêne, le malt reste léger grillé et caramel avec une signature très belge. Palais est malté caramel, grillé, pointe de chocolat, boisé blanc avec une petite note de vin blanc tirant sur le Chardonnay. Les 9% restent très discrets pour une bière qui offre complexité tout en restant légère.
Tried on 20 Aug 2013 at 03:26

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark brown, medium carbonation. Sweet aroma, notes of coffee, anise, caramel and biscuits. Roasted malts. Also a bit syrupy. Bitter sweet finish.
Tried on 18 Aug 2013 at 23:51

9.5/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 10 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 9
75 cl. bottle sampled @ GBF 2013. Appearance is black with a mocha head. Nose is chocolate, sweetish, coffee, malt with a nice sourish wine tang. Taste is sweet vinous, red wine mixed with chocolate, coffee, malts, oak, caramel, great red wine profile. Creamy body, really, really nice. Thx! to the RB Crew for sharing.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2013 at 06:46

4.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Draught Good, lightly yellowish head over hazy straw-orange beer. Coriander. Coriander. Coriander. Fake citrus. Tastes as coriandersoup with sugar. Quite wheatslick, feels better bodied than it probably is. Belgiums’ (superfluous) reply to (equally superfluous) Blue Moon! UGH - as bad as witbier can get.
Tried from Can on 18 Aug 2013 at 02:03