Van Den Bossche

Regional Brewery in Sint-Lievens-Esse, East Flanders, Belgium πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ

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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7.1/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
This is good. Kind of a fusion style. Dry roasted malt, but also sour brett character in the aroma. Flavor is a little sour as well with light chocolate as well as a light oatmeal stout flavor. Very smooth and easy to drink; the high abv sneaked up on me.
Tried on 27 Apr 2007 at 00:25

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Hazy, amber golden with a small, dense, white head. Aroma of fruit and yeast. Medium body, quite dry with pale malts, lightly yeasty with a limited bitterness. A very quaffable Triple. 050407
Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2007 at 11:06

6.3/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
black in colour,roast malt nose, bit fizzy , sweet little dandylion and burdoch, rich and full but bit too sweet
Tried on 09 Apr 2007 at 14:32

6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
750ml bottle. Clear, golden with a decent white head. Aroma is floral and a bit candysweet. Flavor is sweet, spicy with a hint of alcohol. Quite a nice and harmonic triple, but a bit simple. Not to many surprises here. Long aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2007 at 03:46

5.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
330ml bottle. Hazy orange body with a creamy white head. Aroma is fruity and sour. Flavor is fruity, malty, spicy and a bit acidulous. The total impression is not to great.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2007 at 03:40

4.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Clear golden ale with a medium white head. A malty aroma. Flavor is balanced, not to sweet malt and not so much more. A straight forward pale and balanced ale that’s OK, but soon forgotten.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2007 at 02:17

6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
750ml bottle. Dark red/brown body with a beige head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt. Flavor is sweet malt, caramel, roasted, coffee and chocolate. This beer doesn’t remind me of a stout at all, but it’s still quite nice. Maybe a bit unbalanced.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2007 at 02:10

6.4/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Hazy orange body with a small white head. Fruity, spicy aroma. Flavor is fruity and sweet, not much bitter. Quite nice and harmonic.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2007 at 15:01

6.9/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark brown body with a big off-white head. A moderate fruity, slightly roasted malt aroma. Flavor is Roasted caramel malt with notes of coffee. A very nice and pleasant brune, but not outstanding.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2007 at 13:40

5.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Poured from the 0.75L darkish brown with frothy tan head. Initially the aroma is figs and raisins. As it warms it becomes even fruitier. Not very stout like. The taste starts with lots of carbonation for a β€œstout” that causes an explosion of dark fruit flavors like dates, figs, raisins and tart grapes. Then I get coriander and a hint of cinnamon almost midway. Beyond that are faint notes of molasses and roasted malts that show up to put on a brief sense of a stout flavor. But not really. At the finish I’m left with tingling residual carbonation, fig and prune fruitiness and an ever so slight roasted maltiness, possibly chocolate. This brew is much more Belgian Ale than Stout.
Tried on 04 Apr 2007 at 21:27