Dilewyns

Commercial Brewery in Dendermonde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2005

Contact
Industrieterrein Hoogveld, Vlassenhout 5, Dendermonde, 9200, Belgium
Description
A pasteurizer, a centrifuge or a clear beer filter is not dealt with at the Dilewyns brewery. All natural and healthy elements remain in the bottle due to non-filtering. Thanks to non-pasteurization, Vicaris is a living product with taste evolution, discover for yourself when your Vicaris is at its best!
Everything you pour into your glass is brewed with care, hygiene, passion and expertise. From raw material to a refreshing specialty beer ... pure, family and authentic.

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6.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Hobby brew commercialised through Dilewyns, bottle from Van Eetvelde in Lokeren. Thick, tightly 'papery' lacing, eggshell-white, irregular, moussy, stable head over a 'rusty' orange blonde beer with warm golden hue, clear initially but immediately 'flecked' by a suspension of dead yeast dots throughout, turning into a misty amberish orange with unattractive clots of dead yeast at the bottom after adding the sediment. Aroma of canned peaches, honey, orange zest and drying mandarin peel, apple sauce, fried pineapple slices, powder sugar, paprika-flavoured potato chips, coriander seed, ginger powder and even gingerbread, banana, close to medicinal phenols but fortunately (just) not over the top, white pepper, hints of dusty old straw, old cheese, aniseed, soap, sweet cherry tomatoes, chicken spices, egg yolk. Fruity onset, sweetish and sourish, hinting at banana, peach and crisp red apple, residual sugariness with honeyish effect, sharp and bit numbing (over)carbonation, yet rounded mouthfeel. Spiciness is apparent at an early stage and increases in the finish, lots of coriander seed soapiness but a lot of spicy phenols as well, citrus peel impressions with 'brightening' effect, while the malt and honeyish sweetness below meet a peppery, earthy, rooty hop bitterness and a late bready yeastiness. The hop bitterness is quite outspoken for a Belgian tripel and is, unsurprisingly at 9.5% ABV, followed by a warming, perhaps slightly too obvious afterglow of whisky-like alcohol, accentuating the end bitterness. A bit rough on the edges, a tad too boozy, a bit overcarbonated, a bit too yeasty, too sweet and a bit overspiced - typical Belgian approach, I'd say. Drinkable and correct enough, but not my personal favorite in terms of styling, I guess.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2017 at 06:57

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap @Luppolo Station (Rome). Cloudy and dark golden pour, irregular ivory foam. Nose: quite a sweet feel of marmalade, orange a bit. Mouth: pretty clean, soft canditi, orange zest.
Tried from Draft on 13 Oct 2017 at 14:48

4/10
Tried from Bottle at Staminee De Crawaett on 06 Oct 2017 at 21:03

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
F: not big, bit tan, quick gone. C: gold, hazy. A: sour fruity, brett, bit woody, citrus, lambic, peach, kiwi. T: malty, bit citrus, bit brett, light woody, green apple, unripe plum, light fruity sour, medium body and carbonation, something like connection of Belgian strong ale, lambic and gueuze together, not bad, enjoyed, 33cl bottle from the brewery.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2017 at 13:52

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
At Brugs Beertje, Bruges. Pours hazy dark brown with a lasting, foamy, tan head. The aroma contains caramel, roasted malt, bread & yeast, dark chocolate, dark fruits, alcohol, hops and herbs. It tastes medium chocolatey and caramel-like sweet and medium herbal bitter with a dry, warming, alcoholic finish. Full body, oily/sticky texture, fizzy carbonation. A great Abbey Dubbel; well done by Dilewyns.
Tried on 28 Aug 2017 at 08:13

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
33cl bottle: BB 5th Jul 2018. Poured into a Westmalle chalice at home on 20th Aug 2017. Very pale yellow and cloudy, on top a thin white sheet of bubbles. Citrusy and almost tart/sour in the taste, slight yeasty notes too, aroma also has a citrusy leaning. Well carbonated, so mildly ’fizzy’ in the mouth. Half Wit, half blonde sort of Belgian beer. Would have been better if it was drank in the sun on a warm afternoon, rather than the wet and windy evening I tried it.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2017 at 13:43

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Flaska från Belgoklubben. Smak och doft av humle, malt, aprikos, citrus, apelsin, jäst och örter. Frisk, bra balans och sötma, beska med smak av citrusskal.
Tried on 10 Aug 2017 at 07:02

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
0,33l bottle at home. BB 31.03.2018. amber lightly hazy color, medium big white head. smells earthy, light funk, some green apples, musty, light caramel, berry notes, marzipan. very nice smell could be a bit bolder though. full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes grassy, lightly citric, musty, funk, very light green apples, bit peppery, very light caramel, bit earthy. finishes lightly sour with notes of citrus, grass and some caramel. not bad but taste is a bit boring, could use a bit more sourness. overall still nice and quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2017 at 11:44

6.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Dire que cette Vicaris Lustrum a été brassée pour commémorer les 5 années de la brasserie. C’est bien peu d’honneur lui faire surtout quand on connait par ailleurs le savoir faire de la brasserie Dilewyns sur certains de leurs opus. Ici, aucune finesse, peu de complexité pour une bière lourde en bouche, avec peu d’amertume et des arômes principalement de miel, d’alcool (les 10 % Abv étant tout de même atténués par un sucre très présent), et dans une moindre mesure épicés. Une vraie déception. Côté visuel, rien à redire cependant avec un blond doré clair (EBC aux environs de 21), parfaitement limpide, une bonne effervescence et une mousse blanche et crémeuse d’un centimètre et demi d’épaisseur. Le nez n’est pas très emballant. Peu intense, il présente avant tout des arômes de miel, de moût de raisin et de céréales. Un manque d’harmonie patent. L’attaque souple intègre une petite acidité avec des notes de miel, de citron et de poivre. L’alliance des arômes est réellement perfectible. La deuxième bouche est quasi linéaire avec un alcool qui se fait un peu plus présent. L’arrière bouche est quant à elle peu précise sur une amertume légèrement plus intense (restant très modérée) et les épices. L’alcool prend de l’ampleur sur la troisième bouche et fait un duo peu passionnant avec le miel. Quant au final...celui-ci est sans intérêt, sans envol sur l’alcool et les épices. Cette Vicaris Lustrum manque cruellement de classe mais la bonne nouvelle est que la brasserie Dilewyns ne pourra faire que mieux pour les 10 ans! (enfin je l’espère..)
Tried on 09 Jul 2017 at 09:54

6/10
Chleb susz alko karmel pijalne slodkie sympatyczne --- Beer merged from original tick of Vicaris Generaal (2016) on 13 Sep 2017 at 18:47 - Score: 6. Original review text: Bardzo smaczne. 3 na 5.
Tried on 28 Jun 2017 at 23:43