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Oudaan 15 W28-29, Antwerp, 2000, Belgium
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Richard Ootjers, Owner of Station 1280 and Thom Morrell are about to start up Antwerp’s first craft brewery in the centre of the city.
They plan to launch Uncharted Brew Co. in Antwerp’s Oudaan area at the Winkelcentrum, a small shopping centre known locally as the “beehive” for its hexagonal pattern and which sits at the base of Antwerp’s police headquarters.
That’s where Station 1280 moved to from the city’s central railway station in October 2020. The bottle shop and taproom had outgrown the cramped quarters at Antwerpen-Centraal, Ootjers said in an interview with the Beer Idiots.
At Oudaan, Ootjers now has more space, and a terrace where drinkers can hang out and perhaps even listen to some music in the open area.
And then there is the idea for the brewery in the space next door. He joined up with Morrell, who homebrews as BRWBRD, to create Uncharted Brew Co.
They plan to launch Uncharted Brew Co. in Antwerp’s Oudaan area at the Winkelcentrum, a small shopping centre known locally as the “beehive” for its hexagonal pattern and which sits at the base of Antwerp’s police headquarters.
That’s where Station 1280 moved to from the city’s central railway station in October 2020. The bottle shop and taproom had outgrown the cramped quarters at Antwerpen-Centraal, Ootjers said in an interview with the Beer Idiots.
At Oudaan, Ootjers now has more space, and a terrace where drinkers can hang out and perhaps even listen to some music in the open area.
And then there is the idea for the brewery in the space next door. He joined up with Morrell, who homebrews as BRWBRD, to create Uncharted Brew Co.
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deutlicher Kaffeebeginn. Milde Süße, herb, hefig, bitter. Spritzig, trocken, mittellanger Abgang. 10/11/9/9//9
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2025
at 18:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Süffiger, hell hopfiger Beginn. Leichte Süße, angenehm herb, moderat bitter. Spritzig, mittellanger Abgang. 11/10/10/10//10
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2025
at 18:50
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
7/XI/25 - on tap @ Billies Craft Beer Festival Day 1 - Session 1 (Antwerp), BB: n/a (2025-1125) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige beer, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, caramel, sugary, vanilla, chocolate, some citrus, more caramel, a hint of butter scotch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit sourish up front, lots of citrus, nice bitterness, fruity, juicy, hoppy, grassy. Aftertaste: pretty dank hops, resinous, fruity, lovely beer!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige beer, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, caramel, sugary, vanilla, chocolate, some citrus, more caramel, a hint of butter scotch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit sourish up front, lots of citrus, nice bitterness, fruity, juicy, hoppy, grassy. Aftertaste: pretty dank hops, resinous, fruity, lovely beer!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2025
at 17:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
7/XI/25 - on tap @ Billies Craft Beer Festival Day 1 - Session 1 (Antwerp), BB: n/a (2025-1122) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!
Cloudy beige blond beer, creamy white head, a bit adhesive. Aroma: super dank, hoppy, marijuana, diesel, armpits, earthy. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, a bit sweet, fruity, tropical fruits, juicy, hoppy, citrus, dry, spicy touch. Aftertaste: lots of citrus, tropical fruits, juicy, very nice one!
Cloudy beige blond beer, creamy white head, a bit adhesive. Aroma: super dank, hoppy, marijuana, diesel, armpits, earthy. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice, a bit sweet, fruity, tropical fruits, juicy, hoppy, citrus, dry, spicy touch. Aftertaste: lots of citrus, tropical fruits, juicy, very nice one!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2025
at 17:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Spritziger, rund hopfiger Beginn. Milde Süße, trockener Hintergrund, angenehm. 10/9/10/10//10
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
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Spritziger, röstig hopfiger Beginn. Weich, bitter, spritzig, hohe Süffigkeit, harzig. 10/9/11/11//11
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught Thick, stable cream-beige head over jet-black beer. Roast, tobacco, ashes, succulents, coffee, coffeecream. Roast, meat (very outspoken, more than just meatesters); again some ashes, earthy. Well-bodied (probably less than it appears), soft carbonation. OK, but I preferred the Rotterdam Tariff Corps.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2025
at 06:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught No head left but for a yellowish film. Utterly muddy orange-ochre beer, some lace. Very fruity nose, all kinds of citrus & exotic fruit. Bit of banana and asafoetida. Hints of burnet rose aroma. Fruity - if with restrained exuberance. Dry grains, asafoetida, bit farmyard or stable sweeping, and yet something perfumey-aromatic as well. Dried orangepeel. Medium bodied, hopoilslick, soft carbonation. Classic stronger IPA, but some of Thoms have been better.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2025
at 06:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught Small, fluffy white head over peach juice-coloured beer. Exotic fruit, citruspeel, bit asafoetida. Hopburn, fiery MF,, citrus and other fruitpeel. Bit toasted, vegetable peels. Rather well-bodied, almost viscous. Well-carbonated. I fear the high ABV of this kind of IPA, is often the temptation into hop overdoses.
Tried
from Draft
at
Billie's Bier Kafétaria
on 20 Jul 2025
at 16:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught Good, dense head on ocherish orange beer. Fruity-sourish. Expressly apricot - intense & inviting. Bit of chalk, proteinpowder, sweeter flour. Lactic acid, lemon, unripe stonefruit, fruitacids; wheat. Light if present lipsmacking acidity; fruitslick, medium carbonation. Hey Thom - love this one! We'll want more of this. A great fruitsour - and the named fruit IS there.
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from Draft
at
The Northerner
on 07 Jun 2025
at 08:29