Uncharted Brew Co.

Microbrewery in Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2021

Contact
Oudaan 15 W28-29, Antwerp, 2000, Belgium
Description
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.

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7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
On tap at Billie’s, Saturday. Nem keszitettem jegyzeteket, csak pontoztam a sort.
Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2025 at 11:53

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Draught Small white rim over fully hazy yellow-ochre beer, lacey. Fresh garden herbs/leaves, faint cigarette tobacco, hopoils, resin. Very bitter, with fruity esters. Bitter fruit, bitter melon, bananapeel. Rather fiery MF, light body; better carbonated than it looks. Almost raw, but for the aficionados of New World hops' overdose, heaven.
Tried from Draft from Station 1280 on 16 Mar 2025 at 08:25

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught Good dense white head over lightly carbonated golden beer with Grünstich, lacerings. Dry grains, straw, hay, Hessian sacks. Again (wet) straw, with faintly fruity esters - grapes. Main flavour is wet (ply)wood, but the esters remain in the background, making somthing subtly complex from apparently plain beer. Laurel/bay leaf, dried Christmastree after the fests. Light body, well-carbonated in feel, slick. Subtle! Good one - and now for a black IPA, Tom!
Tried from Draft from Station 1280 on 12 Mar 2025 at 08:37

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Tap at BXL. Handsome murky yellow pour with a white head. Nose is intense tropical fruits and mandrarin, inviting and pleasant. The taste on the other hand is not much, nor is the body and finish, quite empty and flat.
Tried from Draft on 10 Mar 2025 at 09:05

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 September 2024. At 1ste Kwatrechts Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Tim and the GBV crew!

Ripe mandarin, grass, grapefruit, cheese, shallot. Sweetish mandarin, bitter grapefruit, shallot, white pepper. Peppery hops, hop burn. That's a tad too much for a NEIPA but not bad.
Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 15:58

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12 September 2024. At 1ste Kwatrechts Bierfestival. Cheers to Anke, Tim and the GBV crew!

Fresh guava, starfruit, papaya, hashish. Sweetish-sourish guava, citrus. Bit bitter citrus pith & floral hops. Just very fresh and refreshing, nice!
Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 15:33

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Pleasant and neipa
Cloudy yellow pour and a fine head.
Good intensity in the aroma
Mellow sweetness and a fine carbonation level.
Tropical, citric and pine in the flavor.
[On tap at Station 1280 in Antwerpen, Belgium]

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Tried from Draft from Station 1280 on 29 Jan 2025 at 19:26

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
(Draught at Beerlovers Bar, Antwerpen, 17 Oct 2024) Cloudy golden colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of orange, mango, pineapple and peaches. Fruity, hoppy taste with peaches, mango, orange, pine needles, white bread and a balanced citric/piney bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Fresh, hoppy and juicy. Very nice.
Tried from Draft at Beerlovers Bar on 05 Jan 2025 at 23:13

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2024, Friday. Hazy golden beer with a white lacing. Aroma and Taste of tropical fruits, mango, zest, some lemongrass.
Tried on 21 Nov 2024 at 08:33

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2024, Friday. Clear golden yellow beer with a white head. Aroma and Taste of dry grassy and citrusy hops, pale malt, dank, moderate bitterness.
Tried on 21 Nov 2024 at 08:32