Brouwerij Bosteels

Commercial Brewery in Buggenhout, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev

Established in 1791

Contact
Kerkstraat, 96, Buggenhout, 9255, Belgium
Description
In the hands of the Bosteels family for over 200 years, the brewery relies today on the craftmanship of seven generations. In 1791, Jean-Baptist Bosteels established the brewery, and has been followed by generations who took over the brewery with zeal and never stop brewing even during the world wars. At that time, the brewery played such an important role in the town, the family Bosteels was such influential people that we are not surprised that 3 on the 7 generations have been Town Mayors.

In the 1930’s Antoine Bosteels, 5th generation, carried on the brewing dynasty and played an important role expanding the sales of the Bosteels Pils into other regions such as Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels. His son Ivo Bosteels honored the iconic beer of Pauwel Kwak by bringing it back to the market in 1980; this is the beginning of the strong beers for the Brewery Bosteels. In the year 1990, Ivo’s son, Antoine Bosteels, the 7th generation, understood the potential of the strong beers and especially the trend for the blond ones. Driven by passion of the art of brewing and guided by his creativity, Antoine is at the roots of the Tripel Karmeliet and the DeuS Brut des Flandres.

It was announced in 2016 that the brewery would be taken over by beer giant AB InBev, however Antoine Bosteels will remain chairman of the Board of Directors and will also remain operationally involved to ensure business continuity. In addition, the brewing activities will remain based in Buggenhout.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Flying Pie Boise, Pours out a copper/gold topped with a small head. Nice yeast and spice aroma. Tast was not bad a little sweet and a pretty nice bodie.
Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2007 at 16:51

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
The presantation is superb. You feel that you are holding a bottle of Dom Perignon. The aroma and flavor are very complex. Swett , spicy. However i didn’t like the taste as much I had hoped for. I will possibly rerate this one day
Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2007 at 09:20

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 31 Oct 2007) Golden amber colour with huge, but brief, white head. Fruity nose with candy, dried papaya and mango, hints of black-currant. Fruity taste with notes of sweet candy, dried papaya and mango. Slightly chemical finish. Solid malt foundation gives it a quite chewy mouthfeel. On the sweet side, but the balanced candy character is rather charming. Nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2007 at 17:07

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
0.33 l bottle. Poured murky golden body with big fluffy white head slowly going down. Very nice fruity aroma, vanilla, banana, some spices too. Flavor is quite alcoholic, bitter and sweet like it is expected. Pretty full bodied. Finish is sweetish, alcoholic. Great beer, but not the best tripel I had, although I was expecting it will be.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2007 at 08:06

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. Clear golden color, frothy head, highly carbonating. Aroma is grassy, slight cheesy, spicy of ginger and clove, quite off-balance. Taste is grassy as well, bit dry, way too sparkling. For the amount of money you pay for a bottle, you can buy so much better stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2007 at 11:44

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 31/08/08, gift from Philippe Wouters, savoured on October 24 2007; eye: copper with golden reflections, clear, nice effervescence, good creamy white head, nice lacing; nose: grain, caramel, sugar, spices; mouth: carbonation, caramelized malt, spices, light hops, finale in caramelized malt with a hint of hops that is increased due to the carbonation, creamy texture, quite carbonated, mildly sweet, lightly bitter, medium body, slick texture, slight astringency; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 31/08/08, cadeau de Philippe Wouters, savourée le 24 octobre 2007 ; œil : cuivrée avec des reflets dorés, claire, belle effervescence, bonne mousse blanche crémeuse, belle dentelle; nez : grain, caramel, sucre, épices; bouche : carbonatation, malt caramélisé, épices, léger houblon, finale en malt caramelisé avec une pointe de houblon rehaussée par la carbonatation, texture crémeuse, assez carbonatée, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère, corps moyen, coulante, très légère astringence; en résumé : bien
Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2007 at 16:11

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
First rating75 cl bottle from Systembolaget - Vintage 2006. Pours clear golden to copper golor, big white fluffy head. Yeasty, spicy acidic scent, also alcohol. Very sweet taste, spicy aftertaste. Spritzy big mouthfeel, alcohol aftertaste. Warming alcohol feeling. Low bitterness. 6/4/6/3/12=3.1RerateBig bottle thanks to rlgkOn June 5, 2010BB 01/01/2008Shady yellow color, white head. Apple, alcohol, vinous scent. Spicy, sweet, sugary taste. Very moussy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Warming alcohol.6/2/7/2/12=2.9
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2007 at 11:32

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
This has always been available to me but for some reason I never bought it. It is good but not what I expected. Quite dry, almost like a saison. Almost. Lots of yeast and very earthy. Very little sweetness, but there is some. Wild flowers and herbs in there as well.
Tried on 20 Oct 2007 at 14:47

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All of these Champagne beers are good, but like the others I have had, Deus is not $25 good. The aroma has light alcohol and yeast. Flavor is sweet malt, and as a very high quality beer, the alcohol is expertly hidden. A slightly cloudy gold appearance. Very heavily carbonated. Yeast and fruit in the finish.
Tried on 20 Oct 2007 at 02:10

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, 33cl. I always thought I had rated this one, as I have been drinking it on several occasions, but finally... When opening the bottle, the beer immediately volcanoed out of the bottle, and leaving so much foam in the glass that it soon flooded. The head soon stabilized and diminished, leaving just a little white lid of bubbles on top of the hazy, orange body. There’s a good deal of floaties in it as well. The aroma is lovely fruity, with citrus and some banana, pale malt, cloves and other spices. It is a bit gazzy in the mouth, but it is a full-bodied beer with a good deal of sweetness. The flavor is just lovely, sweet and fruity, with a nice hoppy bitterness in the back of your mouth, as well as coriander and alcohol. Despite all the sweetness, it finishes rather dry. It is a quite warming beer and really lovely, and it irritates me a lot that so much of the bottle ended up on my dining table. (071019)
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2007 at 13:25