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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Tried on 29 Oct 2022 at 10:39

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has fruitness and sweetness of dried fruits, perry, apricot, hint of spicyeness. Taste has fruitness, perry, some banana, not so clear as aroma, also light dried frutiness. Medium bodied, high carbonation. Easy and good.
Tried on 29 Oct 2022 at 09:45

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle split in room 101, my hotel room in Porto, split with the Wingman ...some bar owner randomly gifted us this last night ... wee hours of 28/10/22. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a good sized light tan covering. Nose is dark malts, figgy notes, raisins, dried fruits, herb, brown bread. Taste comprises sweet malts, figgy jam, dried fruit rinds, light spice, toffee fudge, raisins, dates. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2022 at 23:23

7/10
Tried on 27 Oct 2022 at 23:15

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
375ml bottle as part of the 2021 Advent Calendar - GUSHER! Hazy light amber body, big carbonated bubbly white top. Nose is Belgian yeast, clove and some banana. Lively bready start, bit herby, with a nice spicy finish. Apart from having to mop up, what's not to love?
Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2022 at 23:02

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
500ml can: BB 8th December 2022. Poured into my Kwak glass at home on 22nd September 2022. Looked lovely, clean and clear 'rouge' body with a pink head. Sweet and semi-sour cherries dominate the aroma and taste with the alcohol also noticeable as is some marzipan like flavour. I liked it, but most 'kriek' traditionalists will hate the beer.
Tried from Can on 23 Sep 2022 at 05:16

5.6/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Pours a very hazy dark golden with a not too big (especially per style), compact white head, which doesn't show much retention and most of all no lacing. Smell is mostly a mix of sirupy/sugary sweetness and yeasty notes (dough), with a background of fruitiness (peach most prominent, lighter pear) and slight hints of spiciness. Quite vivid, but not very refined. Taste is worst. Very strong sugary/sirupy sweetness upfront, a background of fruitiness (banana, peach, pear) and nothing else. Very sweet in both taste and aftertaste, barely saved from cloyingness by alcohol attenuation. Medium to dense body, medium or slightly above medium carbonation, possibly a bit lower than style average. Aims for a softer mouthfeel than most tripels, feels ok at that but gets maybe a bit too sticky. Overall still drinkable, but far from quality stuff.
Tried on 22 Sep 2022 at 14:51

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Gekocht bij Drankgigant Verhelst in Dendermonde op 19-04-2022. En thuis samen met mijn smaakpapillen aan de tand gevoeld.
Kwak Rouge wordt gebrouwen bij Brouwerij Bosteels in Buggenhout. Kwak Rouge is samen met Kwak Blonde een uitbreiding van het merk Pauwel Kwak van Brouwerij Bosteels uit Buggenhout. De brouwerij werd opgericht in 1791 en bleef in dezelfde familie tot 2016 toen AB INBEV de brouwerij opkocht.
KWAK ROUGE is een helder donker-koperig bier dat veel roze schuim aanmaakt in een rotsachtige slagroomvorm. Het blijft sterk aan je glaswand kleven en is normaal stabiel. Als je al wat gedronken hebt is het schuim verworden tot een fijn laagje van enkele mm’s dikte. Je ziet weinig fijne CO2 belletjes omhoog parelen.
HET AROMA:
Zoetig, wat ‘poepegatjes’, een weinig marsepein, kers.
DE SMAAK:
Vooral zoetig, een beetje kers.
HET MONDGEVOEL:
Medium body en een medium koolzuurprikkel.
DE NASMAAK:
Het zoetige vloeit wat uit, zeer licht bitterig, een licht zuurtje. Laat in de nadronk wat opgelegde kersen.
HET TOTAALGEVOEL:
Een harmonieus bier.
HET VERDICT:
Toch goed voor zoetekauwen (zoals ik), bitterheid ontdek je bijna niet en je krijgt toch een licht zuurtje achteraan in de nadronk. Geen verrassingen hier.
Je kan mijn foto’s ontdekken samen met meer info bij:
http://www.beersfrombelgium.eu/nl/showBeer.php?id=4536
Tried from Bottle from Biergigant Dendermonde on 21 Sep 2022 at 20:03

9/10
Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2022 at 16:50