Brouwerij Bosteels
Commercial Brewery
in
Buggenhout,
East Flanders,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Established in 1791
Contact
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.
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.
8/10
Tried
on 17 Feb 2020
at 21:26
8/10
Wow this is a great beer. Citrus that leans toward fake lemony, pepper, a little ginger, some nice yeasty notes all over a mild grassy sweet malt. Worth it.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2020
at 20:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
# 1098; 6/2018. Hodně chuťově robustní a mnohovrstevnatý pivo, ale svou velkou sladkostí a alkoholovostí mi nesedlo. Květinový, medový, sladce hruškový, lipový.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2020
at 19:49
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Il est regrettable que certaines bières restent en l’état de série spéciale, et très clairement, la brasserie Bosteels aurai intérêt à intégrer cette Edition 2018 dans leur gamme. J’apprécie en tout état de cause, ce travail des brasseurs belges pour travailler un nombre croissant de styles, ce que les néerlandais ont fait bien en amont. D’autant que cet essai est réussi, avec un très bon équilibre et une belle complexité, pour une bière à la fois dense et distinguée. 2 petits bémols toutefois, avec sur les arômes, une prépondérance trop marquée du caramel, et un sucre qui aurait pu être légèrement moins poussé (sans qu’il n’y ait non plus faute de goût ici). Le visuel est honnête, avec un brun clair, limpide, sans mousse. Belle expression au nez de mélasse, rhum, caramel, cassis et fraise. J’aurais apprécié retrouver cet équilibre à la dégustation, mais le caramel prend alors une place plus importante, couvrant alors quelque peu les autres arômes. La complexité est cependant bonne avec de plus de légères épices qui viennent donner un petit pep’s à l’ensemble. Le côté liquoreux ressort davantage en seconde bouche, heureusement que l’amertume et l’alcool (à12,5%) arrivent à contrebalancer pour donner du tonus à l’ensemble. D’ailleurs, l’arrière-bouche, davantage sur une fraîche amertume, donne un bon contraste à l’ensemble. Le final, d’une bonne longueur permet aux arômes de fruits et notamment de fraise de s’exprimer un peu plus. Bonnes corpulences et longueurs. Quelque peu ajusté, ce barley wine pourrait être du très haut de gamme
Tried
on 20 Jan 2020
at 12:02
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2020
at 18:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Solid underlying belgian pale, hits all the malt and yeast points wonderfully. The hops feel a bit overdone late in the boil and too modern/american for the style. 2019 saveur beer advent
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2020
at 06:54
7/10
Bottle from Waitrose. Pours a hazy golden/yellow colour with a huge fluffy white head. Aromas of lemon, banana, spice, coriander, bubblegum, candi sugar, pepper, floral notes, grass and yeast. Taste is similar to the aroma with some added herbal and peppery spice notes. Nicely carbonated. Thin to medium bodied. Fairly sweet but with a slight bitterness which makes it well balanced. Quite complex. Still a little bit too sweet for my liking. Pretty good but i was expecting a bit more if I’m honest. Will try again in the near future.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2020
at 22:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Clear rich amber beer. Smell is boozy and with caramel. Taste has a nice, smooth caramel hit to it as well with a load of malt, some dried fruit and a little spicy, zesty hop. Lovely.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2020
at 22:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Pours yellow with a slight haze and a lacing, white head. Very perfumy, coriandery aroma - combined with Belgian yeast. Medium body, a dry and slightly tart fruitiness, typical estery Belgian but neat and well crafted. 020120
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2020
at 15:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy golden beer. Thin head. Malty aroma. Zesty with a bit of caramel, grassy hop but a malty base. Nicely balanced and very tasty.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2019
at 22:13