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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Fles gedeeld bij de Horror Zone, geprobeerd met Roelzie1986, Bart en Perijn. Het is een haast amberkleurig bier met veel lichtbruin schuim. Het heeft een zachte caramelsmaak.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2017
at 14:52
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Another product of a happy baseball weekend in Chi-Town, this .75 liter bottle came home with me. I have been anxious to try Karmeliet since it is apparently held in high regard. Tilting it into a tulip glass I see a bright straw-colored body accompanied by a plentiful top of white foam. The head is replenished by a heroic amount of bubble action. Taking a smell there is cane sugar, yellow fruit and a yeast overtone. The payoff now, a sip. Yes, quite nice. It delivers peach, baked bread, a touch of clove and a surprising alcohol warming. While I like quads and dubbels generally more, this is top level stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2017
at 17:43
8/10
Not as unique as the last time I had this. Not bad though. Light yeast notes and honey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2017
at 19:55
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cette Deux possède dans son marketing, clairement les codes du luxe. La bouteille est ici pensée pour s’apparenter au champagne, dont elle reprend d’ailleurs la technique de remuage (effectuée, évidemment en champagne). En verre, même volonté de s’apparenter à un breuvage d’exception, avec un blond doré (EBC aux alentours de 11), parfaitement limpide, parée d’une multitude de fines bulles. Petit bémol cependant à la mousse, pas assez homogène, très abondante lors du versage, et qui s’estompe rapidement pour s’équilibrer à 1 cm. Le nez ne présente quant à lui rien d’exceptionnel, mais agréable sur le miel, les agrumes, le citron et la coriandre. Malheureusement la déception continue à la dégustation où la bière n’arrivera jamais à s’équilibrer avec de surcroît une linéarité qui la fait devenir ennuyeuse au bout d’un certain temps. L’attaque présente d’emblée une acidité qui se couple à une lourdeur aromatique : alcool à 11,5 % Abv dont la force est contenue par un sucre bien présent (trop) et épices font une bouche relativement lourde. L’amertume n’est pas assez poussée pour trouver de la fraîcheur. Des notes fruités de pêche, pomme et poire permettent néanmoins de limiter les dégâts. Ensuite...très peu d’évolution...Deuxième bouche semblable, avec toutefois une arrière bouche légèrement plus équilibrée et un final, d’une bonne longueur avec un petit élancement, et un trio alcool, amertume et épices. Je suis peut être dur dans ma critique, cette Deus ayant quelques qualités (notamment la maîtrise de l’alcool qui confère une base tonique) mais quand on se pare de l’apparat du luxe, on attend du luxe. Pour le même prix, il est possible de s’acheter de très bonnes bouteilles de champagne et pour beaucoup moins cher, de grandioses bouteilles de bières.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2017
at 09:14
9/10
Tried
on 24 Aug 2017
at 13:56
7/10
Tried
on 24 Aug 2017
at 13:55
7/10
Tried
on 24 Aug 2017
at 13:55
7/10
Tried
on 19 Aug 2017
at 21:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From the tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours a brilliant reddish amber with medium grained white foam, persistent. Aroma is caramel, toffee candy, malty. Body is rather dense, with an alcoholic feeling filling the mouth. Taste is definitely sweet, balanced by some bitterness that is especially evident in the finish. I’d say the excessive alcoholic feeling is the part that is a little detrimental to this beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2017
at 12:58