Craywinckelhof

Microbrewery in Lubbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Craywinckelhof

Established in 1893

Contact
Staatsbaan 263, Lubbeek, 3210, Belgium
Description
The brewery is the beating heart of the Craywinckelhof. It all started in 1893, when Germaan Van Obbergen, like many farmers at the time, started a small farm brewery. The brewery, however, was not granted a long life, during the First World War the German occupiers seized all the brewing material. In 2010, Louis Schrevens, now the 5th generation, decided to restore the brewery to its former glory.

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

28 April 2018, at Zythos Bierfestival. Deputy Taster: Anke.
Hazy black with a small, foamy, tan head. Aroma of smoked malt, peat, earth, rubber, dark fruits, cigar ash. It tastes medium malty & chocolatey sweet and light to medium roasted bitter, with a peaty back, a bit umami (bacon & beef stock). Shortish, roasted finish, lingering peat, well-hidden whisky alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. A bit one-sided and unrefined; this could have been even better!

Tried on 02 May 2018 at 09:40


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Thank you for sharing RB People! Sampled @ ZBF 2018. Black, little mocha head. Nose is plastic, peat, rubbish, plastic, varnish, iodine. Taste is flat plastic, sugar, peat, iodine, herbal, peated, totally flat plastic, not as bad as feared but still just iodine plastic syrup.

Tried on 01 May 2018 at 10:43


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled @ Zythos Bier Festival 2018. A almost black beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of mild peated Whiskey, dark malt. Taste of peaty malt, sweet dark chocolate malt, some vanilla.

Tried on 30 Apr 2018 at 20:11


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Black with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some sweet malts and smokey, meaty tones too. A bit thin bodied.

Tried on 30 Apr 2018 at 18:06


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dark brown with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some sweet malts and a hint of roasted nut. Some banana yeast sweetness.

Tried on 28 Apr 2018 at 21:32


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Kraaike Russian Imperial Stout (Laphroaig BA) (by Craywinckelhof):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

28/IV/18 - shared @ Zythos Bierfestival 2018 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2018-559) Thanks to the ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!

Clear dark brown beer, aery irregular beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, very roasted, soft smoky, ashes, some coffee, peated touch. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty peated, roasted, little fruity, chocolate, coffee. Aftertaste: more roast, bit sourish, sweet touch, very roasted, dark chocolate, bitter touch.

Tried on 28 Apr 2018 at 19:14


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

F: big, off-white, good retention. C: deep gold, hazy. A: malty, bit honey, orange peels, lemon, fruity. T: malty, phenolic/yeasty, orange peels, dry fruity, bit spicy, medium body, medium to high carbonation, something phenolic not very pleasant in taste, 33cl bottle from Prik & Tik Leuven.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2018 at 13:38


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

F: medium, off-white, average retention. C: deep gold to amber, hazy with yeasty debris. A: malty, fruity, peach, bit floral, dusty. T: malt, light caramel, bit spicy, mellow fruity, bready, bit herbal, really nice, medium to full body, low to medium carbonation, 33cl bottle from Prik & Tik Leuven.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2018 at 13:41


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

F: big, white, average retention. C: shiny blonde, hazy. A: malty, bit orange peels, honey, white sugar, yeasty, fruity. T: malty, dough, fruity, light orange peels, sweet grainy, quite “watery” for such ABV, easy drinkable but not very special, lacks some more hoppy bitterness, medium body and carbonation, 33cl bottle from Prik & Tik Leuven.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2017 at 14:52


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

F: bit, tan, good retention. C: dark brown, hazy, opaque. A: malty, brown sugar, bit chocolate, molasses, fruity esters. T: malty, bit roasted tones, brown sugar, molasses, fruity and dried fruits, yeasty, enjoyable but too sweet and yeasty for me, medium body, higher carbonation, 33cl bottle from Prik & Tik Leuven.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2017 at 13:31