Janine Boulangerie-Brasserie

Microbrewery in Etterbeek, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2020

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Chaussée de Wavre 950, Etterbeek, 1040, Belgium
Description
Janine est une boulangerie et une brasserie qui vise à réintroduire dans son cycle de production les résidus de chaque activité : des pains à partir de drêches et de levure de bière et des bières à partir de pains invendus, le tout dans une démarche artisanale et locale.

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

Kolor ciemno brązowy , bez prześwitów. Piana ciemno brązowa, średnio pęcherzykowa, niezbyt wysoka, szybko znika z powierzchni płynu.
Aromat umiarkowanie intensywny, jest palony, prażony lekko kawowy, tytoniowy, orzechowy.
Smak umiarkowanie wytrawny z bardzo delikatnym kwaskowym finiszem. Goryczka palona, kawowa, orzechowa.
Wysycenie średnie. Ciało średnie. Tekstura szorstka, "sucha". Posmak średnio długi wytrawny z kwaskowym tłem.

Tried from Can on 18 Sep 2025 at 11:34


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy pale yellow pour with a stable white head. Aromas of pineapple, coconut, white bread, citrus. Taste is tropical fruits, citrus, some malt and herbs for decent, lightly bitter finish. Quite nice, despite the lower ABV.

Tried from Can from Beer Mania on 24 Aug 2025 at 19:50


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7.5

Tried from Draft on 12 Apr 2025 at 16:39


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Christmas beer (or intended as such) created on behalf of a bakery and using its leftover bread as part of the malt bill; flavoured with clementine purée (hybrid of mandarin and orange). Fluffy, moussey, egg-white, thick but slowly opening head on an opaque apricot blonde robe with beige tinge. Aroma dominated by the clementine purée, with Minute Maid orange juice or another form of sweet processed citrus upfront, melon, oatmeal porridge, breakfast cereals, leftover dough or leftover bread indeed (literally in this case), chalky touch, something very distantly herbal which I assume is the added sage. Juicy onset, sweet but less so than feared, a more or less natural sweetness from the clementine linked to indeed a citrusy ‘fraîcheur’ – but less brightly so than expected, so indeed the citrus fruit is very noticeably processed into purée here rather than fresh; side notes of pear and melon perhaps, lively carbonation, soft and fluffy mouthfeel, even a tad ‘milky’, but not in a thick way. Clearly the purée forms a big part of this beverage, but soggy-cereally, white-bready maltiness is certainly still present as well. A clear leftover bread flavour – even a bit stale – lingers at the back, not entirely ‘masked’ by the clementine purée, which continues to bring a fresh sweetness to the whole. A soft, ‘noble’ floral hop bitter note graces the finish, but part of this bitterness could be due to the citrus ingredient too; in any case this bitterness remains very mild. Quite an odd concoction, allegedly just a ‘pils’ flavoured with this clementine purée, but the net effect is of course one very reminiscent of NEIPA, in both looks and flavour, though in a thinner, far less bright and complex way – like some hobby brewer’s first attempt at it. Original, but not necessarily subtle or sophisticated, and frankly not my thing to be honest. I am also wandering how this can be profiled as a Christmas beer, as is apparently the case…

Tried on 30 Jan 2025 at 18:26


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

(sample, can) Light hazy golden. Minimal white head. Earthy, sweet, light bitter, musty. Meh.

Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2025 at 21:39


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

(Can, Bia Mara, Brussels, 19 Oct 2024) Pale golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty nose with notes of bread, citrus, honey and hay. Malty taste with bread, cereal, hay, citrus and a mild grassy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Pretty generic pale lager. Quite enjoyable.

Tried from Can at Bia Mara on 12 Jan 2025 at 16:19


7.5

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2024 at 11:52


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL)
F: medium, white, good retention.
C: gold, hazy.
A: malty, citrus, grapefruits, papaya.
T: medium malty base, grapefruits, toast, roasted onion, mellow tropical fruits, decent bitterness, medium carbonation, again we save some bread, enjoyed. --- Beer merged from original tick of Janine Rock'n Carol on 28 Apr 2024 at 15:37 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL) F: medium, white, good retention. C: gold, hazy. A: malty, citrus, grapefruits, papaya. T: medium malty base, grapefruits, toast, roasted onion, mellow tropical fruits, decent bitterness, medium carbonation, again we save some bread, enjoyed

Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2024 at 18:57


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL)
F: big, white, good retention.
C: blonde, hazy.
A: citrus, floral, grapefruits, pineapple.
T: light malty base, grapefruits, pineapple, citrus, dry on the palate, decent bitterness, medium to heigh carbonation as is usual in kveik yeast beer, refreshing, enjoyable. --- Beer merged from original tick of Janine Völva Kveik on 27 Apr 2024 at 18:15 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL) F: big, white, good retention. C: blonde, hazy. A: citrus, floral, grapefruits, pineapple. T: light malty base, grapefruits, pineapple, citrus, dry on the palate, decent bitterness, medium to heigh carbonation as is usual in kveik yeast beer, refreshing, enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2024 at 18:17


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL)
F: big, tanned, almost good retention.
C: dark, opaque.
A: roasted malts, plums, coffee, tobacco, dark bread.
T: medium malty base, roasted tones, coffee, dark dried fruits, bit nutty, herbal, nice balanced bitterness, soft carbonation, ok for the style, enjoyed. --- Beer merged from original tick of Janine Max Attack on 26 Apr 2024 at 19:01 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 33cl can from Carrefour market LA CHASSE (BRUSSEL) F: big, tanned, almost good retention. C: dark, opaque. A: roasted malts, plums, coffee, tobacco, dark bread. T: medium malty base, roasted tones, coffee, dark dried fruits, bit nutty, herbal, nice balanced bitterness, soft carbonation, ok for the style, enjoyed.

Tried from Can on 26 Apr 2024 at 19:02


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