De Gouden Boom (Palm)

Client Brewer in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Brouwerij Palm

Established in 1983

Description
In 1872, Jules Vanneste bought the ‘t Hamerken distillery. In 1889, he took the step of definitively converting the distillery into a brewery. Soon, ‘t Hamerken top-fermentation beers became a household name in the Bruges area. Brewing continued till 1982.

In 1983, Paul Vanneste (great-grandson of the founder) founded the new De Gouden Boom brewery in collaboration with Frank Boon Brewery from Lembeek. In 1985 Brouwerij De Gouden Boom is granted a licence to brew the STEENBRUGGE abbey beers.

On 16 November 2001, PALM brewery acquired a majority interest in Brouwerij De Gouden Boom and in 2003 it was completely taken over by Palm Brewery. In the same year the Prior of St Peter’s Abbey in Steenbrugge licensed PALM Breweries to brew STEENBRUGGE abbey beers.

Since 2004 production of Bruges beers has been relocated to the PALM Breweries site in Steenhuffel.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled at Brugge beer festival 2016. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of herbs, weed (skunk), soap and light citrus. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried on 07 Feb 2016 at 08:20

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Klare goldene Farbe, mittelgroße weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch metallisch hopfig, floral bitter. Geschmack floral hopfig, grüner Tee, getreidig malzig.
Tried on 07 Feb 2016 at 06:31


6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Brugge Tripel Wintergruut (by Brouwerij Palm (Swinkels Family Brewers)):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

23/I/16 - on tap @ Le Trappiste (Brugge) - BB: n/a (2016-56)

Note: damn, another chance of being first, ruined by my huge backlog. :p
Clear blond to orange beer, big creamy white head, very stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: coriander, spicy touch, yeast, bit of banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very metallic, spicy, some banana, little bitter, coriander, bit grassy. Aftertaste: more coriander, alcohol, spicy, some banana, bread, caramel, bit yeasty, sweet touch.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jan 2016 at 15:08

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Best Before 2004. Bottle reads 6 % , rather than the 6 % given trought he Ratebeer info. Pours clear blonde, floaties, and not much head at all. Smell is sharp, very old grains, but no typical madeira. Taste is weak, mild bitter, dry, dusty sweetness. Low to almost none carbonation. No signs of infection or anything, just more proof beers like this do not age well. Sidenote : Bottle states brewed at the dekoninck brewery in antwerp.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2016 at 11:02

6.5/10
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2016 at 23:00


7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Clear deep golden colour, large frothy white head, recedes slowly, good lacing. Rich aroma, toasted malts, peach, banana, raspberry, candy sugar, vanilla, almond, coriander, clove, ginger, alcohol. Taste medium sweet and bitter, fruity, herbal and spicy notes; full body, oily to creamy texture, average carbonation, peppery on the tongue, aftertaste mild herbal bitterness, fruity and spicy notes. Overall a complex and well-balanced tripel, rich on fruity and herbal notes.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2015 at 10:09

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clear deep golden colour, large frothy white head, recedes slowly, good lacing. Rich aroma, toasted malts, peach, banana, raspberry, candy sugar, vanilla, almond, coriander, clove, ginger, alcohol. Taste medium sweet and bitter, fruity, herbal and spicy notes. Full body, oily to creamy texture, average carbonation, peppery on the tongue, aftertaste mild herbal bitterness, fruity and spicy notes. Overall a complex and well-balanced tripel, rich on fruity and herbal notes.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2015 at 09:34

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
33cl bottle. Pours clear light amber colour with a huge to mid-sized most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, fruits, caramel, honey. Taste of sweet malt, dry fruits, honey, some alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2015 at 16:19