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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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, 6.5%. Quite bready aroma. Slightly sweet and slightly vinous with a hint of earth. Hazy orange colour. Small white head. The flavour is slightly sweet with coriander notes. The bitterness a little rough.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2007 at 11:21


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

Draught @ 9th Belgian Beer Weekend, Brussels. Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, sweet, earth, dust. Initial flavor is moderate sweet, finish flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. (Malt bitter). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (020907)

Tried on 04 Oct 2007 at 01:47


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

(Draught at The Rover, Gothenburg, 1 Aug 2007) Golden, pale amber colour with huge white head. Fruity, spicy notes with bread spices and a hint of almonds. Fruity, spicy taste with notes of apricots and grainy, spicy notes of "finska pinnar", bicarbonate and baking-powder. Average tripel with some strange grainy characteristics.

Tried on 02 Sep 2007 at 09:29


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

0.33 l bottle. Dark golden colored with lot of ebony head. Nice, moderate carbonation. Aroma of floral, maybe citrus hops. Generally strong flavor, but for triple not at all. Alcohol is really obvious, but after few sips easily drinkable, like any other beer. Good finish, very long and full. Nice beer, but I think for a triple should be a it less watery and with more pronounced components.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2007 at 16:51


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. A murky unclear brown beer with lots of sediment floating around under a lazing tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel, and so is the flavor, but in the flavor notes of alcohol and spices mixes in. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2007 at 16:16


7.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a hazy, orangey brown with tiny impurities and a beige head. Sweet aroma of malt, alcohol, fruit and dried fruit - there are some touches of sweet wine here. Very full-bodied with plenty of caramel and fruit and a very warming alcohol. Subdued bitterness. This is almost Quadrupelish yummy indeed. 270707

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2007 at 10:23


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

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Clear, amber golden with a white head. Aroma of yeast and fruit. Medium body with plenty of fruit - peach I believe. Lots of yeast and diacetyl also. The finish is bitter. 280607

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2007 at 11:26


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle at the Hopdevil. Poured an orange-golden body with a tiny white head that went really fast. The nose is weak, bit vinuous and sourish. The taste is... mouth puckeringly dry, bit malty, but weak and an even weaker hopiness. Grainy. Nothing distinct, nothing special. Kinda pleasant but watery and dull.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2007 at 18:14


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Golden colour, with small white head. Malty and spicy. Bitter, pleasant finish.

Tried on 15 Jun 2007 at 18:15


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

Bottle. Clear orange golden color with a large good lacing mostly lasting white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light hoppy, fruit, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter in a good balance, with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2007 at 13:20