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.
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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours golden, fairly transparent, with fine white foam. Aroma is cereal and yeasty, floral. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is moderately sweet. Final is average.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2023
at 18:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cloudyish pale gold with a big, frothy white head and a yeasty nose with a hint of banana. Light to medium bodied, there’s a nice blend of light biscuit malt, sweet fruit, bubblegum and spice with a dusty bitterness finishing things off
Tried
on 27 Dec 2022
at 18:33
Tried
on 31 Oct 2022
at 14:10
Tried
on 31 Oct 2022
at 14:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Systembolaget. Lemon aroma. Taste is somewhat classic wit flavours but toned down to a more radler style vibe. Easy but nothing interesting
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2022
at 16:41
8.4/10
Tried
on 10 Sep 2022
at 16:11
7/10
Tried
on 01 Sep 2022
at 19:41
8/10
Tried
on 01 Sep 2022
at 19:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a hazy amber from a bottle, thick pillowy white head. Faint floral aroma with some bubblegum and faint clove. Rather insipid but not bad tasting. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2022
at 04:56
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Deep gold with a foamy, white head of modest duration. Aroma both malty and modestly floral with hints of bubblegum and spice. Taste is bitter with a sharp and boozy finish that doesn’t exactly leave me wanting more. Medium-bodied, prickly carbonation. Drinkable.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2022
at 16:50