Brasserie Gigi de l'Etoile

in Gérouville, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 1989

Contact
Grand-Rue, 96, Gérouville, 6769, Belgium
Description
La brasserie de l'Étoile est fondée en 1842 par la famille de Lépinoy. Après la faillite de l'ancien propriétaire, les bâtiments sont rachetés en 1888 par Louis Gigi, un ingénieur allemand qui commence avec la production d'une bière de table dans la région et fonde la brasserie Gigi. En 1906, Oscar et Eugène succèdent à leur père. En 1919, Eugène reprend à Aubange l'ancienne brasserie Bernard. En 1948, Oscar remet la brasserie Gigi à son fils Eugène-Joseph qui décède en 1997. Ses trois fils prennent la relève et, aujourd'hui, c'est Albert qui est le maître brasseur. Il représente la quatrième génération de brasseurs dans cette entreprise familiale.

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5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Orange gold; white head, gone in seconds. Fruity, touch of grains, subdued nose. Quite fruite taste, "Traubenzucker", golden sultana’s. In the finish, there’s a surprisingly honest bitterness. Very light mouthfeel - which is appropriate for the style. Long bitterish aftertaste. This beats all the classic nablabs hands down. Give this to your kids, screw the censors.
Tried on 12 Jul 2004 at 10:10

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
(And I have to cheat again with an very old sample. But then, this beer is so hard to get outside its region, that I had to get a forgotten one from the cellar. Unicbier is the only low-alcoholbeer that made it in the T. Webb GBguide for Belgium, as it is a tasty, unique product that has its place amongst Belgium’s classics. It HAD to be in our database.) Very lively carbonation to huge yellow head, fast dwindling; pale orange-amber beer, faint haze. Lots of biscuit-madeirisation in the nose, faint sourish aroma (obvious when young) is still traceable. Slight sweetish-nutty taste with a sourish tang. Bittery-spiciness from the young beer has gone. Still, it has al the character a typical nablab misses. Finish is two seconds citrussy-spiciness, then faint green apples flavour. Very light mouthfeel. The above marks might not seem high. Untill one realises it’s about a 3.2%ABV beer. This might be common for an English draught cask ale, for Belgian standards it’s exceptional. Try it if you see it. And take it home for the kids, to teach them quality beer in homeopathic doses.
Tried from Cask on 23 Jun 2004 at 14:48

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
very strange beer, sourish aroma, a litlle bit of diacetyl,, also hints of freshly baked bread. taste as of none-beery drink, flavours of spices, especially sweet woodruff and honey.
Tried on 15 Dec 2002 at 01:55