Stekerij Ambreus

Microbrewery in Buizingen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2024

Contact
Frans Daystraat 10, Buizingen, 1501, Belgium
Description
Ambreus is de geuzestekerij van Pieterjan Decoster, zijn broer Erik en hun vader Jean-Pierre. Al in 2018 droomden dit drietal ervan om zelf een Oude Geuze te maken. In 2020 werden de eerste 24 vaten gevuld met wort van Den Herberg, De Troch en Lindemans. Om een Oude Geuze te kunnen steken is er echter lambiek nodig van verschillende leeftijden. Bijgevolg breidde het tonnenarsenaal alsmaar uit. De garage van vader Jean-Pierre werd al snel te klein. Daarom werd uitgeweken naar het voormalige café ‘De Kleine Ardennen’ in Buizingen. Daar was plaats genoeg want achter het café bevindt zich een oude feestzaal. Hun eerste Oude Geuze van Ambreus werd voorgesteld op 15 juni 2024. Toen lagen er in het magazijn al 170 vaten, goed voor zo’n 13.500 liter lambiek.
Voor deze drie Hallenaren is Ambreus een bijberoep. Naast de geuzestekerij hebben ze nog een andere job. De naam Ambreus is een samentrekking van de woorden ‘geus’ en ‘ambrosia’, die een tijdloze en goddelijke drinkervaring symboliseert. Ambrosia (ambrozijn) was in de Griekse mythologie goddelijke voedsel en was de drank van de goden.

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7

Really a fresh tasting Geuze with lots of lemon citrus.

Tried on 18 May 2025 at 17:18


7

A slightly hazy golden beer, no head. Aroma of dry sour grapes, apples, funk. Taste of sour white grapes, lime, zest, brett.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2025 at 17:01


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

Süffiger, trocken bitterer Beginn, wenig Hopfen. Spritzig, weich, angenehme Säure von Zitrusfrüchten. Spritzig, trocken herb, langer Abgang, gut. 10/11/12/11/9/12

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2025 at 14:57


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9.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle 186/550. Color: Clear golden, long lasting white head. Nice lacing. Aroma: Fruity Sherry, grape. Wood. Rural funk. Taste: Moderate to over moderate tart, very clearly present Sherry. Fruity grape, white berries and hints of citrus. Oak wood, tannins. Some rural funk notes. Very nice complexity. Sherry is a bit overwhelming, in a good way. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Long lasting dry-ish and fruity finish. Very nice! Glad that I've got the chance to get a bottle of this one.

Tried from Bottle from Streekproductencentrum on 17 May 2025 at 14:35


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9.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

375ml bottle @ The Night of The Great Thirst 2025. Cloudy, hazed golden appearance with a white head. Wonderful complex wild aroma. Flavour profile delivers on such promise with a fantastically balanced, complex, layered geuze presentation, firm acetic presence with light woody nods. Just a great geuze.

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2025 at 07:14


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

375mL bottle at the International Geuze & Kriek festival. Pours tons of buttery oak, musty old barrels on the nose. Flavour has great funky, hay, leather, upholstery. Fantastic.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2025 at 22:21


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

375mL bottle at International Geuze & Kriek Festival 2025, pours a cloudy orangey yellow with a small white head. Aroma has gentle funk, light leather, and gentle citrus. Flavour is full of wet wood, gentle cardboard, leathery funk, and light citrusy finish. Nice funk character and rounded well. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2025 at 21:26


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

1/V/25 - 37.5cl bottle @ Klaas’ BBQ with Ama & Charlotte, BB: X/2033, G002, 2023 (2025-419) Thanks to Ama for sharing the bottle!

Cloudy orange beer, small creamy off-white head, very stable, non adhesive. Aroma: barnyard, funky, bit earthy, pleasant, brett notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sourish, refreshing, soft bitterness, herbal, funky, a little lemony, hint of vinegar, nice! Aftertaste: pretty sourish, fruity, lots of brett, decent oude geuze!

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2025 at 16:00


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

Cloudy deep gold with a moderate white head. Barnyard, pale malt, lemon, autumn leaves. hay, grass.. Dry, pretty sour. Not bad.

Tried on 22 Mar 2025 at 15:46


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

375mL bottle, pours a cloudy orange with a tiny white head. Nose has pretty restrained funk, but plenty of brett that comes across a little immature; some tart citrus in there maybe. Flavour is quite tart and acidic, with an almost saline quality to it; again, gentle funk. Finishes moderately tart, citrus, and salty. Not one of the more complex geuzes out there, but it’s well-made.

Tried from Bottle from Etre Gourmet (La Cave à Bières - physical bottle shop) on 02 Feb 2025 at 04:10