La Brasserie du Château de Durbuy (prev. La Ferme au Chène)
Microbrewery
in Durbuy,
Luxembourg,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: La Ferme Au Chene
Established in 1989
Then in August 2014 two Durbuysians, Xavier Fostroy and count Jean-Michel d’Ursel, decided to continue the brewing adventure of the smallest city in the world.
Another change took place in 2019 when the brewery moved to the former stables of Durbuy castle. The change of address also meant change of name. The Brasserie de la Ferme au Chêne thus becoming the Brasserie du Château de Durbuy. ''It's a bit of a homecoming since, in medieval times, a beer was already brewed in the grounds of the castle", explains Count Jean-Michel d'Ursel. With his faithful partner, Marc Leclercq, he continues to brew with great knowledge and wisdom a craft beer called La Marckloff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Fles gekocht tijdens een weekendje Ardennen met kim en Sander, thuis geprobeerd met Sander. Het is een troebel amberkleurig bier met een volle beige schuim. Het heeft een aroma van fruit en wat zurig. De smaak is fruitig, caramel, licht zuur met een wat zoete afdronk.
--- Beer merged from original tick of Marckloff Ambrée on 24 Oct 2021 at 19:47 - Score: 5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Donkerbruin bier met schuim. Gedronken in de Brasserie La Ferme Au Chene, Durbuy. Smaak is licht zoet en licht bitter, met wat caramel. Valt echter wat tegen omdat er weinig nuances overheersen, zeker na de eerste visuele indruk. Bier is wat mat van smaak en had mijns inziens wat krachtiger kunnen zijn. Al met al een goed biertje.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle, 0.75 l, at One Pint Pub, 20150516) The beer poured deep amber and cloudy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, caramel and Belgian style yeast. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, sweetness, spiciness, clove, Belgian style yeast and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. A clean, sweet and spicy brew. Nothing impressive though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled@HBF2015. Slightly hazy ambery red colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is wood, some caramel, spices, mild yeast, citrus and some spruce and pine like notes. Flavour is more traditional sweet malts meeting some fruity and floral notes along with quite a big spiced and yeasty edge to it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
The house beer of La Ferme au Chêne in Durbuy, brewed at their premises by Danny Prignon of Fantôme once a year. Thick, stable, off-white head, colour a deep amber with copper hue, clear but cloudy after adding the deposit. Aroma of dried leaves, bitter honey, tobacco, caramel, mint, hazelnuts, orange peel, tonic water. Dry citrussy onset of orange peel, fresh, rounded, mellow with a caramelly and lightly nutty maltiness in the middle, spicy yeastiness, long leafy hop bitterness in the end. Not far away from Fantôme’s own saisons but, let’s say, more accessible. Update: re-tasted last weekend and it has become even more clean and less ’Fantôme-like’, more middle of the road as it were, so I wonder if it’s still Danny Prignon who brews this these days... I therefore have to revise my rating to an average of both.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Muffiger dunkler Antrunk, wässrig. Wenig karamellig, weiter wässrig, sehr langweilig. 8/6/7/6/6/6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy amber golden colour, white head. Aroma of candy, sweets, banana, malts, light sour notes. Sweet malty flavour, brown sugar. Finish sugar and malts.
(From 75cL bottle @ RBBSG II, Gent 2013. Thanks for sharing, BelgBeerGeek!)