Straete Brouwerie

Microbrewery in Desselgem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2023

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Nieuwstraat 76, Desselgem, 8792, Belgium
Description
Stratebrouwerie is een kleine eenmansbrouwerij met mezelf (Brecht Verborgh) als brouwer. Bier brouwen is mijn vak en passie. Bij StraeteBrouwerie werk ik kleinschalig, zodat elk bier iets bijzonders heeft. Elk detail, van de ingrediënten tot het label, draagt mijn handtekening.

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6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Towering, ultra dense, just off-white head over hazy orange-ochre beer. Amandine, marzipan, some malts, toast and much sugar. Again marzipan in the taste, even more forcefully. Very sweet indeed, making me wonder about the fermentation - or overdosage of sugar. The Cascade however remains utterly hidden. Rather well bodied or full MF for a tripel... not fully fermented? Too sweet - by a lot. Yeast problem? The name and horse on the label seem to refer to brews by the former Anglo-Belge Brewery in Zulte.
Tried from Bottle from De Struise Beershop on 12 Jul 2026 at 08:47

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Stacks.
A: hazy dark brown, small, foamy, tan head.
A: prune, blackcurrant, lemon peel, Napoléon.
T: sour blackcurrant, plum, lemon acid, brown sugar.
F: tart lemon, berries, vague vanilla, sour candy, some wood.
P: medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Quite messy, don't know what to think of it.
Tried on 23 Jun 2026 at 14:57

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Fast gone off-white head over muddy chocolate-brown beer. Lactic acid, chocolate, hints of rum, banana and chocolate-covered sour grapes. Lactic acid, chocolate, praliné with sour white wine, raisins welled in hard cider & rum. Sharp acidity, alcoholheat, well-carbonated. Original. Interesting. But my beef with this beer is that the components don't blend, the acidity and the sweet roast clash, ending in some lack of balance.
Tried from Bottle from De Struise Beershop on 21 Jun 2026 at 08:58

8/10
Sample from bottle at Carnivale Brettanomyces, Home Brewers Market. Didn't take many notes, just enjoyed good beers and good company. What I do remember: Bramble, roasted malt, some funk, nice sour fruity Stout.
Tried from Bottle at Brewpub De Kromme Haring on 20 Jun 2026 at 13:45

9/10
Sample from bottle at Carnivale Brettanomyces, Home Brewers Market. Didn't take many notes, just enjoyed good beers and good company. What I do remember: Coffee, some Whisky, very smooth, roasted malt, very nice.
Tried from Bottle at Brewpub De Kromme Haring on 20 Jun 2026 at 12:45

8.5/10
Sample from bottle at Carnivale Brettanomyces, Home Brewers Market. Didn't take many notes, just enjoyed good beers and good company. What I do remember: Black, dense, smooth, Whisky.
Tried from Bottle at Brewpub De Kromme Haring on 20 Jun 2026 at 10:30

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
No head, almost clear, darker cognac-coloured beer. Nutty, walnuts, some chocolate, nut-chocolate wafers, faintly fusely. Cognac-like, old nuts, X-mas cake, whiskey. Must have been a large angels' part. Utterly undercarbonated, serious alcoholthinning, almost no alcoholburn. Not bad, but feels a bit tired. Moreover, I'm wondering a tad about the claimed ABV, certainly doesn't feel thàt hot. Solarti is Italian for sunny, but what in heavens does gevra means? Afrikaans? Txs to Stef!
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2026 at 09:06

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Stacks. Hazy amber-brown, thinning, off-white head. Aroma of Marsala, bourbon, sherry, pralines with liqueur, old milk chocolate, hazelnut oil, candied plum, date, 'kramiek', pecan pie, nail polish, apothecary. Taste has very sweet prune, date & ripe pear with a touch of banana in a hazelnutty, caramelly, slightly milk-chocolatey malt body; some spicy phenols. Soft herbal hops in the finish, quickly dominated by medicinal and dried fruit notes, woody vanilla and quite boozy bourbon & liqueur alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, flat carbonation. Just a tad too boozy but in itself a firm and structured malt-forward Barley Wine.
Tried on 31 Dec 2025 at 15:17

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Stacks. Clear dark amber, small, foamy, tan head. Aroma of fig jam, rum-soaked raisin, overripe pear & banana, sherry, sweet whisky, burnt brown sugar, aniseed. Taste has sweet raisin, fig & pear against a malty backbone of toffee, jam & brioche; quite phenolic in the background. Herbal hoppy finish consisting of dried fruit and somewhat dusty-woody notes as well as boozy sweet whisky alcohol. Medium body, thin oily texture, soft-flat carbonation. Just a tad thinner and messier than the Disarray brother.
Tried on 31 Dec 2025 at 15:09

6.5/10
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2025 at 14:21