Leroy Breweries

Commercial Brewery in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brouwershof (Van Eecke brewery and tap) - Out of business

Established in 1624

Contact
Douvieweg 2, Watou, 8978, Belgium
Description
Leroy Het Sas : The original brewery "Het Sas", later Brouwerij Leroy, established in Boezinge in 1572; destroyed in the First World War and rebuilt in 1924. Named after a lock ('sas' in Dutch) in the nearby canal. Cooperating with Van Eecke (Leroy Breweries Watou) since 1962. Both breweries merged into Leroy Breweries in 2016.

Leroy Watou : Established as a castle brewery for the count of Watou in 1624 and also known formerly as Brouwerij De Gouden Leeuw. Has long been connected to Leroy in Boezinge through family ties, with both breweries cooperating since 1962. They merged into Leroy Breweries in 2016; the Watou branch now does all the actual brewing (while Boezinge handles conditioning and bottling).

From the website:
Leroy Breweries staat al meer dan 4 eeuwen voor traditie, vakmanschap en passie, weerspiegeld in een assortiment kwalitatief hoogstaande bieren. Zelfs de Franse Revolutie en de Eerste Wereldoorlog konden de brouwerijen niet klein krijgen en ondertussen leiden de tiende en elfde brouwersgeneratie van de familie Leroy alles in goede banen.
From the website:
Leroy Breweries staat al meer dan 4 eeuwen voor traditie, vakmanschap en passie, weerspiegeld in een assortiment kwalitatief hoogstaande bieren. Zelfs de Franse Revolutie en de Eerste Wereldoorlog konden de brouwerijen niet klein krijgen en ondertussen leiden de tiende en elfde brouwersgeneratie van de familie Leroy alles in goede banen.

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4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottled. Clear brown, brief head. Sweet and caramelly with clean hard mouthfeel. Simplistic cardboardy malt, some saccharine adds to the misery. Low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2007 at 02:20

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle, sat outside my tent with this beer I’d picked up at the Spar shop Ypres 24-07-07. A pleasant ale that pours almost brown in colour, nice chewy sweetness large white frothy head, not a lot more to add but fine enough.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2007 at 16:46

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottled
Dark nut brown color, not much head. Caramelly aroma. Raisin sweet flavor, artifical saccarine sweetness too. Hints of rye bread. Hard watery mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2007 at 11:35

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 2 Overall 4.5
Bottled. >/i> Clear reddish amber, brief head. Caramelly nose with a whiff of red berries. Sweet with plastic rounded mouthfeel. Subdued flavours of saccharine, herbal spices, butter and black cherries. Fairly interesting flavours, but the hard, plastic moutfheel is really a problem for mr.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2007 at 07:48

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottled. Hazy pale yellow, brief head. Aroma of boiled cauliflower. Sweet and lightly fruity with raw aggresive mouthfeel. Notes of minerals befoer a salty finish. Un-fantastic.
Earlier Rating: 11/23/2003 Total Score: 2.6
Bottled. Pale golden, clear. Sweet and malty. Fruity. Some hop character and a bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2007 at 02:49

2.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottled 25 cl (BB? 07/2006)
A bit hazy yellow, not much head. Sourish, aroma of cabbage soup. Cooked vegetables and yeast in the flavor. Very unbalanced beer and makes me stress more.
Earlier Rating: 7/25/2005 Total Score: 2.5
Draught
Golden color, good creamy white head, lace. Strong sweetish wheat bread aroma. Malty, lemony, nicely hopped finish. Decent refreshing summer drink.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2007 at 15:44

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle picked up from Spar, Ypres Belgium 23-06-07. This was a super little pale amber coloured ale that had a very individual taste quite different to many of it’s Belgian Ale rivals. A styleish and great summer ale that was easy drinking, light in taste and displaying some nice fruity touches.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2007 at 01:24

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Brownish yellow colour, slightly hazy, with firm beige/yellow head. Fruity, sweetish nose with notes of mango, pineapple and grassy hops, slightly sweaty. Malty, grassy taste with notes of tropical fruit, rather sweet in the middle and with generous doses of grassy, spicy hops in the finish. The hops are a bit masked by the malty sweetness in the aroma, but come through very nicely in the taste. Overall a rather nice beer, a bit different form many Belgian ales (which feels very refreshing).
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2007 at 14:41

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a cloudy yellow with a creamy white head. The aroma is wheat and citrus. The taste is citrus but also large tons of a rusty metallic like flavor. I’m not a big witbier drinker but this one is drinkable to me.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2007 at 13:07

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a murky brown with a little white head. The aroma was very sweet and veggy and spice. The taste was super sweet malt with a spicy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2007 at 05:09