Leroy Breweries
Commercial Brewery
in
Watou,
West Flanders,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brouwershof (Van Eecke brewery and tap)
- Out of business
Established in 1624
Contact
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.
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.
2.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottled. Clear dark brown. Very sweet with loads of saccharine and syrupy artificial mouthfeel. Thin. An undrinkably sweet drainpour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2005
at 04:44
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazy blond color; creamy head. Simple ale, some alcohol in the nose, quite high bitterness.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2005
at 11:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Fully hazy, flunky chestnut-egg yolk mix; with cream-coloured head. Earthy hints, dark leaves as aucuba, dark malts in the nose. Sweet, and again very earthy flavours, bit of dark chocolate, but NOT bitter. Retronasal some fried champignons taste. Middled to well-bodied. Slick, buttery MF. This is remarkable. What was once one of the most typical Leroy chicory-coffee beers, has now a genuine, nearly old-style Flemish taste. This is good, more power to the brewer.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2005
at 14:03
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark color, poor head. Ordinary aroma. The taste is soooo sweet, a bit malty, sweet caramel. Easy drinkable, but not exceptional.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2005
at 03:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This is my first tasting of this line of beers. Sampled from an 11.2 oz brown bottle the brew pours a hazy golden color with a large white head. The aroma is sweet, fruity and very yeasty. The flavor is sour, fruity and fairly complex with a bit of spice underlying. There is a light hop presence surrounding the overall taste. A decent brew but somehow it the sum is a bit less than it’s parts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2005
at 14:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Enormous, very dense, just lemon-yellow coloured head; pale yellow beer with little green shine. Carboard, lemon, coriander, vanilla - and a bit pharmaceutical smell. Doughy taste, coriander, slightly spicey. Bit cornflakes flavour. Totally devoid of refreshing qualities, whilst the lemony nose had promessed better. Light body. There is some citrus, but it is a very dried out one, powdery. Bo-o-o-oring witbier.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2005
at 11:53
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Bottled. Pale golden. Grainy nose. Sweet with clean mouthfeel. Not much flavour. Boring and simplistic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2005
at 05:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Nut brown. Dry and lightly roasty. Vague notes of grass and honey. The body is light and the malt flavour clean, hard ans simplistic, which it always seem to be in Leroy’s beers. Short finish.
Earlier Rating: 11/23/2003 Total Score: 2.8
Bottled (6.5%). Nut brown, clear. Clean, dry and lightly peaty. Rounded. Grassy bitter finish.
Earlier Rating: 11/23/2003 Total Score: 2.8
Bottled (6.5%). Nut brown, clear. Clean, dry and lightly peaty. Rounded. Grassy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2005
at 05:19
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled. Dark amber. Vingegary nose. Flowery and yeasty with clean mouthfeel and light body. Pleasant up front, but the flavour is short, and the finish non-existant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2005
at 05:15
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Very malty pilsner aroma. Dark brown colour. Slightly mouldy flavour, nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2004
at 08:44