Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Commercial Brewery
in Ertvelde,
East Flanders,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated with 5 Venues
Established in 1784
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Tipi de Siviez as White Otter. Unclear yellow coloured, small white head, coriander in the nose. Milky, bready, grainy, dominant coriander and sweetish finish. Moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 33cl. @home poured into a teku glass. Clear amberbrown colour, tall beige creamy head, good retention a lot of yeast islets, good lacing. Aroma sweet and roasted malt, caramel, liquorice, sugar syrup, dates, raisins, spicy notes, yeast, shy alcohol. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, caramel, raisins, some banana, peppery, yeast. Full-bodied, creamy texture, soft carbonation, lingering malty and spicy sweetbitter aftertaste, distinct chili burn in the finish, very nice.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Color marrón cobrizo, velada, corona de espuma beige abundante, cremosa, persistente y con abundante encaje, el aspecto de esta cerveza es para quitarse el sombrero. Aroma tremendamente agradable, profundo y complejo, notas de malta tostada, pasas, dátiles, higos, frutos secos, banana madura, sacos de trigo, especias, levadura... En boca mantiene por un lado la profundidad expresada por su aroma, y por otro añade un poco de diversión a la fiesta con una marcada y potente nota de capsaicina. Cerveza de gran equilibrio de fondo, el alcohol practicamente ni se nota, el punto picante es valiente y atrevido por su potencia, lo cual me encanta, definitivamente no está hecha para tiquismiquis. En general es una cerveza que va más allá del puro "fuego", encuentro que está llena de pequeños detalles para descubrir y disfrutar con paciencia. Es un buen trabajo y una delicia.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Fles gedeeld door Roelzie, thuis geprobeerd. Het is een goudgeel bier met een volle witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een aroma van mout en gist. De smaak is moutig, zacht zoet, bloemig en gist achtig.
A clear reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of strong dark malt, berries, raisins. Taste of red berries, raisins, caramel, strong dark malt.
A clear deep golden beer with a white head. Aroma of herbal and spicy malt, strong malt, yeast. Taste of spicy bitter hops, pale malt, herbs, decent belgian yeast.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pours brown with a large pale tan head.
Nose shows soft roasted malt, golden syrup, brown sugar, spicy phenols and cloves.
Flavours include brown sugar, golden syrup, sultanas, booze.
Not sure about "imperial stout", more of a quad. But nice nonetheless.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
From a 330ml bottle on 2/1/2026 (shared by Ed with thanks). Pours a dark brown with a biggish light tan head. The nose is lightly fruity with some chocolate notes. Tastes reasonably sweet, featuring dark and dried fruit, a good dash of chocolate and a touch caramel, proceeding to a lightish bitterness featuring some Belgian yeast at the back. The palate is slick the carbonation moderate. As some other raters have noted, it probably presents more as a mix of a strong dark Belgian ale and a quad, than an imperial stout. Still, it's very tasty and quite smashable for the size. Nice stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
A small bottle from the off-licence opposite Jing Mei fire station. Aroma: very malty. Appearance: opaque cola, a couple of fingers of tan cream. Palate: full-bodied and slick, average carbonation; finish is long, alcohol is quite discreet. Taste: heavily sweet with malt; unsophisticated and one-dimensional. I would hardly consider this an imperial stout, though I appreciate the booze.