Brouwerij Hoegaarden

Commercial Brewery in Hoegaarden, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev

Established in 1965

Contact
Stoopkensstraat, 24a, Hoegaarden, 3320, Belgium
Description
The last brewery in Hoegaarden, Tomsin, closed shop in 1957. Soon after, in 1965, the villagers decided to take action to preserve the original recipe. Milkman Pierre Celis decided to grasp the nettle and started brewing up a batch in his milk shed, using only a copper boiler. Because of the great success he quickly expanded his operation and moved into a bigger building – ‘De Kluis’ (The Vault) – a subtle nod to the monks. By 1985 the nod was no longer subtle as he was making more than 75.000 hectolitres per year. Just as he was about to start exporting to the United States, a large fire shattered his dreams (and the beer). The brewery was destroyed.

Since 1985, the brand has been part of Artois brewery, which provided fresh capital, after the fire. After the takeover, the recipe was changed to appeal to a wider audience and save on raw materials. The Artois brewery, which had already been absorbed into InBev (nowadays Aneuser-Busch InBev) for some time, decided in 2006 to close the brewery and move production to Jupille. On September 10, 2007, it was announced that Hoegaarden would once again be brewed in Hoegaarden. The brewery in Jupille didn't manage to imitate the typical taste of Hoegaarden...

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6

Tried on 16 Jun 2023 at 10:12


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

0,33l can from K-Market Jätkäsaari, enjoyed @ home. Pours hazy yellow with a medium head. Aroma is sweet malts with wheat, lemon, coriander. Flavor is sweet malts, wheat, coriander, lemon. Pretty good, maybe even better than 1664 Blanc Zero.

Tried from Can on 11 Jun 2023 at 15:25



6

Tried on 10 Jun 2023 at 17:28


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Smell of coriander, herbs. Hazy lemon colour, high white head. Aroma of citrus, coriander, wheat, soap. Sweet. Foamy carbon.

Tried on 10 Jun 2023 at 10:41


3

Light, sweet, floral. Yeast, wheat, no body. Not great.

Tried from Can on 30 May 2023 at 19:27


4.5

Tried from Can on 08 May 2023 at 18:51


6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 24A - adapted non alcoholic). Can 33 cl - Batch 2417:21 (BBF 23/11/23). AROMA: medium-high wheat, medium citrus and coriander. medium-low sweet background. APPEARANCE: light yellow body and hazy. medium white head with medium-low retention. TASTE: initial medium-high sweet and worty flavour with medium-low notes of wheat, orange and coriander. slight phenols. low bitterness with a sweet finish. MOUTHFEEL: medium to medium-low body with medium carbonation. OVERALL: although the aroma is somewhat similar to the original product the excessive sweetness in the mouth spoils the overall experience.

Tried from Can on 05 May 2023 at 15:54


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

--Canned. -- Hazy golden, small head. Aroma of coriander and dough. Very sweet with light body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Lots of coriander, lots of sugar, some bun dough. No bitterness. Rather cloying, due to the immense sweetness.

Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2023 at 15:17


2.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 0.5

Can. Pours cloudy pale yellow with huge foamy white head. Aroma is intense grain and cereal with hints of sugar, lemon and freshly mowed grass. Taste is very sweet, faint bitter and faint acidic. Body is creamy with fizzy carbonation. Finish is long and very sweet with intense grain and cereal but also notes of thin tea, lemon, sweet orange juice, chalk, herbs and grass. Way too sweet for my taste.

Tried from Can on 01 Apr 2023 at 21:54