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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5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle: Poured a yellow amber with white foam head. The aroma is wheatie and some what skunk. Soft wheat flavor with a slight bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Apr 2007 at 16:25

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 5
Hazy golden colour and medium white head,taste of wheat andsome fruit but not that fresh as the normale Hoegarden.And just 25 cl. bottel.
Tried on 03 Apr 2007 at 04:01

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
light brown, light malt, slightly clawing malt with a little blackcurrent with drying bitterness TK2 Light brown/red ... fruity yeast malt ... fruity bready yeasty malts little blackcurrent ... little alcohol shows little peppery ... definitly candi sugers ... up 2.8->3.2
Tried from Can on 01 Apr 2007 at 12:46

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Unclear hazy yellow with white head. XL fruity aroma Kool aid like. Medium filling body. Fresh wheat, yeast & slight malty taste. Light bitter end. Very nice & drinkable!
Tried on 30 Mar 2007 at 10:00

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 8
One of the best aromas I have ever found in beer. Lots of fruit and sweet malt as well as spices. Flavor is much lighter and less impressive. Some more fruit, malty, and salt in the finish which doesn’t seem to fit, but overall this is nice.
Tried on 24 Mar 2007 at 23:54

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Hazy golden color with white head some tast of coriander and more strong alc.Medium body and fresh finish.
Tried on 20 Mar 2007 at 07:33

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Re-rate 2/3/08: Bottle. Cloudy orange color with some yeast floaties and a medium white head. Aroma of wheat, yeast, some spices (coriander) and some citrus. Flavor starts with sweet malt, nice citric fruitiness and a bit of banana. Finishes dry and yeasty with some spiciness, hints of orange peel and a bit of alcohol. Medium-bodied. Good beer with nice balance between malt and yeast. 7/3/7/4/14=3.5

Bottle. Cloudy yellow with a big white head. A very nice aroma of orange, spices, and yeast. Flavor is sweetish, with yeast, spices and some fruitiness. The finish is light bitterness with a bit of alcohol. Medium bodied. I think this is the best Hoegaarden. 8/3/7/3/15=3.6
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2007 at 11:54

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Red/copper like colour sweet taste of cherry and its difficult to fell the strong alc.I really like this beer.
Tried on 21 Feb 2007 at 04:56

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Malzig-hefiger Antrunk, fruchtiger Mittelteil, dezent malzig-bitteres Finish. Dabei gefällt der würzige am Mittelteil am besten. Empfohlene Trinktemperatur 2-3 °C. Test vom 10.2.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 9,10,10,9,6,9 - 9,15
Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2007 at 23:00

4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Had on tap..little foam...lemoncello color...cloudy, pretty..very faint cloves...cloves on the tongue, and more cloves...expected more of this wheat...well disguised %, a nice light wheat
Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2007 at 17:18