Brouwerij Hoegaarden in Belgium - Reviews, Beers, Location & Contact

Brouwerij Hoegaarden

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

Established in 1965

Contact

Stoopkensstraat, 24a, Hoegaarden, 3320, Belgium

+32 16 76 98 63

info@breweryvisits.com

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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Eddie78 (1316) ticked Wit-Blanche from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 4 years ago

750ml Bottle from Lidl. Pours a cloudy pale yellow/straw colour with a huge throthy white head. Big aromas of coriander, cloves, orange, banana, elderflower, bubblegum and peppery spice. Taste has all the same notes again as detected in the aroma. Thin body with average carbonation. Very good mass produced beer. Classic.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2021 at 20:12

5.6

wizzzzz (1798) reviewed Wit-Blanche from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bière bue aux halles St Gery à Bruxelles pendant une chasse aux trésors sur le thème de la bière avec Beer my Guest. Robe brumeuse, blonde très pale, presque blanche. Bouche très douce, ni très maltée, ni tes houblonnée.tout à fait buvable bien que ça manque beaucoup de caractère et que j'aie senti quelques notes de malts désagréable type pils.

Tried on 31 Oct 2021 at 12:00