Brouwerij Hoegaarden

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

Established in 1965

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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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5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 2 Overall 5.5
(Can) Cloudy yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, spicy nose with notes of white bread, orange peel, lemon, ripe peaches, coriander and clove. Fruity, spicy taste with white bread, honey, orange peel, coriander and clove. No bitterness. Light body, with a certain sweetness. Hardly exciting, but quite refreshing. Enjoyable.
Tried from Can on 09 Jan 2021 at 17:45

6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
*rating overgezet 2016* Het is een licht geel bier met een volle witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een citrus achtige geur. De smaak is zacht zoet en citrus achtig.
Tried on 30 Dec 2020 at 14:14

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
*rating overgezet* Het is een troebel licht geel bier met een stevige schuimkraag. Het aroma is zoetig, tarwe en gist. De smaak is zoetig en wat fruitig.
Tried on 30 Dec 2020 at 14:09

5/10
Tried from Can on 22 Dec 2020 at 20:58

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
elég erősen raspberryivel átitatott éjszaka volt ez. a sör meg olyan ídes, hogy megtudtam hogy lehet az embernek eccerre szorulása meg hasmenése is...
Tried on 13 Dec 2020 at 15:34

7/10
Dommage que ce soit pas encore l’été! Lol
Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2020 at 20:08

6.5/10
Pas mal de tout! Et franchement, les bières sans alcool aux US sont tellement nulles ...
Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2020 at 20:07

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can from Tesco Inverurie. It pours cloudy golden - with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is sweet, lemonade, shandy vibes, wheat, spicy, coriander seeds and hotdog brine. The taste is really rather sweet upfront, sugary, lemonade, wheat beer shandy, bready, savoury feel, herbal, coriander, hotdog brine, dill pickles, cracker and grass is a bitter - sweet finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy. Weird savoury vibes to it, yet also very sweet. Disappointing tbh.
Tried from Can on 01 Dec 2020 at 17:57

4.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Clear, ruby-rose color and a white head. Quite sweet with nice raspberrys and coriander taste.
Tried on 20 Nov 2020 at 20:07

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Belgiuminabox. Pours a hazy amber colour with a medium sized throthy off-white head. Aromas of banana, cloves, coriander, pear and peppery spice. Taste has the same notes as the aroma with some added caramel, hints of floral and a little brown sugar. Medium bodied with a fairly smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2020 at 20:38