Brouwerij Hoegaarden
Commercial Brewery
in
Hoegaarden,
Flemish Brabant,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Established in 1965
Contact
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...
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...
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2020
at 18:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Original rating 7.6 from old notes (around 2000). Rerated 140517 and 200112. Hazy pale golden colour, average frothy white head, recedes slowly, nice lacing. Aroma wheat, hay, coriander, lemon, dough. Light sweet-and-sour taste, wheat, lemony, light body, sticky texture, soft carbonation, citrus and some dough in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2020
at 16:59
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2020
at 20:40
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2020
at 19:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
It's not the tastiest fruit beer I've had, even for the strength. It's solid though and has a pleasant fresh taste. Very guzzleable.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2019
at 19:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours hazy yellow with a thick white head. Aroma of coriander and wheat. Taste has citrus, coriander, little bit of spice. Palate has coriander on the nose, bold citrus. Very good.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2019
at 04:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
A bottle as Julius 54 BC. A murky, golden beer a head is medium and blond. Aroma has generic fruitness, spicyness, some banana. Taste has fruitness, spicyness, the strenght can be noticed but it's not bothering. Medium bodied. Basic, but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2019
at 11:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
hazy golden beer, white head. bready, zesty smell with a bit of the alcoholic strength coming in too. It's a good wheaty pale but it doesn't do much that feels that different to the normal Hoegaarden (which isn't a bad thing!) other than tasting that little bit stronger. One to be careful with!
Tried
on 26 Dec 2019
at 17:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy golden beer, thick white head. Nice floral, fruity flavour with a bit of bitter hop. Sweet and zesty and a little savoury breadiness too. Very nice and doesn't taste the strength.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2019
at 18:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance is golden, cloudy, a 1-finger fizzy white head. Aroma is Belgian yeast, banana, orange, spicy, trace of raisin and dark fruit, boozy fruitcake. Taste- fluffy wheaty malt, banana, sugary fruit, orange peel, hop bitterness. Full mouthfeel. Good stuff.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2019
at 21:11