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...
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Picked up at a Carrefour. It pours cloudy golden with a medium white head. The aroma is earthy, hay, damp grass, lemon - lime, lemonade, limeade, jelly beans and candy. The taste is quite sweet, lemon - lime, jelly beans, distant beer character, candy, some straw and hay with a sweet finish. Light body and moderate, foamy carbonation. More like a soda. Decent for style anyhow.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2018
at 12:17
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle pour shared by Lutton. Thanks! Pink pour that matches the secondary label coloring. Very rich, raspberry jam. Candy sweet. Raspberry mambas. Sugary finish. Unique. Pretty interesting for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2018
at 23:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 25 Jul 2018
at 21:03
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Definitely has citrusy and soapy lemon and lime flavour. Not awful which for a Radler is actually ok.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2018
at 20:44
7/10
Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2018
at 12:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fles gedronken in Burg Haamstede. Het een troebel geel bier met een volle schuimkraag. Het heeft een fruitige zoete geur. De smaak is zoet, fris en licht mint achtig.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2018
at 13:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
0,33 bottle. This belgian wheat is also very pale gold, ripe wheat ear color, unfiltered, cloudy. Nice snow-white foam with very small holes. It has been cooked one way or another since 1445 :) Slightly sour smell, no grainy but especially disturbing smell, yeast dominates. The orange-coriander smells not so much. On the palate, it leans towards more sour, classic Belgian wheat, I like to get citrus or even orange flavors out of a wheat beer, not only the classic wheat beer flavor is present here either. A famous quality standard, but no extra.
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A belga búzák közt is nagyon halvány arany, érett búzakalász szín, szűretlen, zavaros. Nagyon apró lyukú szép hófehér hab. 1445 óta főzik így-vagy úgy :) Kicsit savanykás illat, gabonás, de különösen zavaró illat nincs, élesztő dominál. A narancs koriandedr illatban annyira nem érződik. Ízre a savanykásabb, klasszikus belga búzák felé hajlik, szeretem, ha egy búza sörből citrusos vagy netán narancsos ízeket is kihoznak, itt sem csak a klasszikus búzasör íz van jelen. Egy híres minőségi sztenderd, de nem extra.
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A belga búzák közt is nagyon halvány arany, érett búzakalász szín, szűretlen, zavaros. Nagyon apró lyukú szép hófehér hab. 1445 óta főzik így-vagy úgy :) Kicsit savanykás illat, gabonás, de különösen zavaró illat nincs, élesztő dominál. A narancs koriandedr illatban annyira nem érződik. Ízre a savanykásabb, klasszikus belga búzák felé hajlik, szeretem, ha egy búza sörből citrusos vagy netán narancsos ízeket is kihoznak, itt sem csak a klasszikus búzasör íz van jelen. Egy híres minőségi sztenderd, de nem extra.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2018
at 15:28
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can. Aroma of wheat, malt, orange peel and coriander. Taste has sweet wheat, coriander, sugar, orange candy and some herbs. Lacks the body of a normal wit, but otherwise it's not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2018
at 21:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle: BB 4th Apr 2020. Shared with my wife on 29th June 2018 during a random tasting session in the late afternoon sun. Looked good in a Chimay chalice, clear golden body, white fluffy cloud of foam for a head. Malty, slight yeast feel, hop content good also, boozy and easy to drink, some late sweetness too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2018
at 16:51
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2018
at 00:18