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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8/10
Tried on 30 Dec 2017 at 11:18

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Red colour, small head. aroma is roosvice lemonade, ranja, red fruit. Taste is the same, sweet red fruit. meh
Tried on 26 Dec 2017 at 17:25

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Slightly orange golden, white head. Taste: Medium sweet, fruity. Notes of yeast, hints of white sugar, yellow fruit. Nice combination with floral hopbitterness. Over medium body, average to just above average carbonation. Well balanced, subtle beer.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2017 at 12:34

6/10
Tried on 15 Dec 2017 at 10:29

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Kicsi, gyorsan lelappadó hab, pirosba hajló rózsaszín folyadék. Málnaszörpös illat. Édes, málnás índítás, majd fokozatosan, visszafogott búzás aromák bukkanak elő, hosszú, édeskés-szirupos utóízzel. Könnyű, közepesen szénsavas, halvány kesernye. Ittam már jobb málnás sört is.
Tried on 11 Dec 2017 at 15:36

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from her supermarket, Mons. Not sure I understand this one, the aroma is classic hoegarden but the taste, I feel the alcohol level doesn't bring that much more to the drink.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2017 at 01:27

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
0,33 l bottle. Pours hazy light straw with a finger of frothy white dissipating head. Aroma of citrus, banana, bread, yeast and light spiciness. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Flavor is bread, banana, coriander is more noticeable. Body is on the light side, texture slick and carbonation average. Finish is quite long, starts sweet and goes to light spicy bitterness. Nice and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2017 at 13:41

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Can from Gare Du Midi, Brussels. Pours hazy white, looks legit. Weird artificial creamy sweet fruit candy nose. Taste is sweet, creamy, some sourness, cloying. Smoked bacon in the nose. Not really something I would remotely describe with the word "good". Some weird smokiness to it. Pass.
Tried from Can on 15 Nov 2017 at 23:28

7/10
Drinking Belgian beer in China...because the one bar open doesn’t have Chinese beer. Also the Great Firewall is a lot tougher than last time
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2017 at 21:31

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Golden with little white head. Aroma is pure grapefruit and a hint of orange. Taste is a bit watery sour and sweet lemonade. Not bad actually.
Tried on 09 Nov 2017 at 16:43