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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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 21:31


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6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

25/1/2025. Bottle at the ITFC vintage and rare Saturday share part 1. From an unrecalled source. Pours clear mid-brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is malty, toffee, dried fruits, jammy, plummy, chocolate, nut. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Soft carbonation. Aged but still fine.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 21:31


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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

25/1/2025. Bottle at the ITFC Vintage and rare Saturday share part 1. From an unrecalled source. Pours almost clear dark amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is warming, boozy, toffee, biscuit, caramac, fruit and nut bar. Taste is sweet, mild bitterness, slight cardboard edge. Medium body, low carbonation. This bottle was of some age, but had matured pretty well.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 18:51


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Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 18:50


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 18:46


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Color ámbar cobrizo, turbia, espuma blanca de retención media. Aroma a naranja escarchada, heno, levadura, paja, cereales, pan, orejones, miel, cilantro, fruta madura. En boca es algo crujiente mayormente dulce y especiada. No está mal

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2025 at 22:32


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle. Bought in Belgium. 8.5% abv. Source not noted. Last of the backlog rates to bring my "new start" on Brewver bang up to date. Quite liked this.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2025 at 20:08


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle. UK import. 4.9% abv. Source not noted. Last of the backlog rates to bring my "new start" on Brewver bang up to date. Used to enjoy this back when it was trendy.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2025 at 15:57


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from lowcostbeer.com. Light purple in colour with a off white/pink head. Aroma of raspberries, wheat, straw. Taste follows and is pleasant enough, reasonable fruitiness but its a little bit fruit syrup like and unfocused. Quite sweet without it going overboard, light hop spice tingle which is nice. Very drinkable quality to it.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:04