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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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle from lowcostbeer. Murky golden-brown, finger of off-white head, nice lacing. Sweet banana-bready malts and a touch of spice. Taste is sweet banana bread, some mild spice, nice warming alcohol, a slight dryness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, fairly smooth, nice level of carbonation. It lacks a bit of complexity but its a warming enjoyable beer.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25


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

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:17


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:16


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Bottle 0,3ltr: Long time not drinking this one. The standard of Belgian White’s with its hazy cloudy yellow looks.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:51


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 0,25ltr: One of mine top three of the most hated brewerygroup of the world Inbev Belgium. All the bad things have some good in it, so do they. Hazy golden/orange coloured Whitebeer special for the wintertimes, more spicy and citric than usually.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:49


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle 0,25ltr: Hazy amber coloured ale thats slightly citric, one of the better one from Inbev Belgium.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:48


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy blond coloured brew with no bitternesh at all, an deceptive Belgian White looks got this brew. Nevertheless an fine well sweet tasting brew, but i like the Julius more. This beer is like the Hoegaarden Special but higher in alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:37


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy dark amber coloured brew with an fine sweet fruity taste and bittersweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:37


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,33ltr: Amber coloured brew with an slightly spicy taste and the hints are candy-like. Aftertaste kind of peppery and no bitternesh at all. I found in mine cellar an older Julius with expiration date 2002. So the beer is quite sweeter, taste of marzipan. Some burning on the tongue like cognac or saomething like that liquor. The colour is clear amber. But after the first zips of the taste i mentioned and the end is much weaker of taste.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:37


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Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 19:24