Brouwerij Hoegaarden

Commercial Brewery in Hoegaarden, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev

Established in 1965

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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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Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:52


6

Klebrig

Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2024 at 16:38


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Can from Lawson's. Huge green apple juice nose bursts out of the glass. Touch of witbier behind it, some wheat and coriander. Hazy gold with a tall head. Sour apple flavor is surprisingly unsweet. More of hte wirbier flavor in the taste, wheat, coriander, spicy yeast. Quite crisp and refreshing. Mostly apple juice, but pretty tasty for industrial swill made under license in South Korea.

Tried from Can on 19 Nov 2024 at 08:18


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

This review was imported from my RateBeer ratings.

11.2 oz. bottle
4.9% ABV
Best before end: 02/09/2025
$11.99 6-pk @ Publix

AROMA: Mildly sweet with moderate scents of coriander and orange, followed by hints of lemon. Note: As the beer warms the coriander really starts to take over, and not in a bad way.

APPEARANCE: Pours a very cloudy, light-straw (think weak lemonade) with a coarsely frothy, 3-finger, white head that dissipates somewhat slowly with moderate lacing.

TASTE: Lightly sweet with mild flavors of coriander and orange peel, which is then followed by a slight sourness and flavor of lemon. Oddly enough, as the beer warms, the sour lemon flavor changes to sweet lemon. Weird!

MOUTHFEEL: Medium-bodied with a slightly rough texture. The finish is mildly dry and the carbonation is fairly lively (i.e. above average).

OVERALL: I know this is a classic beer (and I can't believe I haven't rated it until now), but I'm not overly impressed by it. Don't get me wrong, it's a nicely crafted beer. I just find the flavor to be a bit too muted for my taste, even after letting the beer warm up a bit (which you'll want to do). Still, I could happily drink several of these in a row, and never complain. And with such a low ABV, that is easily done.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2024 at 19:11


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Can at home, hazy golden yellow beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, wort, wheat. Taste is the same, very sweet, some orange, citrus, wheat, wort. meh

Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2024 at 17:06


5

Tja radler citrus en suiker

Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2024 at 22:37


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Light straw colored beer with medium head. In aroma there are bananas, cloves and herbs. Slightly acidic but mostly sweet. Not too much though, it's well balanced. Light body, refreshing.

Tried on 30 Aug 2024 at 17:25


5

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2024 at 17:06


4.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Fles 30cl thuis gedeeld. Zoet, framboos, fruitig, wat plakkerig, licht wheaty, lucht grainy. (9-8-2024).

Tried on 09 Aug 2024 at 20:09


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

I was served 50 cl in a brand appropriate glass, I always like that, at Gate in the Karlin area of Prague. The view was an indistinct, gold-yellow body. And the drink was all right. Spices certainly, grain, white bread, orange zest and a bit of lemon. Decent beer, not exactly doing it for me.

Tried on 25 Jul 2024 at 13:52