Vleesmeester Brewery

Microbrewery in Boechout, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Hoogmis

Established in 2010

Contact
Strijdersstraat 18, Boechout, 2650, Belgium
Description
Vleesmeester Brewery saw the light in 2010, when 3 friends –after years of frequenting beer festivals- decided to make their own beers. We bought ourselves a starter kit, and so it began. Some people in our surroundings wondered what we were doing in the kitchen and wanted to come take a look. Whilst crushing the malt they thought we were grinding it in a meat mill. So they started calling us “Vleesmeester” which means meatmaster in Dutch. From then on we called ourselves “Vleesmeester Brewery”, a lay-outer and friend of ours made a logo, and “Vleesmeester Brewery” was born. Fascinated by the less known beers out of the craft beer scene we started experimenting. Our preference went to hoppy beers and our firstborns were mostly IPA’s and Russian Imperial Stouts. One better than the other, by trial and error. Along the way, the people, who weren’t into hoppy beers at first, started to find appreciation for what we were doing. In 2014 the guys from the Antwerp based band “Your Highness” asked us to make a beer to serve at the release of their album, this beer became “Hoogheid”.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
--Bottled at Pressklubben, Stockholm. -- Hazy amber, mid sized head. Floral caramel aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Caramel, floral hops tea. Long bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2021 at 20:44

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Slow gushing to huge ultra-stable cream-coloured head with lace. Parsley, cookies, toast, brown bread, wood, liquorice - all the classics. Mild roast, mixed with sweet malts. But there are persistent hints at acidity that is neither the CO², neither lactic. Feels obviously overcarbonated; quite well-bodied. Gushing, acidity - I fear infection, and it's probably going to get worse.
Tried from Bottle at Spéciale Belge Taproom on 30 Aug 2021 at 09:26

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours slightly hazed blonde. Scent is fairly clean, mild lager profile. Pronounced hop - almost a vanilla like aroma . Taste is fairly full, nice bitterness. bready, intense lager yeast. Very clean and crisp. Lovely IPL
Tried on 27 Aug 2021 at 10:21

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Fles 33cl thuis. Maltig, bloemig, carameltonen, wat honing, vrij hoppig, bittertonen, fruitig, English bitter invloeden. (6-8-2021).
Tried on 06 Aug 2021 at 15:07

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Irregular, fluffy head over clear metallic copper beer. Sweet, aromatic nose, perfumey, almondy. Dull-sweet, rose-like flavour, almonds and not much else. Warming up it acquires a bitterness which is really a relief. Good if invisible carbonation, bit slick. Way too underattenuated for a tripel. This is not a tripel, but a strong(er) sweet blond. I wish it were as dry as the humour of Geubels... Thanks to Stef!
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2021 at 08:23

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Towering, just off-white head, over clear copper-amber beer, finely carbonated. Sweet, caramel, raisins, grape syrup, oxydated hops. Bitter, hops and some roast, and caramel, utterly in unbalance, instead of counterweighing. Again kind of grapey, but as concentrate. Fiery MF, feel also as from diluted grapesyrup. Medium body. A try-out? Try again, this lacks every balance. Thanks to Stef!
Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2021 at 08:04

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een zwart bier met een bruine schuimkraag. Het heeft een chocolade achtige geur met tonen van vanille. De smaak is gebrande mout, chocolade, caramel en vanille met een bitter zoete nasmaak.
Tried on 10 Apr 2021 at 19:16

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from ABS Drinks near Herent. F: medium, egg-white, good retention. C: deep gold, light hazy. A: banana, fruity, coriander, spicy, honey, bit bready. T: full malty base, banana, peach, spicy, coriander, bit caramel, decent bitterness, honey touch, medium carbonation, warming alcohol touch, quite nice for tripel yet nothing really memorable, enjoyed.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2021 at 18:35

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Deconinck. Cloudy black, small foamy, beige head. Intense aroma of rum-soaked raisin, oxidized red apple, fig, pear syrup, dark fudge, fondant, gravy, kahlua, meringue, whisky, cold coffee. Taste has sweet, almost heavy sweet raisin, plum & pear over a thick toffee & syrupy malt body with a dark chocolate & coffee roast powder effect into the middle. Touch of vanilla there, some sweet-umami jerky, gravy - or perhaps actual black pudding by association. Ends malty but decently peppery hoppy with lingering wet wood, vanilla, candied fruits & boozy bourbon alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Very thick, sweet with a somewhat meaty aspect, rather boozy but not disturbing here. More!
Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2021 at 11:57

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Pours with an enormous head. dark caramel brown color, under said huge, cream-white colored , medium-low stability of a fairly creamy head. Scent is BE yeast, fairly complexly joined by the darker malts and a hint of hops. Balance seems to be key here, though the yeasty aroma's have the upperhand ( as is usual for the style). Taste is full. Dark malts provide an earthy, chocolaty aroma. Medium sweet, has a good amount of bitterness as well. Very highly carbonated ( overcarbonated ) which is a big negative for me. Yeast is less up front. Still very noticable, but the aroma's that are to be conected to it don't take the upperhand as much, making for a quite balanced taste profile. Some dark bread aroma. Very enjoyable, yet overcarbonated.

Also wanted to mention the label and text. I didn't connect the dots with only the name, but seeing the picture, being a big 'In De Gloria' fan, i instantly got the idea behind it ! the text is just hilarious. Finally, 'funny' beerlabel done right ! If they can just fix the overcarbonation, this would make a great re-buy beer for me. Both for comical reasons, and it being actually quite good as well ! Perhaps an ever so slight touch of metallicness as well though.
Tried on 04 Mar 2021 at 22:12