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

Bottle from LDW, Eke. Hazy golden colour, white foam. Nose of citrus, grass, some spices, little sourish. Not very well balanced. Not the best tripel.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2021 at 21:00


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

Huge, very thick & dense yellowish head over hazy amber-golden beer. All yeast/proteins in suspension. Very inviting exotic fruit nose, lychee, passion fruit, rosewater. Bit fleeting aromas, however, and a bit of oxydation. Bitter-fruity, bit caramel, toasted/dried fruit. Again a very light amount of oxydation. Maybe medium bodied, but very slick at the same time, not in the least because of the suspended proteins. Despite warnings from unsuspected source, I pretty much liked this beer.

Tried from Bottle at Dr. Beer - Bar & Shop on 09 Jan 2021 at 08:24


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

Bouteille 33cl, from and shared with Eugene @ 77ships pre-2021 tasting in Antwerpen.
BB 08/05/2025.
Noire huile de moteur, col fin beige.
Arôme est plaisant sur de belles effluves de malts - caramel, chocolaté, pointe de vanille et un léger effet booze en rétro. Le boisé de 'Four Roses' est bien placé même si ce dernier ne consiste qu'en des copeaux macérés dans cet alcool.
Palais est malté profond, pointe adoucie de copeaux de chêne qui apporte une pointe vanillée. Pointe de toffee avec une petite note rappelant un léger fumé en fin de bouche.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2020 at 13:52


3.5

@ 2018

Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2020 at 18:55


3.5

Tried on 19 Dec 2020 at 18:36



6

@ 2016

Tried at Zythos Bierfestival on 19 Dec 2020 at 18:28


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottled 330ml (AIH128)
Amber colour, medium-sized creamy off-white head. A bit dusty hoppy aroma with some fruits. Medium-bodied. Harsh, hoppy with overriped fruits. Sweet also. Unbalanced.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2020 at 23:05


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

Hazy dark blond colour with big foaming head. Aroma has lots of mandarin juice. Flavour is similar and has some grassy notes too. Dry but not overly bitter.

Tried on 04 Dec 2020 at 20:30


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Fles 33cl thuis. Vol, romig, vanille, roasted malts, licorice, licht tintelend, bitter, eik, chocolade, cappuccino, droog, redelijk boozy, pruim, krent, rood fruit, licht bourbon, licht pastry. (29-11-2020).

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2020 at 23:36