Uiltje Brewing Co.
Microbrewery
in
Haarlem,
Noord-Holland,
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Owned by
Royal Swinkels (Bavaria Brouwerij / Swinkels Family Brewers / SFB)
Associated with 4 Venues
Associated Webshop: Uiltje Brewing Company
Associated User:
startender
Established in 2012
Contact
Description
Our mission is pretty much monomaniacal: to brew f*cking good beer. We call it craft-y beer because the owl's got a sharp, uncompromised tongue and a penchant for mischief.
On a typical day we toy with the familiar – unfiltered lager, silky hefeweizen and puckery American IPA, anyone? – but at night we explore the crafty beer extremes from our medieval watering hole Haarlem (That's Haarlem with two 'a's, the Dutch one, and the namesake of New York's single-'a'ed Harlem).
Really truly, our idea of fun is abusing the rauchbeer-Scotch ale-sour beer-oak-aged Imperial Stout-Barley wine clichés. The first rule of owl school: when using hops think in wheelbarrows and not buckets.
So enjoy us, drink us and by all means hop fans abuse us right back – ideally via our social media channels where we announce our very active new creations.
Acquired by Swinkels Family Brewers in 2021.
On a typical day we toy with the familiar – unfiltered lager, silky hefeweizen and puckery American IPA, anyone? – but at night we explore the crafty beer extremes from our medieval watering hole Haarlem (That's Haarlem with two 'a's, the Dutch one, and the namesake of New York's single-'a'ed Harlem).
Really truly, our idea of fun is abusing the rauchbeer-Scotch ale-sour beer-oak-aged Imperial Stout-Barley wine clichés. The first rule of owl school: when using hops think in wheelbarrows and not buckets.
So enjoy us, drink us and by all means hop fans abuse us right back – ideally via our social media channels where we announce our very active new creations.
Acquired by Swinkels Family Brewers in 2021.
5.6/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Hazy straw yellow with rapidly receding head. Modest aromas: floral, tropicals. A bit metallic on the tongue up front, citrusy, then some fruit, and quickly into bitterness. Bit of a watery taste too. Ok.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2026
at 20:18
6.8/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hazy light yellow with fast receding head. Pretty neutral nose: floral, pear notes, faint grapefruit. Delivers more on the palette: orange Marmelade, grapefruit, pear drops. Nicely rounded, lingering hoppy finish.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2026
at 23:54
6.6/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
0.44 l can from 'AH XL' (Roermond), canned in August 2025. A bit hazy, very dark ruby with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, fairly roasty and a little fruity aroma of lots of espresso, some caramel and traces of raisins. Quite sweet, malty, moderately bitter, fairly roasty and minimally fruity taste of espresso, caramel, toasted nuts and light raisins, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter finish. Medium to full body, smooth but quite effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Decent brew, too heavy on the espresso for my liking though.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2026
at 19:13
4/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 5
Overall 2
Aus der Dose (be 29.11.2025) im 2025-09 getrunken. Bei diesem schwarze Ale dominiert mir zu sehr der Hopfen mit seiner Bitterkeit. Auch wenn im Aroma noch die Citrus Aromen deutlich sind, so fehlen sie am Gaumen und es bleibt eine Kräutrige Hopfennote, die ich nicht mag. Schade!
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2025
at 14:55
6.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
0.33 l can from 'AH XL' (Roermond), canned in November 2025. Hazy, straw yellow with a medium large, slightly fluffy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, rather fruity-floral and a bit dank aroma of passion fruit, pineapple and gooseberry. Gently sweet, hardly bitter, rather fruity-floral and a bit dank taste of passion fruit, pineapple, some gooseberry and light grains, followed by a short, hardly bitter, minimally dry finish. Thin to medium body, smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Really good NAIPA, very well-brewed.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2025
at 12:51
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Good yellowish head, rather stable over bright if veiled orange beer. Fresh lupulin, Irish moss, citrus, exotic fruit, pine & resin; faint almonds, pot pourri. Nectarine, amandine, citruspeel. Notes of resin, and accordingly dry. Orangejuice, pineapple, passion fruit, unripe mango. Very well-carbonated, making it appear fresh despite the dry, resiny MF and the creaminess from the oats. Medium bodied at least. Excellent strong IPA! Txs to Stef!
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2025
at 15:07
7.5/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Fles gedeeld door JoepvW, geprobeerd met familie. Het is een troebel oranje geel bier met een medium witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een aroma van hop, grapefruit en perzik. De smaak is moutig, fruitig, gist achtig en hoppig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2025
at 16:44
7.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fles gedeeld door Joep en met familie gedronken.
Goudgeel troebel bier, heftig schuimend tijdens inschenken.
Aroma en smaak is hoppig en iets bitter.
Goudgeel troebel bier, heftig schuimend tijdens inschenken.
Aroma en smaak is hoppig en iets bitter.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2025
at 16:39
8.4/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 9
Fles met afvuldatum/productie volgens etiket 03-09-2024 thuis. Zwart bier met schuim wat snel inzakt. Smaak is bitterzoet en krachtig warm met veel koffie, wat rook, bittere chocolade en een beetje kerstkruiden. Opnieuw genieten.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2025
at 15:53
7.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at It Ain't Much If It Ain't Dutch, Enid Street, 19/12/2025.
Black topped with a tan cap.
Nose is dried fruit esters, liquorice, spice, dark malts, toffee.
Taste comprises, liquorice, spice, mellow roast, raisins, Eccles cake, dark malts, toffee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent sipper.
Black topped with a tan cap.
Nose is dried fruit esters, liquorice, spice, dark malts, toffee.
Taste comprises, liquorice, spice, mellow roast, raisins, Eccles cake, dark malts, toffee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent sipper.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2025
at 12:17