Butcher's Tears

Microbrewery in Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2011

Contact
Aalsmeerderweg 157 A, Aalsmeer, 1432 CK, Netherlands
Description
Artisanally brewed in Amsterdam since 2011.

Combining influences from the rich European beer culture with a non-conformist attitude.

From a family heritage of Swedish farm brewers and trained by the masters of ale and porter in England, we ended up in the Netherlands to create our own microcosm in the world of beer.

Inspired by the lesser known sides of European brewing culture and devoted to uncommon artisanal techniques, Butcher's Tears makes distinctive beers that progress beyond fashion and convention.

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7/10
#wild
Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2025 at 15:22

7/10
Jeneverbesale leest niet lekker. #traditionalAle
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2025 at 20:28

8/10
LCI #carnivale
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2025 at 03:43

7/10
#carnivale
Tried from Draft on 20 Jun 2025 at 14:06

7.5/10
Draft at Carnivale Brettanomyces 2025. Didn't take many notes, just enjoyed good beers and good company. What I do remember: Subtle Bourbon, some bitterness, dry.
Tried from Draft on 20 Jun 2025 at 13:05

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at Eurobrouwers festival. Almost black with tan head. Dark chocolate, blackberries, soft smoke, earthy, whisky, sour red currants, dead leaves, old coffee. Medium sweet and bitter, light sour. Full bodied. Interesting!
Tried from Draft on 14 Jun 2025 at 16:17

7.5/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Tap at Eurobrouwers festival. Murky brown with small head, doesn't look great to be honest. Raspberries, plums, soft chocolate, roasted malts, chestnuts, sour berries, tobacco, vanilla, oak. Medium sweet, a bit less sour and light bitter. Medium bodied. Tasty!
Tried from Draft on 14 Jun 2025 at 15:47

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 7 Overall 5
Medium hazy golden with a white head. Malt forward with citrus, tropical bits, and some pine. Full bodied. Soft and flabby. A miss.
Tried from Can on 23 May 2025 at 23:25

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Deep brown. A touch roasted, sweet earth, chocolate, and very faint sour. Medium body. Well-crafted and highly enjoyable.
Tried from Can on 23 May 2025 at 20:38

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Quasi black colour with slightly late awakening, small, dense, creamy, moderately to mostly lasting, moderately lacing, tan head. Sweet-ish, caramel malty and chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, dark caramel, toffee, a touch of liquorice; very weak, worm-eaten, woody, even minimally fungous overtones. Taste is roasty, chocolately, dark malty, caramel malty and minimally tart-ish, tannic, notes of dark chocolate, toffee, caramel, a touch of liquorice, some residual sweetness, minimally woody, tannic overtones.
Slim body, oily to viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, dense, soft, creamy carbonation.
Very homogeneous but not fully harmonious, fairly multifacetted, nevertheless somehow scant, narrow, stinted, hence almost a bit monotonous - not that exciting.
Tried from Bottle from Sterk Avondverkoop on 18 May 2025 at 20:30