Brouwerij Van Steenberge

Commercial Brewery | Ertvelde, East Flanders, Belgium

Vital Statistics

Beers

Overall average: 72 (logged 37 times)
Bière du Boucanier Dark
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Bière du Boucanier Golden
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Bière du Boucanier Red
Belgian Pale Ale
Gulden Draak
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Gulden Draak 9000 Quadruple Ale: 65 (logged 6 times)
Belgian Quadrupel Ale
Gulden Draak Brewmaster's Edition: 83 (logged 8 times)
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Gulden Draak Imperial Stout: 75 (logged 1 time)
Stout
Gulden Draak Vintage Ale: 81 (logged 4 times)
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale: 72 (logged 9 times)
Flanders Brown Ale / Oud Bruin
Piraat Belgian Ale: 63 (logged 2 times)
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Piraat Belgian Ale aged In Rum Barrels: 54 (logged 2 times)
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
Piraat Triple Hop
Belgian India Pale Ale / IPA
St. Stefanus: 75 (logged 1 time)
Belgian Pale Ale
Tikka Gold: 42 (logged 1 time)
German Pilsner
Van Steenberge Tripel Van De Garre: 64 (logged 3 times)
Belgian Tripel Ale

Logs for beers from this brewery

Brown rather than black. Roasted, rooty/wet hay flavor, decent amounts of caramel. A Euro/UK take on a stout rather than what you'd find Stateside, I think. Pretty solid.
Bottle at Home
The accent is odd, like air out of a metal tank, maybe helium. The taste is similar, with hints of bitter greens.
Sweet, with more coriander than banana .Not bad.
Scent is kind of grapey . Taste is somewhere between a sour and a port. Odd.
My first Flemish sour... yum. Tart and just a little sweet, and very smooth. I liked it enough I had two!
Draft at Oak, Seattle
Shows a very mild sourness for a sour. It presents a strong metallic smell. Thankfully the associated metallic flavor is really subtle. Has tart dark fruit flavors.
Sharp plum-vinegar-like tartness to open, which mildens quickly and opens out to a sweet malt / candi sugar finish. I appreciated the good balance between the sour and Belgian aspects, with only a lasting, tacky finish interfering with complete enjoyment.
Probably my favorite non stout/dark/porter whatever beer so far. The nose was slightly sweet and floral, and the smooth way it goes down is sublime. Maybe the only shortcoming is the finish doesn't linger long.
Yumm! Malty without being overbearing. Definitely a Belgium. Definitely strong.
Scent of its a hint of sour. Taste is masively ssour with a hint of bitterness. Theres not flavor that penetrates the sour.
So I normally hate barrel aged beer, but that's not true of this. The barrel aging makes it "complicated", not nasty whiskey-cherry ick. Some lightness, some citrus, a hint of barrel aging cherry. There's just a lot going on.
Not to barrel ageing forward if that means anything to you... Tasty
I couldn't get the release year from the server. Quad flavors with a pale complexion, not much spice presence and an almost-there plum flavor that melts into a soft cereal flavor. There's a hint of a bitter funk on the finish before going back to cereal for the aftertaste. Very, very pleasant.
Very sweet and syrupy, but somehow still enjoyable.
Bottle at Home
Exactly what you would expect from a good Belgian pale. No more, no less.
Bottle at Home
Slightly sour start graham cracker sort of finish along with a lingering sweet-sourness.
Dry, plummy flavor with subtle festive spicing. Smooth and subdued fizz, like an excellent unfiltered cider.
Smells like the best mulled apple cider, and starts that way, dissipating into a caramel, clean finish. Some tartness but not nearly as much as you'd initially expect. Just super, super yummy.
Bottle at Xbeer One