Belgian beers: Hoegaarden
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Now brewed by the InBev brewery, Hoegaarden is a unique brand with a large fan base worldwide.
Belgian beers have always been of the highest quality, and Hoegaarden is no exception. It's a brand pushed worldwide and well known throughout the world.
The traditional Hoegaarden is a white beer, but many other flavours have been created.
Belgian beers have always been of the highest quality, and Hoegaarden is no exception. It's a brand pushed worldwide and well known throughout the world.
The traditional Hoegaarden is a white beer, but many other flavours have been created.
The Hoegaarden brewery
Hoegaarden isn't a very old brand. Around 1966 Pierre Celis started the Hoegaarden brewery to revive the tradition of brewing white beers. This tradition stopped in 1955 when the last local brewery closed its doors.
After a big fire in 1985, Celis' brewery got help from other brewers to get back on its feet. One of those, Interbrew (now InBev), eventually bought the brewery and the Hoegaarden brand.
The brand is now well known worldwide.
After a big fire in 1985, Celis' brewery got help from other brewers to get back on its feet. One of those, Interbrew (now InBev), eventually bought the brewery and the Hoegaarden brand.
The brand is now well known worldwide.
The beers

The main beer is white beer with 4.9% alcohol.
The standard ingredients are used like water, yeast, wheat, hops and special ingredients typical for the entire Hoegaarden family like coriander and dried Curaçao orange peel.
The cloudy appearance originates from the second fermentation in the bottle.
Hoegaarden has a refreshing taste and a hint of citrus. It's great as a thirst quencher.

The Speciale is a seasonal beer (October -> January) with a higher alcohol contents of 5.7%. The color is golden blond.
The flavour is more spicy than the original Hoegaarden, the citrus flavour is more pronounced too.

The Grand Cru is a delight when drinking. It's a heavy beer with 8.5% alcohol contents, but unlike many others, the taste of alcohol is well hidden.
A cloudy pale gold color and a flavour of citrus and other spices. Many flavours are hidden in the taste and aftertaste.

Hoegaarden Rosée is the Hoegaarden beer with a raspberry flavour and colour. It's just as refreshing as the original, but obviously with a fruity taste.
It has an alcohol contents of about 4.5% and drinks like lemonade.
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DominicWoodfield
Feb 18, 2012 @ 1:30 pm | delete
- great lens… check out this lens- i made this lens that explains fermentation, bottling and kegging. worth a look http://www.squidoo.com/kegging-your-home-brew
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mediawizard
Jan 28, 2012 @ 12:57 pm | delete
- Yes I love the teaste of Hoegaarden.
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KANEsUgAr
Jun 30, 2011 @ 11:27 am | delete
- Love beer, im more of a lagger fan myself.
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artyfax Jun 26, 2011 @ 4:31 pm | delete
- I first tasted the traditional beer in Brussels and drank a little too much ( red face!) I loved it. I often drink it at home now, keeping a bottle or two at home, close to hand, or should that be mouth, LOL
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Wes
May 23, 2011 @ 5:44 pm | delete
- Hoegaarden Rosee is 3.0% :)
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