After our first visit to this wonderful little brewery, we had three lasting thoughts.
Brewer Ronald Mengerink was a really nice bloke. His beers were amazing. And his brewery was the neatest, prettiest brewery we'd ever seen!
Everything about this brewery is interesting and different, even a little quirky. It is located in the town of Baarle-Hertog, a Belgian enclave in a sea of Dutch territory. This is an area with such complicated borders that some buildings have parts of a room in Belgian territory, and other parts in Dutch territory!
Ronald's beer are all unique, very much out of the box rather than following traditional style guidelines. They masterfully combine elements of different beer styles into one impossible to categorise creation. But a constant in his portfolio is the lack of any added herbs, spices or other adjuncts.
He began commercial production in 2007, from the brewery located behind his house. And it didn't take long for beer lovers and critics alike to take notice. He has won numerous awards for his beers, including the Consumers Choice Award at the annual Zythos festival for both Embrasse Peated Oak Aged (2011) and Extase (2013).
Due to demand, operations have recently moved to a new bigger facility. We look forward to receiving more regular supplies of this great beer, and seeing what new creations Ronald will come up with.
The new beer from the good 'Dochter' is a dry-hopped saison with bitter orange
An old-school triple dry-hopped IPA, with a solid malt body and a Belgian yeast
A tasty sweet milk stout with the addition of smoked wheat malt and whole vanilla beans
A Belgian double IPA, with fourteen different hops added continuously during the brewing process
A (restrained for the style) American Pale Ale from the good Dochter
A bigger, hoppier version of the Noblesse Belgian Pale Ale
A delicious Imperial Stout with the addition of Rooibos, a little lighter and drier than a typical IS
A strong dark ale pitched somewhere between a trappist quadrupel and a Belgian stout.
A fantastic rich and creamy triple style ale, made from three grains - wheat, barley and rye
A balanced Belgian blond ale, with a beautiful hop bite that lasts.