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Brouwerij Bosteels

🌍 Belgium · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for Belgian Ale · Belgian Tripel
★ Award winningKnown for Belgian Ale · Belgian Tripel

Seventh-generation family brewery in Buggenhout, East Flanders, founded in 1791. Home of Tripel Karmeliet, one of Belgium's most celebrated ales. The non-alcohol version won Gold at WBC 2026 — a landmark achievement for European no-alcohol brewing.

3Beers
2Styles
9.7%Avg ABV
1791Founded

AWARDS

World Beer Cup 2026 Gold – Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer (Tripel Karmeliet Alcohol Free)
★World Beer Cup 2026 Gold – Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer (Tripel Karmeliet Alcohol Free)

Beers by Brouwerij Bosteels

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
floralevery beer
3 of 3 beers
fruityevery beer
3 of 3 beers
dry
2 of 3 beers
creamy
2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 2 style families
Belgian 2Pale Ale 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 469 other breweries making Belgian Tripel.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Belgian TripelBrouwerij Bosteels
in no beersin every beer
floral
in all 3 of their beers · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more floral than typical.
creamy
in 2 of 3 · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more creamy than typical.
honey
in all 3 of their beers · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more honey than typical.
wheat
in 2 of 3 · typical Belgian Tripel brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more wheat than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 24%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 2
beers above the median
#752
best ranked beer
Tripel Karmeliet

Their beers place in the Top 24% of the catalogue on average, across 2 ranked beers.

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About Brouwerij Bosteels

Seventh-generation family brewery in Buggenhout, East Flanders, founded in 1791. Home of Tripel Karmeliet, one of Belgium's most celebrated ales. The non-alcohol version won Gold at WBC 2026 — a landmark achievement for European no-alcohol brewing.

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Buggenhout · East Flanders · Belgium
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