Affligem
Brouwerij De Smedt was a regional Belgian brewery in Opwijk specializing in top-fermented abbey-style beers. Originally known for their Op-Ale (launched 1953), they became famous for brewing Affligem abbey beers after partnering with Affligem Abbey monks in 1956. The brewery was acquired by Heineken between 2000-2003 and renamed Affligem Brouwerij, eventually becoming part of Alken-Maes.
Beers by Affligem
10 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Affligem brew across 3 style families.
Across these 10 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:
They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Affligem Fruits Rouges
Their beers place in the Top 61% of the catalogue on average, across 8 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Affligem
Brouwerij De Smedt was a regional Belgian brewery in Opwijk specializing in top-fermented abbey-style beers. Originally known for their Op-Ale (launched 1953), they became famous for brewing Affligem abbey beers after partnering with Affligem Abbey monks in 1956. The brewery was acquired by Heineken between 2000-2003 and renamed Affligem Brouwerij, eventually becoming part of Alken-Maes.
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