Struise Elliot Brew - (Struise Mikkeller) 3.8 669

Struise Elliot Brew - (Struise Mikkeller)

(RETIRED)

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Formerly brewed at De Struise Brouwers
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Oostvleteren, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
669	3.81/5.0	3.8/5.0	Special	9%	86	Snifter, Tulip

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RateBeer Special Release:
Behold the second of RateBeer.com’s Worldwide Masters Series! This request edition ale is the crafted alchemy of a party of some of Europe’s finest brewers, Mikkel Bjergsø and Kristian Keller of Mikkeller (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Urbain Coutteau, Carlo Grootaert, Phil Driessens, and Peter Braem of De Struise Brouwers (Woesten-Vleteren, Belgium).
Both breweries have attracted considerable international attention for their artful interpretations of traditional ale styles enlived by a rich sense of invention. And both are also very highly esteemed by the RateBeer.com international community of beer tasters. We hope you enjoy this unique little treasure.
Struise Mikkeller -- the product of master brewing and friendship. Celebrate this sense of camaraderie by sharing this bottle with your good friends!
- Joe Tucker, RateBeer.com

Struise-Mikkeller is as we said in the past "Best of two worlds". We delivered an IPA with 150 IBU, but a bitterness hidden the Struise way, counter balanced by maltyness, alcohol and rest sugars.

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fata2683 (1027), Panama City, Florida, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 21, 2009

bottle, pours hazy amber, very tall light an head. A very lively beer. Strong hop nose, tons of it. Sweet biscuity malt, some candied fruit flavors and a strong bitter hop finish. Carbonation is low to moderate. This is enjoyable to me because there is so much more than just a shitload of hops. Lots of good malt and a sweet fruity flavor as well. It balances out so well and makes this a highly drinkable beer to me. Two mugs up!!

MatSciGuy (697), Rosemount, Minnesota, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 18, 2009

[Bottle] I had rated this before and noticed that my rating had disappeared, so I’m going to write down what I remember about the brew. Pours cloudy orange with a large beige head. Aroma is super spicy with lots of grassy and noble hops, some citrus character, and a touch of malt backbone. Flavor is a little heavy on the spiciness, which makes it a little less drinkable than I would like. Not super bitter, but I heard that after a certain level of IBU’s you can’t really tell the difference.

Snojerk321 (2203), San Diego, California, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Mar 10, 2009

12oz bottle. Pours a completely hazed rusty brown color with some sediment and a big, rocky off white head. Nose of herbal hops, sweet malts and candied peaches and apricots. Flavor was sweet and fruity with a touch of hop bitterness, finish is bittersweet.

jerohen (1639), Bussum, Netherlands

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Mar 9, 2009

Bottled. Orange-red coloured, thick lasting head, absolutely beautiful. Hoppy nose with fruity notes, grapefruit. Bitter flavour, harsh in finish. Could use some more complexity in flavour, but still quite good.

jkwalking05 (1525), Arlington, Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	5/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 3, 2009

Cloudy copper in color with a thick off-white head. Aroma is of fruit, hops, earth, nuts, and flowers. Taste is of hops, caramel, fruit, malt, and wood.

travita (2131), Frisco, Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Mar 1, 2009

The look is cloudy amber colored with a nice big off white head. The smell is very hoppy, fruits, bready, sweet, nice, citrus, and florals. The taste is earthy, bitterness, flowers, hops, and fruits.

CaryTheDude (1221), Longmont, Colorado, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 1, 2009

Crushed with Jakebra. Well….american ipas are so much better. This one’s aight. Tasty. Got some hops but not enough. Little subdued, little awesomeness. Somewhere in between awesome and not.

bonfunck (149), Waasmunster, Belgium

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	6/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Feb 26, 2009

33cl bottle from hopduvel this beer is just clear hop you can’t taste a other beer after you have drunken this one. very hop flavor this would be a very good thirst lesser in de summer

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