Piraat 10.5%

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

2011 - 02 - 28 330 ml bottle. dark golden colour. small white head. complex taste. honey sweetness present. alcohol gives warm feeling.

Pours lightly cloud, deep gold with foam that disappears almost immediately. Smells of alcohol, grapefruit, pine . Tastes very hoppy with a little bit of sweetness and citrus.

33cl bottle. Pours a hazy amber capped by a large white foamy head that has great lace and retention. Faint malty sweetness in the aroma with some grass, pepper and mild funkiness. Taste kicks in with big sweet malts along with honey and dark candied fruits. Alcohol comes thruogh to warm things up in the middle with spices and a lite pepperiness. Has an herbal finish with light lingering alcohol. Medium body with very fine champagne like carbonation.

Great Beer. I grabbed one of these after a midterm in college and pounded it not knowing it was 10.5% ABV, I woke up several hours later on my roommates futon. Later I bought another bottle and drank it proper to fully enjoy the beer. Deep golden in color with a plethora of both hops and malt flavors that are very well balanced. Sweet doughy goodness.

Huge fan of piraat, the palate runs wild with fruits flavors, light on sweet flavors let the yeasts flavors really shine, highly recommended

Bottle sample from Chester’s beers of the world Hamilton. Pour is a orange colour with a nice white head and minor lacing. Aroma is hops and sweet spice. Taste is hopy and again of some sweet fruit like pineapple. Really quite delicious, can’t wait to have again.

.33l bottle. Slightly hazy amber color. Aroma and first taste are mostly sweet spice. Latter taste has some malt, but still little hop bitterness. Alcohol isn’t apparent.

Bottle. Pours cloudy orange with foamy white head. Fruity aroma. Caramel and raisin flavour with alcohol. Malty finish