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Piraat 10.5%

Piraat 10.5% - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
91
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9853.58/5.03.57/5.010.5%78.3Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Piraat is a wickedly rich and rounded brew that packs a mighty punch. The powerful glow builds up from inside. Deep golden with a subtle haze. Lots of hops and malt. Mild sweetness. Reminiscent of bread dough, spices and tropical fruits.
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Nnudd (52), Helsinge, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Bottle. Pours hazy golden colour with a thin white head. Slightly malty aroma with a little alcohol. Sweet taste with well balanced malt and alcohol, spices and big ripe fruit. Again this is a typical belgian blond ale, but this one stands out, with it’s power from the alcohol. Nice carbonation and medium mouthfeel.


 ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 17, 2008  
Hazy gold pour with a thin off white head. Bouquet aroma of strong pine, fruit, and spice. Carmel green apples, citrus, bananas, and alcohol spiciness for flavors. This has a hearty maltiness and the alcohol makes itself known. Acidic, slightly tart. Very complex and enjoyable.


digz (10), São Paulo, Brazil
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 16, 2008  
Esta realmente define bem uma strong ale, Um aroma muito bom, floral, um toque adocicado, um oque de damascos turcos, dai seu toque frutado. Ela na taça é imponente, belissima cor, um dourado escuro e opaco, baixa carnonatação, espuma abundante, ponto positivo da cerveja, boa duração e volume, melehor, excelentes. Achei uma cerveja boa, mas é deseqquilibrada no aspecto do alcool presente, achei muito forte a presença de alcool nela, sei que são 10,5% d ea abv, mas tem cervejas com maior ou igual valor cmais equilibradas, seu paladar e persistente, o gosto de alcool fica na boca. No geral é uma boa cerveja, para ser omada no inverno, ela realmente esquenta.


 dirt55 (150), Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 13, 2008  
on tap, sweet golden/amber body with nice thick white head, sweet aroma of malt with a welcoming alcohol note, excellent fruit/yeast combo on the palate with strong malts, feels WAY too strong despite the lack of strong alcohol flavor, could get you in trouble


 HonkeyBra (1279), Lemont, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 11, 2008  
Had one of these before my property class at the Plymouth Rooftop bar off jackson. The aroma is fruity, bready, and rich. The flavor has a massive malt profile, coupled with a great bitter hop complement. Mouthfeel is nice and full, good carbonation. Alcohol was not detectable. Great beer.


 BeerBelcher (930), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/105/512/20
Sep 11, 2008  
Poured a clear but not brilliant gold body color with cumulus white head of tiny bubbles, like what you’d see atop a Duvel (sticky and lasts forever). Aroma is of champagne, bread yeast, and candied fruit. Flavor is sweet and fruity, again champagne-like, but I felt it lacked structure or backbone...it’s all melody and no harmony if you will. I felt like it needed more malt to balance out the other flavors that are present. Mouthfeel is light like cotton candy. Hides its 10.5% scarily well in both flavor and mouthfeel. I liked it, but it hardly blew my socks off.


surlysober (41), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 10, 2008  
FIRST TRIAL: hazy yellow with a stereotypical, pillowy, Belgian head; aroma is very sweet (almost candied sugar-like) and fruity (almost grape-like); taste is sweet and warm from the noticeably high alcohol, with a moderately malty middle and a slightly bitter finish and of course the characteristic Belgian bubbly mouthfeel. This beer always stares at me at my local liquor store saying, "Why haven’t you bought me... You’ve bought almost everything else here... Pick me this time," and I inevitably go for something else. I just always had the feeling that this beer just wasn’t going to be for me, and although it has some really interesting characteristics, my instincts were right. I won’t be racing to have this again.


 kidmartinek (972), austin, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/102/513/20
Sep 7, 2008  
Pours golden light amber yellow. Aroma is sweet, bready, sharp, tart and sugary. Flavor is sweet bitter, citrus, banana and bread.Body is on the lighter side. Finish is woody and lghtly tart. Its a very refreshing beer for the end of summer plasteredness.



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