Sterkens Poorter

Brewed by Brouwerij Moortgat
Style: Belgian Ale
Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

Nice bottle, quite average beer,and yes Virginia it is NOT a porter, heck it isn’t even a brown ale. I really don’t want to waste any more time on this overpriced beer that really wasn’t all that bad just not what I expected. Does have a nice spicy and yeasty nature, so that is a good thing.

Ceramic, swing top bottle. A surprising copper color, as I thought this was a porter. The white head lasted about as long as the beer did when I poured it out. Thin bodied and lacking any real character. There was some flavor of earth, malt, caramel and dried fruits but the combination doesn’t work.

Sticky sweet light more of the moortgat drinks, A bit walnut-y as well. Not an overly spectacular ale. Passable tho...

1Pt 9.4 oz crockery bottle - Whip-In Liquors, Austin, Tx. Pours a dark amber with a thin, wispy but long lasting off-white head. Sweet, pungent aroma, reminds me of dates, prunes and alcohol. Flavor has many of the same sweet properties, wandering close to cloyness. Tastes like it is a much higher ABV. Turns a tad flat halfway through. Mouthfeel is a tad spritzy, but not in a distracting way.

Pours with a two-finger light tan head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Deep red/amber color. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Nose is malty. Starts with a roasted hazelnut sweetness and finishes smooth with no bitter aftertaste or hints of alcohol. A very good porter, quite different from typical American porters - Stone, Heavyweight, Redhook etc. 750ml bottle for $10.99 at Hoosick St Discount Bev. Troy, NY.

Thanks to beer handy for this. Pours deep ruby (it looks like non-filtered iced tea in the glass, but very ruby when viewed through a desk lamp). Aroma of malt, fruit, soil. Tastes very unique, with hints of malt, nuts, some plums and prunes, and a slight soy saucey finish. Not sweet, yet not dry. This one has such a unique flavor that I fear I can’t describe it accurately. I would drink this again.

Best Before date 9/05 Dark red-chestnut beer; dense, creamy head, first collapsing, thén stable, as dried soap foam. Rather alcoholic nose, leafy aroma’s, sweet nose but with a faint sourish, ironoxyde background. Burnt, roasted malts, roasted peanuts (not salted), bit earthy. After reflection, there IS a certain saltiness, apart from the malt sweetness, the bitterness that is exclusively roasted, no acidity in the taste - there remains a salty touch. Dark malts come even more forward warming up. Medium bodied, burnt impression, bit fizzy. Rather ideosyncratic beer, which is about the last eptithet I would link to the former Sterkens brewery. Which brings me to the main question - who made this, and where?

Bought in the bottle from the excellent "Beers of Europe" shop near Kings Lynn. The bottle I bought was unfer the name of "Hoogstraten" Poorter. Beautiful clay bottle with flip top thingy. Mid / Dark brown colour. Not too fizzy. Very full bodied & tastey beer.