 jcr (834), Jasper, Indiana, USA
Jun 17, 2008
2006 bottle. Fruity, sweet and musty — the hallmarks of a nicely crafted Belgian strong ale for me. Dark body, hazy, with off-white, fizzy head that slowly diminishes. Nice aroma of overripe fruits, especially plum and banana, toffee, chocolate and raisin. Just a hint of cellar mustiness. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. Tastes of cookie, caramel, brown sugar and sweetened prunes. Long finish. Full body with a velvet texture that turns sticky in the finish. Lively carbonation and moderately alcoholic. Very enjoyable though a little too sweet to want more than one at a sitting.
SHIG (1506), Oberoffligen, Germany
Aug 31, 2008 Bottle: Poured a brown to black color with a medium tan to beige head. The aroma is dark fruit, bubble gum, and some sugar. Taste is more of that dark fruit possibly raisin, with some sugar. Finish is dry and tingly. This lives up to the Struise hype for me!
Trev (493), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
Aug 31, 2008 pours a brownish amber with a thin tan head.
Aroma is enticingly sweet. Candy and brown sugar. medium malt, some dark fruit tones.
Flavour is a little lighter than I expected. Very well balanced. Initially sweet malt, some raisin and dark fruit tones. slight alc bitterness through the middle. Finishes very smooth.
k4df4l (141), DTown, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 30, 2008 Bottle pours a deep brown with a thin beige foam that falls immediately to a skim of fine bubbles around the rim of the glass. Aroma of dark fruit, sweet malt, raisin, brown sugar with an earthy & spicy element. Flavor is initially rather intense brown sugary sweetness with more dark fruit, figs and raisins. As that fades, dates & plums with a very faint wisp of alcohol and a very light tangy sensation like grape/apple skins. Finishes clean with a moderately thin palate and lightly carbonated.
Palidor19 (1279), Brandon, Florida, USA
Aug 21, 2008 fantastic, it has high malts, caramel and toffee. this beer would go great with a hearty beef dish.
nick76 (2031), Tampa, Florida, USA
Aug 21, 2008 Updated: Aug 30, 2008The aroma is sweet with dark fruit, brown sugar, malt, and leaves. The appearance is light brown/red with an average head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. This is good but not great.
|
