 The_Jester (493), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Nov 11, 2007
(Thanks to radiomgb.) 330 mL bottle from 2006. It’s translucent ruby/orange/brown, if that’s possible, with little head. The aroma is sweet, with dried candied fruit and candi sugar being prominent, and there is the slight aroma of alcohol. The taste is much the same, although it does not seem out of balance. You can detect dark honey, sweet fruit, spice, and a slight alcohol burn, with a little bitterness in the finish. The body is very full. Sweet, but a very good beer.
MuttyD (71), Cambridge, USA
Sep 6, 2008 Dark brown/red pour with tan head. Aroma is of yeast, sugar, bubblegum, dried fruits. Flavor is of the same. Fizzy on the palate and very full bodied. After taste is tangy and fruity and lingers. Simply amazing brew.
GAManiac (297), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sep 5, 2008 Pours dark brown out of the bottle and settles into a dark mahogany in the glass. The head is fluffy and off-white and dissipates fairly quickly to a ring with good lacing. The aroma is sweet with dark fruit, plums and raisins, and a bit of candied sugar and roasted malts. There are some spices in the aroma but very faint. The taste is a little less complex than the original version with a little less spiciness and a heavy dose of grape sweetness. There’s a little bit of cola flavor in there as well on top of a roasted malt base with some caramel tones. The mourhfeel is medium bodied with a little less carbonation than the original. There is a little less sour kick on this one and, for me, leads to a slightly more drinkable beer. Either way, this is a slight notch below the original but a great beer on its own.
SHIG (1515), 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 (504), 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.
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