Struise Pannepot

Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Oostvleteren, Belgium

Bottle, 2007 vintage. Slow gusher. Beautiful looking beer, dark dark brown with a pillowy white head. I get lots of plums and cherries in the smell with some candy cane and belgian yeast some caramel too. Taste is sweet but not overwhelmingly so, very well balanced as the sweetness is cut off by the alcohol. Palate is perfect, rich and chewy.

Bottle, thanks Vaiz! Thick black pour, large tanned head, nice lacing. Aroma is fruity, malty, some liquorice and bark. Wild ride of flavour, bitter hops, sweet fruits, some coffee and smoke. Very nice.

Great beer with a week aroma however. The taste is much better and interesting. Taste of caramel and spices and a hint of coffea.This is the 2007 and looking forward to the 2006 as well which I have bought as well.

Bottle at home. Pours almost black with a creamy tan head that quickly dissipates but leaves some lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, fruits and licorice. The flavor starts off fruity and sweet but then quickly moves to a more bitter presence with licorice and some hops. Very nice complex flavor.

Bottle 2008. Very dark brown, almost black beer. Nice head, foam seems to last forever. Nice aroma’s comming to my nose. Looks very tasty. Good strong taste with a bit of "drop"-taste it seems. The taste changes when you nip till you swallow, very complex. Also the aftertaste holds for a long time, and even that one seems to change. It makes me think a bit of Rochefort, but I like the aftertaste of Rochefort more. But without a doubt a great beer.

2006 bottle...holy god am I ever impressed by this beer. The nose and flavors brim with figs, raisins, plums, cola and toffee. Mouthfeel is a tad on the thin side but appropriate for the style. If I had a St. Bernardus and a Westy 12 in front of me, I have little doubt that I would favor this in a blind tasting. Happy to have a few of these in the cellar.

Been waiting a long ol’ time for this. Not a gusher, but almost no liquid on the pour. Enormous tan head, like a milkshake’s froth. Airy, fine, wonderful. Lasts ‘til the very end. Beer itself is black. Bready aroma of spices, rich caramel malts, ginger, cake. Nuanced and complex. Rich, huge flavor. Rich, bready malts. Sweet but not cloying. Meal-like. Acidic cherries matched with all kinds of dried fruits and plums. Body is lighter and thinner than you expect. Very silky. You almost want more of a bite. Big alcohol. Slightly roasty woodiness in the finish.

Bottle. A dark brown to blackish color with a creamy light brown head. A rich fruit filled chocolate aroma.with figs, sugar, raisins, and light spices rounding out the flavors. A delicious beer through and through.