Struise Pannepot

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

Bottle 33cl. Pours a murky brownish colour with a good size head and nice carbonation. Smells of spices, herbs, fruits and raisins. Also has a cetrain bit of maltyness there. Taste is very delightfull, nice full smooth mouthfeel with the flavour of dried fruits as well as malts and spices. Very good BSA!

"(2007)Extremely dark brown body with reds hughes shining through a quarter inch brown cap floats on top. Aroma is yummy and making me drool. Mild spice, prominent banana, and that burnt dust smell you get when you turn your furnace on for the first time in the winter. Deep dark rich taste, heavy dark malts, dark fruit, port, and a very bitter finish. Hops are bitter and a touch I want to say piney but that seems wrong. there is a really strong flavour of alcohol buts it not sharp. This a flavour you can chew. I’m loving taking small sips and just letting it sit on my tung for a while. There is some notable spice in here but nothing to heavy. Dam good beer!!!!"

Pours a dark brown with a decent head. The aroma dark malts, nuts, and a bit of banana. The flavor is rich maltiness and very little bitterness. Slightly chocolatey

Bottle. Deep red. Complex aroma, fruit, esters and other sweet things. Prickly carbonation. End dry. So many flavours, impossible to describe. Top notch stuff.

11.2 oz 2007 bottle courtesy of the Dorkanowsky. Pours a dark brown, almost black colour with a large, frothy beige head. Reddish undertones. Fragrant aroma of dark fruits, cinnamon, cloves, brown sugar, vanilla, caramel nutmeg, and alcohol. Flavour is spicy and fruity with the carbonation of a soda. A nice combo.

11.2 oz bottle, 2007 edition, from bruisin’ ales (thanks, LJ!). pours a beautiful, dark burgandy, with a big, fluffy, light beige head and great lacing. aroma is outstanding with huge tart fruit notes of cherry, blackberry, and plum backed by sweet caramel, spicy clove, and cinnamon. flavor is wonderful as well with tart, vinous red fruits and sour cherries up front backed by sweeter notes of cinnnamon, vanilla, and brown sugar with hints of plum, oak, and brandy. palate is crisp and bubbly with huge carbonation and a lingering, tart fruit finish. overall, one hell of a good belgian brew.

Just opened one of my 2007s’ This beer brings alot to the table, Aroma is dark liquorice, and dark fruits. Flavor is an instant punch to the palate, prunes, and fig, and booze, brown sugar, and a hint of vanilla,lots of carbonation and a great deal of spice. Cinnamon jumps out at me. Medium to thick mouthfeel and not much for a finish. Great beer too bad i only have one more.

2007 bottle. 1000th rating shared with SpudClampDawg (one of many beers shared with him over the past four years). Big frothy brown head that recedes into pools. Hazy deep brown body with some ruby notes. Heavy malt and yeast aroma of caramel, raisin, plum, dark cherry, brown sugar, mustiness and vanilla. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter with a alcohol (rum-like) bite. Tastes of mustiness and licorice inger. There is an underlying flavor of medecine, but not enough to be offensive. Moderately dry. Medium to full body with a creamy/velvety texture. Lively carbonation. Lots of yeasty complexity. It would be difficult to drink lots of this because of the sweetness, despite that being balanced by the peppery alcohol finish. Still, its depth makes it an interesting and enjoyable Belgian Strong Ale. Here’s to many more, Spud.