Struise Pannepot

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Pours a oily dark brown with a rich and creamy head that dissipates slowly. Aroma is of plum, cloves, vanilla and spices. Taste is a muted sweetness with the vanilla and dark fruits combining to give a great flavor. This is a very smooth beer, silky with a medium to heavy mouthfeel. Excellent.

Bottle - Vintage 2007. Pours a dark hazy, muddy mahogany brown with a wonderful long-lasting light brown head. Beautiful creamy lacing around the glass. The aroma just jumps out at you, even before picking up the glass. Loads of ripe fruit, plums, prunes, figs, berries, stawberries and cherries with chocolate, caramel and spice. Sweet and delicious flavours of dark chocolate, caramel, ripe-fruit, brown sugar and spice. Silky and creamy across the tongue and an absolute pleasure to drink. I can’t wait to try this one again. Absolutely amazing!

From a 2007 bottle. This poured a garnet red that raised big off-white and good lacing Nose of yeast, ripe fruit, and some cherry,. Full body and rich mouthfeel. Very rich flavor dominated by the ripe fruit. Slightly sour finish Remarkable stuff.

UPDATED: NOV 17, 2010 (2007 vintage) Bottle pour to Trappist glass - dark reddish-brown with very long-lasting thick brown head. Taste very complex with dark fruits changing to chocolate. Finish just a bit of bitterness but not unpleasing. Keeps you discovering new things with each swallow. A little alcohol burn at the end. Really nice.

Brown of color with a nice brown longlasting head. A nice aroma of spice, sugar, liqurice and dark fruits. A nice flavor of spice, liqurice, tobacco, dark fruits and sugar.

Bottle (Vintage 2005) at Kulminator, Antwerpen. Pours dark brown with ruby highlights and the perfect creamy beige head with an enticing Belgian lace. Wow what an aroma - ripe fruit - berry, plums, prune, blackcurrant, caramel, spice, chocolate and I could go on and on. It really changes in the glass. It takes some time but I finally taste this amazing beer - it’s perfectly balanced. Dark chocolate with rich fruit and spice mix, caramel, brown sugar and freshly cooked oatmeal bread. Truly remarkable. It’s deliciously smooth and bitter that lingers well past the last drop. Put simple it’s one of the most amazing beers I’ve been lucky enough to drink. Beautifully crafted and it’s aged graciously. 2005 is the perfect year for the Pannepot.

UPDATED: FEB 16, 2011 2008(?) Bottle from De Molen. Great beer. Was looking forward to this one and it didn’t disappointed me. Pours a black beer with a good brownish head. Impressive aroma with hints of spices, liquorice and dark fruits. Taste is like above with an great mouthfeel and long aftertaste. Such a shame that this beer is a bit hard to get. Would love to drink some more bottles. Beer at it’s best. 042010

330 ml bottle in Germany from shrubber85. Pours a dark black with a full brown head. Aroma is malt and a burning alcohol smeel. Taste is a chocolate, malt, ecoliptus and coffee mix. Palate is also malty and not as offensive as expected. A pleasant and excellent beer.