Struise Pannepot

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

a gusher...but once that calmed down.....great estery nose with lots of dark fruits and rum flavors of dark fruits and raisins....and a bit of the bananna comes through great stuff.......

2006 bottle. A cloudy dark brown beer with a big and stable brown head. The aroma is very inviting, spicy, vinous, fruity with notes of caramel and figs. Lightly alcoholic. The flavour is very sweet, richly fruity and spicy, with notes of plums and other dark fruits, plus milk chocolate, licorice, and Port. More creamy than syrupy. Full body, lively carbonation, very long finish with very light bitterness and some alcohol that warms you. One of the very best beers I’ve had the pleasure to drink.

Deep brown with a off-white head. No amount of words can describe the complexity and depth of aroma, body and flavours that come from this beer. Its spicy without being disjointed, full and sweet without being cloying, complex without being complicated. The liquorice in the finish is just amazing. If I were to only have one beer to drink for the rest of my life this would be it.

33 cl bottle, 2006 vintage. Dark brown with a small brown head. Sweet but not a very heavy aroma of raisins, yeast and even some alcohol. Sparkling mouthfeel that turns into a soft warming drink. Caramel, malts and some bitterness from hops in the flavor. Otherwise well hidden ABV but the finish has a bit of exploding alcoholic taste.

bottle at bruges beerjtke. pours dark rusty brown, almost black, good thick sustained head, tastes of dark fruits, almost rum. excellent beer.

12oz bottles, 2006 vintage. An unusual beer, but one of my favorites. Deep chocolate brown; most noticeable in the aroma and taste are the herbs and spices, which make it go in a very different direction from other dark Belgians where dark fruit and caramelized sugars are at the fore (though those flavors are present here too). The spices add a maritime quality, a sort of beer version of Scotch whiskies that taste of the sea. I’d love to try other vintages and the Reserva.

12oz bottle courtesy of a friend from Cali. Poured into a trappist glass. Pours a dark dark brown with a gorgeous brown head. Aroma of maple sugar, cardamom, cinamon and alcohol. Taste is incredibly complex and becomes more so as the beer warms. Notes of chocolate, cinnamon, molasses, dark fruit, and an awesome dryness and a slight touch of sour on the finish. This is the beligan strong equivalent of an Orval, its Magic! Incredible beer, I just wish it was easier to find.

pours. Chocolate phosphate brown with fluffy light creader filled head. maple dark sugars and cherry current notes. Nice, well developed and ballanced. Small amounts of dutch process coco are in the finish. (4.1first rate)