Struise Rosse

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle. Looks good with its red color and big creamy white head. The taste and the aroma is somewhat thin and has got misplaced notes of rotten vegtables. Strange and not very pleasant.

17/11/2010 - 33cl bottle @ home

Cloudy amber to copper reddish beer. Nice off-white head, irregularly formed and adhesive. Aroma: yeast, caramel, dried fruits. MF: soft carbon, thin to medium body. Taste: caramel, malts, citrus. Aftertaste: bit of caramel, raisins, yeast. On warming up some spices coming into the game as well.

Brassin 2008. Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur d’agrumes avec une pointe fruitée. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée opaque. Présence d’un moyen col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de d’agrumes avec une pointe de fruits et de caramel. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement aqueuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement fruité. (Rating #3345)

330ml bottle, 2008 sr no.2, amber color, with a thick creamy beige head, belgian yeasty, fruity, skin ripe apple nose with a bready dough, faint honeyed toasted, caramelized malt accent, with a hint of orange, citrus peel ,peach esters in the aroma follows through on a yeasty, fruity, toasted, caramel malt, bready dough character with some ripe apple, pear fruitiness background, and a light flowery hop leafy note, leading towards a yeasty, fruity, lingering dry bitterness finish.

bottle ,roasty, citrus, herbs, amber, cloudy, tan foam, light sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium body, average carbonation, astringent. Overall it’s okay, but a little bit too less of everything.

330ml Bottle: Aroma of yeast, burnt cheese, and a hint of malt. Poured deep amber in color with a small, creamy, dense, off-white/tan head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Very sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is slightly sweet. Tastes of malt, Belgian yeast, and light funk. Medium body. Creamy texture becomes lightly dry. Soft to average carbonation. Malt, yeast, burnt cheese, and light funk finish is dry.

UPDATED: SEP 17, 2010 Tasting glass at Pannepot Café @ De Struise Brouwers, Oostvleteren. Pours a slightly hazy amber body with a medium-sized white head. Aroma is roasted malts and fruity hops. Taste is grainy malts, honey melon, molasses and hints of "Belge Speciale" ale yeast. Among the Belgian amber/"speciale"-ales this is a strong contender. Drinkable and light, without having a notable loss of flavor. Overall, it’s just pretty good. Which sometimes is enough. :-)

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a dark amber/copper with a medium off-white head and an aroma of yeast and spices. The taste is not too sweet but mainly spicy, with notes of licorice, citrus and herbs. I don’t really like this one.