Struise Tsjeeses Reserva PBA (Port Barrel Aged)

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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(bottle, 33cl, vintage 2011) Hazy, amber colour with a medium-sized tanned foamy head. Mildly sweet cara-malty aroma with berry-fruity notes, a tinge of spices and alcohol. Moderately sweet flavour, full bodied with a smooth carbonation. Yeasty (cara-)malty, slightly sugary taste with berry-fruity notes, caramel, spicy notes and an obvious touch of alcohol, also ginger spice; mildly sweet (cara-)malty finish with a present alcoholic strength. I missed the Port-character. 18.I.13

When you pour the beer down a lively amber hazy ale with white foamreveals in your glass. Caramel, malt, and light porto aroma on the nose. Medium sweet, kind of salty and nice bitter taste.

33 cl bottle at home. Clear amber beer with an offwhite head. Spicy, hoppy, yeasty , vanilla, fruity, chocolate, nutty, sourish aroma. Hoppy, spicy, malty, fruity, toffee, vanilla, chocolate flavour. So nice :-)

330mL red and yellow label. Hazy blood orange pour. Medium white foam. Okay lace. Nose is tomato, fresh sugary fruits. Taste is spicy, soft, minerally, pie, dense sugary body. Palate is very silky and soft, thick mouthfeel, lots of sugar driven density. Nice dessert beer. Our group liked the Port BA a bit better than the Bourbon BA, though score wise they were so similar to me that I would rate them the same.

Bottle shared with GT2, craftycarl21 and Dan the Man. Cloudy golden amber color, thick tan head. Aroma of grapes, red wine, summer fruit. Taste is vinous fruit, subtle vanilla. Smooth and tasty.

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing yellowish head. The aroma has notes of port, malt, caramel, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and port, leading to a dry finish.

cloudy brown, smooth small offwhite head. aroma is very mild, slightly boozy. flavor is boozy, bourboney, complex fruity, hints of yellow fruits, port noes, while aroma was so-so , flavor is fantastic.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is mild fruity and toasted caramelish. Mild port fruity. Sweet, caramelish and light fruity. Phenolic and caramelish, light fruity. Smooth and caramelish.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Vintage 2011. Cloudy orange with a creamy white head. Sweet, phenolic aroma, with some vineous accents. Rich body. Flavor is phenolic abd sweet with strong notes of abricots and alcohol, leading to a woody finish. I prefer the non barrel aged version of this.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Vintage 2011. Pours a hazy amber with a beige head. Sweet caramellish aroma, some phenols. Rich body, sweet caramel and brown sugar. A rustic barrel character, some phenols and a warming alcohol finish. A very rustic barrel impact. 210113