Struise Tsjeeses

Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Abbey Tripel
Oostvleteren, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Ridiculously hazy orangish copper coloured body with some brown, caramel and orange highlights and a thinnish tan fast-dying head. Aroma of strong alcohol, yeast, coriander seed, curacao and of course, a touch of spices - allspice, anise and cloves. Full-bodied; Assertive alcohol, spices, brown sugar and a lot of malt tucked in. Super strong and showing a real long complexity and very potent flavour and aftertaste. Overall, a good, but perhaps too strong and unrefined flavour. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from West LakeView Liquors in Chicago, Illinois on 15-December-2008, sampled at home in Washington on 17-June-2010.

Assaggiata purtroppo solo un paio di volte.Birra dal colore dorato-ambrato con schiuma cremosa.Al naso risaltano diverse spezie in particolare buccia d’arancia e mela.Aroma leggermente luppolato ma in realtà dominato dalle spezie,mela,pera,un po’ di miele,agrumato e una leggerissima sfumatura di noccioline tostate.

Bottle@home. Pours a hazy orange with nice foamy head. Aroma’s of yeast, fruit (apples, apricot) some lemon zest. Soft, velvety mouthfeel, mild carbonation with all kinds of soft fruit coming back ending a dry bitter hoppy finish which leaves the sweet sticky malty Struise aftertaste on the palate. Lovely triple.

Bottle. A - Cloudy golden apricot with an average sized foamy, bubbly, white head. Decent retention that reduces into a thin, foamy lace. S - Full of golden fruit and citrus aroma. Apple, peach, apricot, orange, and lemon all pretty strong and have a pretty juicy aroma. There is a very slight funk/pseudo-tart aspect to the fruitiness. Well spiced with some ginger, coriander, cinnamon, and orange rind amongst others. Slight yeast aroma is present, but not overly strong. Very full, juicy type of aroma. T - Similar to the nose with a lot of golden and citrus and some tropical fruit. Sweet candi sugar along with oranges/tangerines, apricots, peaches, and apple make a sweet fruit mix. Good amount of yeast and a lot of different spices (similar to nose). A very slight funk to it as well along with a touch of mustiness and hay. Some vanilla as well. Very juicy/fruity flavor. M - Medium body with a healthy amount of carbonation. Very smooth and creamy. D - A very drinkable beer with the alcohol very well hidden. Well balanced and even though it is well spiced and pretty sweet, it doesn’t overload the palate and I would gladly drink another right after I finish this one. Notes: Best before Dec. 2014. Another great beer from a great brewery. Sweet and spiced flavors mix around well along with the golden fruitiness. Wonderful beer that would drink well all year long. I would gladly drink this again and definitely recommend this.

Orange-amber coloured. Medium head that holds. Aroma a bit hard to smell, but a good sweet-fruity smell. Nice sweet taste of fruits and caramel. Spices and some kind of cookies. Very drinkeable. Low biterness.

Pours murky orange brownb with a creamy white head that lasts. Aroma of ripe fruit- apple, apricot, grape, honey, bready grain, floral, orange citrus, spice, very mild alcohol. Taste has lots of bready malt sweetness with some rind bitterness. Smooth beer, soft carbonation.

Medium offwhite head. Hazy yellow body with floaties. Intense herbal aniseed aroma with mealy buttery notes. Dry-sweetish aniseed cinnamon herbal taste with fruity citric peppery notes. Mild, hot mouthfeel is buttery and oily. Light body. A bit dense in the palate. Dry cinnamon and aniseed aftertaste with mealy herbal notes. Nice, but a bit closed and dense. (0.33l bottle, Olympen, Oslo.)

33cl bottle at Håndverkerstuene. Orange colour with a medium big white head that settled down fast in the glass. Not much of an aroma really. Some yeast and fruits. The flavour is dry and hoppy. More yeast. Spices and hops. A decent beer, but not the best from Struise by a long shot.