Struise Tsjeeses

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

11.2 oz bottle 4/8/10 (Binny’s Plainfield)-43° in Tulip-Pours a murky orangish brown with a small off white head. Aroma of citrus, yeast, spices, and sugar. Taste of the same with a bit more yeast and candy tastes. This full bodied brew is fairly sweet but still tasty. Great brew.

33cl Bottle, purchased at Nikki’s Liquors - Providence, RI. Wet, sherry-like damp malt aroma, with some generic mixed spices and herbs. Pours a dingy orange-gold with a clean white head. Flavors indicate age. Some old hops, some dead malt and plenty of oxidation. There’s some old pilsner malt beneath this. You know, I’m not pilsner malt heavy beers really age all that well. Hands down I almost always prefer super-fresh pils malt beers over ones with any age. This finishes with a careening mangle of orange peel, cinnamon, and christmas malaise. Also, shouldn’t a one to two year old 10% tripel hold up better than this?

bottle from dave on 1/25/2010. orange brown pour with an off white head. it gets cloudier toward the bottom... the nose is a bit corn-like... perhaps the hops have gotten ’skunky’ (mmm, skunky)... along with brown sugar, ample yeast, peaches, peach pit woodiness, grain and some orange. the flavor is a sweet mix of the aroma with the addition of bruised apples, some straw and lots of peppery spice. it is a nice mix although it is too sweet for my tastes in trippels. the body is on the thicker side of medium and the carbonation is sudsy/mouth filling. 7/4/6/3/15/3.5

Orange color, small offwhite head. Fruitty sourish aroma with citrus and bread. Citrus flavor, lemon, spicy, sourish, yeasty and bready notes. Very fresh and tasty.

Bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Also sampled at Olympen, Oslo. ABV is 10%. Orange colour, moderate white head. The aroma has notes of Belgian ale yeast, some fruity and spicy notes, hints of brettanomyces / farmhouse. The flavour is sweet and spicy, noticeable hops in the finish. Quite good.

Hmm, maybe I did a boo boo. Dint decant the bottle thereby pouring the yeastoids into the head and perhaps altering my perceptions. Anyway - Poured with a small to medium light tan head that mostly subsided and a little lace. Color is a cloudy (with chunks) medium to dark brownish amber. Nose is very yeasty, malt, spice, and a little vineous. Flavor’s about the same with some citrus tang at the end. Real easy drinking and belies the strength. Great finish of the flavors. Round, mouth filling body and great carbonation. Easy to get schnockered on this. And happy to do so!

Hazy amber colour. Light carbonation, a bit flat actually. Flavour of bittersweet orange peel. Thick oily, sticky texture. Some light peppery spiciness and a dry finish.

33cl bottle. When the bottle was opened the beer came to life with a small gush. Color is darkblond, gold to light amber and the visibility is very cloudy. The head starts with a decent amount of creamy white froth and changes to some big bubbles at the side with some white clouds in the middle..
The first notes of the aroma are very malty and spicy. After giving the beer some air, the first notes of gentle hops and fresh fruits appear and the spicy smell becomes smooth and soft.
Taste starts with sweet malt and some spices. At the end you taste the beatifull combination of fruits with hops and a strong bitter aftertaste. After some time you can still taste the spices and the hoppy bitterness. Unfortunately is the taste of fruit overwhelmed by the strong hops.
The beer has no carbonization and is very smooth and soft. Tastes are perfectly balanced. Drinkability is dangerously good, even Urbain said: "Don’t drive after even drinken just one Tsjeeses because it’s drinkability is deadly".
A christmas beer following the philosophy of Struise, magnificent!