Struiselensis

Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Oostvleteren, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

Pours a slightly hazy gold with a thin fizzy white head. Aroma is green apple, a hint of brett, lemon, musty wood, basement, a good amount of wet rock, dust, straw, grassy earth notes and some berry. Flavor is lemon, vinegar, apple skins, sour cherry, limestone, brett, dry moss, green twig and just a hint of tart cherry. Finish is sour and earthy with a little gravel road dust. Palate is medium slightly oily and has a fairly high carbonation. Good stuff.

The pour reveals a clear dark golden color with a thin white head. As soon as i removed the cork, I smelled some brettanomcyces, there’s also a green apple presence along some sourness. The flavor is a bit more restrained that what I though, but I like class and balance in a beer, so this isn’t a let down. In the mouth, there’s a presence of brettanomyces, green apples, there’s sourness and a soily, earthy feeling. The body is medium to full with a creamy, slightly oily texture and gentle carbonation. All in all this is a very well crafted beer and I like it a lot.

33cl bottle from alvine shop, i don’t like the style of beer but i’m still trying to get the hang of it, the first taste was like licking a lemon.

Bottle from JB185. Thanks! Pours dark golden with a short lived white fizzy head. Smell is lightly funky and tart with lemon and dustiness. Kind of berlinner weiss like in the smell. Taste is sour and bland. Somewhat berlinner weiss like, with more sourness than simple bretty funk and dustiness. Sour green apple like a Granny Smith and pretty dry and somewhat funky with a cheesy note in the end too. Really puckers the mouth. I thought this was decent, but not a repeat buy.

11.2oz bottle via trade. Pours a murky pale orange color with a fizzy off white head that dissipated to a small ring within seconds. Nose of Brett, sour peach and some barnyard funk. Flavor was not overly sour, just right for me.

33cl bottle. Beer poured an orange straw color, a bit cloudy with an thick white head. Nice brett notes in the nose, some definite fruit tones as well. The taste is nice and tart, some sour cherry and other fruit notes. There is also a touch of a hop character on the back end that makes for a very well rounded beer. This beer really says that it is a gueze or lambic but it wonderful either way.

Dark hazy brownish-yellow with a quick thin white ring. Aroma is musty, yeasty, citrus, lemons. Taste is a nice vinegar, white wine, citric acidity. A nice and not overpowering sour.

Bottle. Pours a hazy gold with a short lived one finger white head. The nose is sour grapes, funk and wet hay. The taste is white wine vinegar, crabapple, funky yeast. Medium prickly mouthfeel. Good stuff.