’t IJ Struis

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

330 ml bottle. BBE 01/2012.
Pours a dark brown colour with a thick beigeish head. Aroma of sweet toasted malts, spices and toffee. Flavour of sweet toasted malts, herbs, spices, toffee, syrup and raisins. Alcohol warms nicely. Full bodied, somewhat sticky but at the same time smooth mouthfeel and a long, warming, fruity finish. Quite an extraordinary Belgian Strong Ale.

Pours hazy brown with a medium head. Aroma is mostly malts. Flavor is sweet malts and alcohol. Reminds me of trappist beers. Pretty nice.

2010 Vintage bottle@home: murky, muddy amber with an tanned head, taste is molasses, chunk of earth, lots of spices, definitely medicinal, herbal, floral hops, hay, touch of cough syrup, sweet malt, bitter aftertaste, churned caramel, yeast, hint of coffee beans, booze

Bottle from The Cracked Kettle web shop. Hazy brown with huge foamy head. Aroma of red fruit, raisins, pear, clove. Taste, fruity with hints of coffee, marzipan, some spices. Bitter finish. Nice.

Thanks to Beerbiker. Tasted not too long after an Oval - this is the closest to an Oval i’ve had. Murky greyorange with a bubling white head. Funky Brett aroma, mold and mixed with belgian fruity yeast. Flavor is big and complex. Lots of refined sweetness. alchohol and brett. Great beer.

330 ml bottle. Leiden, the Netherlands.
Murky brown colour with tiny off-white head. Aroma: Chocolate, molasses, sweet malt and spices. Flavour: Dubbel like sweetish malt, mild bitter hops and spices. Alcohol well hidden. Quite fizzy. Decent.

barnyard, earthy, skunky, amber, hazy, frothy, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, umami, full body, thick feel, astringent,

Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. Off-white micro head with good retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Dark caramel and anise aromas. Dry with dark pit fruit and licorice. Lasting hot licorice finish.