t IJ Struis

Odd little beer, at first I thought it was from Struisse, too bad it might have been better. all in all this was a strong belgian w/ out much else to say about it.. very drinkable but nothing to write home about.

Bottle. Dark orange colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, yeast, dried fruits. Flavour is fruit, yeast, apple,spices, hop, berries, malt, dried fruit. Nice body and a nice beer.

Bottle 33CL. Dark cloudy orange beer. Fruity taste. Powerfull beer. It came fast out of my bottle :P. Nice beer.

Bottle, 33cl. It pours a hazy dark orange body with a diminishing, foamy beige head. Yeasty, sourish, barnyeardish and fruity aroma with a little spicy touch and some weak dried fruits. Fruity, sourish, barnyardish aroma with yeast, spices and some malt in the background. A little touch of caramel and some chocolate as well. Full-bodied, effervescent and a bit tongue-twisting from the brett. Long, sourish, bretty finish with a balancing bitterness and sweetness. Yet another beauty from ’t IJ. (080426)

Bottle. Dark copper-brown color, super-thick rocky light tan head that almost goes over the glass. Slight funk on the aroma, along with grain, grapeskins and pepper. Taste has a pleasant funkiness balanced by some mild sweetness. Real grainy throughout and the alcohol never really is apparent. Reminded me a bit of La Roja.

(3/16/08) Bottle at Arendsnest in Amsterdam. Hazy red with a big, slowly-diminishing, off-white head. Aroma of some malt, wood and fruits – quite nice. Sweetish flavor with some malt, a bit of caramel, some oaky sour notes and some nice fruitiness. Medium-bodied. Very pleasant.

Hazy deep amber with floaties and a medium off white head. Slightly sour aroma with brett notes, fruits and caramel. Sweet and sour flavor with fruits, caramel and brett notes. Ends dry.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange to amber with a collapsing tan head. Light mouldy and brett aroma, minor woody note. Flavour is sweet malty with a nice yeast note and more of the same slight citric brett acidity. Mild sulphorish note into the finish. Lingering yeasty and malty finish.