Westoek XX (8% ABV)

De Struise Brouwers
Brewed at Deca Services
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Oostvleteren, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle. Frothy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Some fruit and week citrus. MOderate bitter flavor. Nice fruity notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Botle shared by Marcus. Pours orange amber with a transient beige head. Aroma is lightly fruity, mildly yeasty. Med body. It’s dry, yeasty, and a bit earthy. Quite a different tripel.

Bottle. Deep golden color. Malty, grassy citric yeasty aroma. Malty sweetish flavor with grassy hops. Vanilla, mint and yeast. Medium bodied with a hint of alcohol. Quite pleasant.

Bottle. Poured cloudy dark amber with an average frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate complex citrus and yeast aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium balanced bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. This is a smooth complex beer

A translucent golden amber ale with a thin off hwite head. In aroma, red apples, sweet jam, light vanilla, cloying. In mouth, a sweet malt with chalky notes, orange peels, light bitterness, medium bodied. On tap at Delirium Café Hoppy Loft, July 13 2011.

courtesy of Philipp and Thomas - pours a cloudy copper-orange beer with a little persistent beige foam; estery and dusty nose with notes of orange peels; full-bodied and pretty sweet; a fair carbonation and a decent bitterness, sticky palate; long fruity hoppy finish with more yeasty notes and residual sugars

Bottle… Hazy golden ale with a small, wispy, white head. Spicy, herbal nose – rooty sassafras or sarsaparilla. Full-bodied with a lightly creamy mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Sweet, spicy, mildly acidic flavor – pale grains and honey with hints of toffee and sassafras. Finishes with a nice, lingering sweetness. Bottle courtesy of darkguardian!

Draft courtesy of urbeer, thanks! Hazy amber color, medium white head. Aroma has lots of pine and citrus. Taste is bitter pine resin. Aggressive stuff, but of course more mellow than Five Squared.
Earlier Rating: 3/27/2011 Total Score: 3.6
Bottles courtesy of tarheels86, thanks! Golden color. Aroma of licorice candy. Taste is straw, wood, pine. Nice.

Tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration, 2012. Hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops and yeast. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, yeast, medium sweet, caramel and a little bitter.

(bottle, 33cl) Hazy, amver colour with a firm medium-sized and slightly tanned foamy head. Bready cara-malty aroma with yeasty spice, fruity notes of apricots and peaches, as well as some herbal accents. Sweet flavour with a tinge of bitterness, medium to full bodied with a soft carbonation. Cara-malty and slightly sugary start with present fruity accents; sweet malty and apricot-/peach-fruity finish with a muted alcoholic strength. Deceptive. 16.II.13