Imperialist
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Bridge Road BrewersLager - Imperial Pils Regular
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Score
6.94
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This Intergalactical Imperial lager was brewed by Ben (Bridge Road Brewers, 50 Ford Street, Beechworth VIC 3747, Australia) & Urbain @ Struise, as a superb collaborative effort between both breweries and Simply Hops (Hop Pocket Lane, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6DQ, UK). While Ben shared his Australian Lager brewing techniques, Simply Hops procured us with Fresh Galaxy hop flowers.
Only 4 ingredients were used, Vleteren water, German pilsner malt, Australian Galaxy Hops and Weihenstephan yeast. This lager not only bottom fermented, but also matured on its own bed of C02 for six months.
Only 4 ingredients were used, Vleteren water, German pilsner malt, Australian Galaxy Hops and Weihenstephan yeast. This lager not only bottom fermented, but also matured on its own bed of C02 for six months.
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8/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2025
at 12:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is pale malt, sweetish fruits and hops, ripe citrus, touch of pine resin, soft yeasty and floral notes, mild stone fruits. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter. Body is medium with lively carbonation. Pleasantly surprised by this one, quite a tasty ’Imperial Lager’.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2025
at 15:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Old rating from 2015 - 330ml bottle from the brewery, pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of pear, grass, grain, earth, bread & malt. Medium body. Slightly sweet finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2025
at 11:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Premiere Gourmet in Buffalo, brought home by my wife before the covid-pocalypse. Pours a cloudy rich gold, layer of sustaining white head. Sweet malty nose with citrus and fresh raw eggs. Taste a little booze, thick caramel malt, a little citrus, that touch of egg again. It's really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2020
at 20:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle @Bir&fud Bottega (Rome). Dorata viva, abbastanza limpida, schiuma bianca media. Al naso note di malto, frutta matura, lieviti. In bocca è dolce all'attacco, caramello, frutta matura, chiusura amara medio-leggera. Corpo medio-alto, carbonazione medio-leggera. Uhm...
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2019
at 17:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Gainsbar. Honey, tripel type feel, light fruit, lots of sweet maltiness. Quite full bodied. Don't get much of the lager/pils, but plenty of strength.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Golden color. Soft floral aroma. Malty sweetish floral flavor. Hints of citrus and peach. Alcoholic. Not really exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Vintage 2015. Pours intense gold, fairly transparent, with limited white foam (initially medium-high). Aroma is malty, tofee, burnt caramel almost. Body is dense with good carbonation and quite an alcoholic feeling. Taste is sweet but with nice bitterness, almost spicy, and a tad sour. Finish is long and sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2018
at 19:07
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2018
at 19:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Vintage 2015, bbf date 21-06-2018. Color: Golden, frothy off-white head. Aroma: Hop, , yeast, caramel, yellow fruit. Taste: Moderate to medium sweet, yeast, hoppy. Caramel notes. Light hints of flowers and herbs, lightly boozy. Medium body, above average carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2018
at 19:24