De Struise Brouwers Imperialist

Imperialist

 

De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Collab with: Bridge Road Brewers
  Lager - Imperial Pils Regular
Score
6.94
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 41 Ticks: 114
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.
 

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught (Pipes of Scotland, Uppsala) - Hazy golden in colour. Bready and malty aroma with hints of citrus. Lemon, yeast, grain and a hint of peach can be detected. Doesn’t taste as strong as it is.
Tried from Can on 22 May 2015 at 10:03

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Orange blond body. Creamy white head. Good lace. Nose of caramel, flowers. Moderately bitter, moderately sweet flavour. Very well balanced and enjoyable beer.
Tried on 21 Mar 2015 at 15:21

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at at Alvinne Craft Beer Fest in Vichte - Belgium March 2015 with markoijelena. Pours bright golden a bit hazy with a consistent head. Nice appearance tough! Nose: maltiness forward, honey background. Mouth: A hint of honey, hay, grains, easy drinking and adventurous lager. My friend mortlach would have loved this one.
Tried from Draft on 19 Mar 2015 at 08:00

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Thx to ClubGonzo 050914. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sugar, grass, malt, hop, yeast. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, grass, sugar, yeast. Full body. Nice beer.
Tried on 12 Mar 2015 at 04:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared during RBWG 2015 - Tampa. Pours clear yellow with a foamy white head. Sugary, with notes of cereal, grains, straw, white bread. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. More bready and grainy malt character to finish, vague citrus notes. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2015 at 14:35

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle on the Brew Bus during the RBWG 2015 bus tour. Clear yellow with off-white head. Aromas of yeast, tropical fruit, citrus. Tastes of lemon citrus fruit and peel, herbs, spice. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2015 at 01:07

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle - Sweet pale golden malts. Clear gold with a decent thin white head. Nice pale malts and honey notes. Nice,
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2015 at 21:15

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Draught at Bishop’s Arms, Malmö, Gustav Adolf Torg
Hazy blond color with generous head. Very nice aroma, hop , grassy, some hay. Dry mouthfeel but apparently with enough body; good malt flavor, straws; strong grassy bitterness.
It feels like an Imperial Lager, bold, satisfying, well made.
Tried on 28 Dec 2014 at 05:11

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy amber with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, grainy, grass and a little caramel. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop, grainy, grass, medium sweet, little dry and medium bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2014 at 12:39

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
A golden beer with a big and blond head. The aroma is fresh pure malts, fruits and citrusfruits. Taste has strong and rich maltyness, lemon, some mandarin, grass and at least medium bitterness, a grassy end. Medium+ bodied, pleasant and smooth, mild carbonation. Tasteful beer with the nice balance of malts, fruits, and bitterness. Dangerously drinkable.
Tried on 30 Nov 2014 at 00:27