Ypres Reserva
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.60
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle as "Reserva 2011", 8%. Unclear very dark brown with small brown head. Aroma is malt, dark fruits, yeast, sour fruit, sour, oak and red wine. Flavour is malt, sour fruit, oak, wood, sour, acid, citric, red wine, vinegar, little sweet and a little dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2015
at 15:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
2011 vintage bottle from Beers’n’more. Pours dark ruby. Aroma of dried plums. Heavy and full taste. Not typical, but delicious!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2015
at 16:58
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Vintage 2011. Dark brown color with amber highlight and tan head. Sweet fruity flavour, fermented prunes, red berries, dark fruits, balsamico, oak, the wine barrel gives a heaviness. Taste is oaky, sweet-sour, lots of berries, nice warming tart finish. Superbly balanced, super-easy to drink for such a complex beer. Amazing, I love it! (drank at just a little bit below room temperature)
Tried
on 09 Jun 2015
at 11:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pretty much black with a light tan head that soon fades to the rim. Aroma of berries, oak, cider and balsamic vinegar, stems. A bit more than a hint of nail polish remover, but even a little bit is a problem when it makes you recoil. Sour but with lush fruit and quite intense caramel, oak, stems and some herbal notes. Hard to rate - nearly great but not right.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2015
at 09:12
9/10
Tried
on 01 Jun 2015
at 01:02
9/10
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 17:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours dark brown with a small head.Nose shows musty, woody oak, chocolate, cherries and funk.Very similar flavours. Tart cherries, raspberries, musty oak. Some astringency in the finish.
Tried
on 26 May 2015
at 08:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 2011. Nose is vanilla, oak, leather, lots and lots of red wine from the barrel, grapes, emerging green apple. Taste is extraordinarily tart, sherry, vinegar, vanilla, green apple, very strong red wine notes, emerging chocolate, red berries. Mouthfeel is very full. Rating this is hard, it’s very balanced and the tartness worked well with preventing the wine barrel from becoming over powering, and I enjoyed it, but it was more interesting than great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2015
at 15:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle (2011) @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, July 19. Thanks Jeremy for this. As below, crisp, tangy sweet liquorice. Excellent. MAY 20 2015 330ml bottle. Pours dark with a copper hue. Sweet liquorice aroma. Lip-puckering tart sourness before a razor sharp woody, smokey bitterness. Complex, dark & captivating. This is a monster compared to the original.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2015
at 05:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
This beer is so deep dark that you normally will say it is black. Especially when it is normally an evening sipper. Well it looks anyway very nice with that thick tan head on top. Solid lacing also. Typical sour and fruity aroma. Also some wood and mild vinegar. Full thick body and a pleasant carbonation. Nice balance between sweetness and acidity. Quite easy drinkable for a complex beer like this. Fruity, mild vinegar, wood and some cherries in the flavor. Tasty little devil.
[Bottle (2011 version - botteled 09/2014 Lot 6929511132011) from Kaaz]
[Bottle (2011 version - botteled 09/2014 Lot 6929511132011) from Kaaz]
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2015
at 15:22