De Struise Brouwers Struiselensis

Struiselensis

 

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

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production
Score
7.36
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 78
This slightly sour blonde is the result of a unique experimental combination of Brettanomyces Bruxellensis and Pediococus Cerivisae from Wyeast Laboratories.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. The aroma is very lambic like, some wet hay, and some nice crisp hops with a good amount of sour funk. Flavour is again sour, but there is a sour apple juice like finish. Ends quite tart, and interesting take, some nice hops, and a very tripel type beer, but sour, i like it!

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:07


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Backlog August 2011. Pale golden body under a fading off-white head. Aroma is funky, fruity and acidic. Taste is also funky, fruity and acid, like a gentle geuze. Nice and refreshing without pushing the limits.

Tried on 27 Sep 2023 at 19:23


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 750mL bottle (2008 vintage). Clear gold with small white head. Hint of citrus pith and fungal notes, sharp funk. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2023 at 14:59


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

750ml shared with Ryan and two other regulars of Kulminator. Vintage 2008. Appearance: almost clear golden with a white head. Aroma: malty, white lemon peel, some funk and a bit of apples. Taste: along the same lines, bready, slightly sour, some cherries. Overall: passed its prime, but still deserves attention as an experience.

Tried on 12 May 2023 at 14:53


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Ebenezer's Pub, summer/fall of 2008, I believe. Mildly hazy, pale straw-to-brass with a thin, somewhat dense, white head showing moderate retention. Nose is spicy phenolics with bone dry malts behind it showing plentiful cracker. Lemon, tangerine almost and some softer fruits with a very deep, subtle Brett character. Not going to mistake this one for the fresh Brett nose of, say, aged Orval. In the mouth it's malty, very dry, with cracker and biscuit-like malts and the Brett and Pedio adding varying degrees of tartness with a bit of stronger, cherry and acetic-like character. Slightly abrupt finish, fading in to the blander malt notes, though with hints of citrus, pepper and a touch of band aid lingering.

Tried on 01 Feb 2022 at 16:21


8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Ughsmash. Thanks! Orange blonde color. Grapefruity, leathery aroma. Sour flavor with pear, pineapple, grapefruit, fresh muscat grapes, leather and rubber. Maybe a bit thin, but a very good sample of well controlled use of brettanomyces. Complex, lively and very tasty. Thanks, Jason!

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle, courtesy of Koelschtrinker, thanks! Vintage 2008. Pours unclear amber. Aroma is candy, phenols, oxidation, leather, metallic rust. Body is medium, flat, candy sour, tart, fruity too. Still alive. Brett, yes. Clearly goes gueuze, does not quite get there. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2018 at 21:49


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

750 ml bottle, I guess I can thank AdamJackson? Vintage is 2011. Aroma is is Brett, barnyard mild poop notes, dusty yeast and pale grain.

The flavor is wants to have some citrus but is just intensely sour, massive pucker that hurts my taste buds. Rotten grapes, funky, bad Brett. For me it’s entirely to sour. Overly tart.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2015 at 23:37


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from bottle thanks AdamJackson. Pours light orange with a thin white head. Aromas of sour citrus and yeast. Taste is overly tart with lingering bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2015 at 23:25


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pale orange. 2 finger fluffy head. Smells intently sour. Lots of tropical fruits. This is so sour. Coats the teeth with chalk. Tart mango and lime and lemon. Got very sour with age.

Tried on 16 May 2015 at 23:19