Blue Monk Special Reserve (Bottled)
(has 4 batches)
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.68
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Blue Monk Special Reserve is a quadruple which has been aged for 3 years in red wine barrels from Château Haut Breton Larigaudière in Margaux! It is dark brown in color with a beige frothy head. It has an aroma and bouquet of a complex red wine, with a soft taste of spice, berries and black cherries. The flavour is enriched with touches of caramel, fine chocolate, toasted nuts and soft hints of smoke. The fruity elements of red and dark fruits comes from the aging in barrels fine from Château Haut Breton Larigaudière in Margaux. These flavors are adding a slight vanilla note and some refined wood tannins.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle shared at Rebruary THT. No head. Clear black pour. nice barrel notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2016
at 14:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Struise Blue Monk Special Reserve (Bottled) (by De Struise Brouwers):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
15/II/16 - 33cl bottle @ Struise Schooltje (FIRST! But didn't take notes.) and 27/III/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: n/a (2016-293) Thanks to Urbain for letting me have the scoop of the bottled version on my birthday!
Clear dark brown beer, beige to brown creamy head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of dried fruits, some banana, caramel, chocolate, bit earthy, some spices. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, caramel, sourish touch, earthy, lots of alcohol, dried fruits, soft roast. Aftertaste: alcohol, chocolate, little sour, more dried fruits, some caramel.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
15/II/16 - 33cl bottle @ Struise Schooltje (FIRST! But didn't take notes.) and 27/III/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: n/a (2016-293) Thanks to Urbain for letting me have the scoop of the bottled version on my birthday!
Clear dark brown beer, beige to brown creamy head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of dried fruits, some banana, caramel, chocolate, bit earthy, some spices. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, caramel, sourish touch, earthy, lots of alcohol, dried fruits, soft roast. Aftertaste: alcohol, chocolate, little sour, more dried fruits, some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2016
at 15:12