Blue Monk Special Reserve (Bottled)
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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Tried
on 15 Dec 2018
at 23:53
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
33cl bottle from a trade with Jefverstraete, huge thanks man! Bottled on 12/10/2013. A clear very dark orange brown beer with a mid-sized good lasting beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, caramel, raisins, red malt. Taste of moderate sweet strong riped fruits, raisins, plums, red fruits, some wine and oak, complex and super nice! --- Beer merged from original tick of Struise Blue Monk on 14 Nov 2021 at 12:28 - Score: 7. Original review text: Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2021. A black beer. Aroma of strong dark roasted malt, coffee, whiskey. Taste of strong woody dark malt, bourbon, ash.
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from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2018
at 22:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml Bottle - Dark brown with some red tinges. Berries, dried fruit and a hint of farmyard in the aroma. Rich and fruity taste with berries, blackcurrant, raisins, marzipan and a hint of cocoa.
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from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2018
at 11:45
8/10
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on 06 Sep 2018
at 09:40
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on 06 Sep 2018
at 09:40
8/10
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on 06 Sep 2018
at 09:40
10/10
Tried
on 21 Jul 2018
at 07:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown, nearly black, with a medium, frothly, tan head. The aroma is sweet cherries, milk chocolate, molasses, dust, leather, black pepper, and light anise. Sweet and spicy, with a light, sharp bitterness, and some good esters. Medium to heavy body, with a creamy, lightly astringent, and effervescent mouthfeel. This is a lovely, syrupy, and deep beer. Lots of complexity and easy to drink. Hard to nail down, but just nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2018
at 03:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Color: Black, very thin light brown head. Taste: Complex mix of medium sweet roasted malt, fruity notes of dark red fruit, cherries, milk chocolate, wood and hints of nuts, vanilla, smoke and spices. Light hopbitterness. (Maybe a bit too) vinuous and boozy. Complexity stays at long lasting finish. Rather dry mouthfeel. Full body, slightly below average carbonation. Very nice beer for a relaxing slow sip on a cold evening.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2018
at 19:45