Bottle, bb 7/25. Black, a tan head is very soon gone. Yeasty stewed fruit and roast aroma with some chocolate, herbs. Lowish carbonation, a little more than medium bodied. Some orange and anise are there upon a taste. A swell of booze. More than enough bitterness to take the richness away. Oak at the end. Pretty good.

Bottle 33cl. from Gastro Beer (vintage 2018, bottled 20-10-2020, bbd 10/2025) @home poured into a teku glass. Roasty and boozy nose. Opaque dark brown with a ruby hue against the light, small foamy tan head, mostly diminishing, light lacing. Aroma roasted malt, caramel, brown sugar, fortified wine, some dark chocolate, alcohol. Smooth taste heavy sweet and light bitter, malty, roast, some toffee, brown sugar, fortified wine, dark chocolate, (strong) alcohol. Full-bodied, oily to sticky texture, flat carbonation, malty aftertaste dark chocolate, more alcohol, light medicinal notes, well-balanced, very good.

Dark brown to near black with a ring tan head. Aroma of bubblegum, candy, roast, dark chocolate, port notes, overripe dark fruits, booze and toffee. Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter. Full bodied with alcohol warmth and soft carbonation.

29/VIII/20 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ camping bistro (Clermont-Ferrand, France), BB: 11/III/25, bottled: 11/III/20 (2020-846)

Clear dark brown to black beer, dense creamy beige head, stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of alcohol, bit oxidized, port notes, dark chocolate, dried plums, nice roast, pretty malty, some cardboard. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body, quite the alcohol burn. Taste: bit sweet, good roast, caramel touch, some chocolate, bit sourish, dried fruits, lots and lots of alcohol. Aftertaste: little bitter, lots of alcohol still, nice roast, some dark chocolate, more alcohol, soft acidity, caramel touch, cough syrup, bit oxidized, more dark chocolate.

First new Struise in a long time. Even though I used to be a huge fan, there's no denying they went downhill the last few years. Still hope for a revival, possibly with this one?
Pours nice and dark, good as black. A small, tanned (creamcolor) head with low average to low stability. Scent is mild, to my surprise. Roast, but not much beyond that. Taste is roasty, but smooth. Not as agressive boozy as some of the later damnation they've put out. Still got a boozy bite in the back, but it's not over the top. Port isn't recognizable on its own, but you can match this beer's amped up sweetness ( not that it's that sweet) with the sweetness of a port. Medium body, médium high Carbo. Not much more than that, would have certainly enjoyed a more complex base, or outspoken, unique barrel flavor. And smoother alcohol. It's a step up from the last damnation set they put out for sure, but still nowhere near the quality struise provided in the early years.