Cuvée Delphine
(has 19 batches)
De Struise Brouwers in Oostvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.02
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Cuvée Delphine is one of our biggest flagship beers at De Struise Brouwers. It is a Belgian dark strong ale with a subtle stout touch. Saw the light of day for the first time in 2008 and has been in the Top 200 of the best beers in the world since 2009. EBC 134.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
I’ve had some of the more recent versions and been severely let down but this 2013 batch is a delight.
Dark with a tan head. Bold dark and overly ripe fruits, toffee, booze, molasses, oak, chocolate, raisin. Full body. Finish lasts with oak, dark fruit, raisin. Boozy in areas but not distracting. Sweet but not cloying. A joy.
Dark with a tan head. Bold dark and overly ripe fruits, toffee, booze, molasses, oak, chocolate, raisin. Full body. Finish lasts with oak, dark fruit, raisin. Boozy in areas but not distracting. Sweet but not cloying. A joy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2026
at 19:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Deep brown with very minimal tan head. Big booze notes, sweet caramel, sharp berries. Body is a bit thin. Finishes with some berry and loads of booze. This isn’t very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2026
at 23:00
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 6
BBE 07/2025 e bevuta 02/2026. All'olfatto si esprimono sentori di sottobosco. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera elevata e l'esistenza olfattiva è apprezzabile Il cappello di schiuma è evanescente. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana media. Il colore è nero come la pece. Il corpo è strutturato. Il dolce è medio in buona armonia con l'amaro medio. L'amaro è pronunciato. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pericolosa beverinità. Il retrogusto è intenso. Al gusto vengono donati toni di miele, cracker, crosta di panettone, frutta secca, agrumi, spezie, arancia, mango, frutta passita, cuoio, cherry, vino rosso, vino Porto, pepe bianco, umami, salsa di soia, fumo e vaniglia, trasformando la bocca in uno scrigno di tesori.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2026
at 18:25
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
11.2 oz bottle. 2022 bottle drank in late 2025..still holds up well. Cocoa chocolate, chocolate covered fruit cake, some oaky bourbon candy. Hops attempt to get through the sweet body, and do pretty well in giving it some balance, complementing the bold roast tones. Quite drinkable for the ABV.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2025
at 05:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to MrsSHIG: Poured a viscous oil black with a light brown head. Aroma is smokey, boozy, roasty malts. Taste is boozy, bourbon, rich roasted malts, burns, chocolate, sticky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2025
at 23:03
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Nose, is rich licorice, chocolate, boozy almost peppery, hint of coffee and earth. Taste is chocolate, fudge, a boozy whiskey note, more dark chocolate, slightly earthy, a boozy peppery finish with a hint of wood and spice. Drier finish than you would expect.
Good.
Good.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2025
at 20:50
7/10
Magus, mõru, alkone, burboonine, belgia pärmine, kohvine. Ok, olen paremad Cuvee Delphine-i saanud.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2025
at 22:05
9/10
Tried
on 21 Apr 2025
at 18:10
6/10
Het wordt met het jaar ook minder en minder, veel alcohol in de smaak, dun, zal de laatste van struise zijn voor mij denk ik
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2025
at 19:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home, cellared this one for 2 years. Pours black, of course, with a tan head. Nose is lots of molasses, raisins, some oxidization, a touch of bourbon. Taste is chocolate, booze, prunes and dates, molasses. The taste is sweetish, a bit boozy, with a hint if bitterness in the finish. The body is medium to big(ish), although the finish is gone quite quickly. Initially the beer felt quite thin and boozy, but the opened up relatively nicely. Maybe not as unique as it once used to be in today’s market, but still respectable by all means.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:53