9.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
75cl bottle BBE 02/07. This beer for me, sums up Ratebeer. In November 2005 I had to go to Antwerp for work at short notice. Knowing that I would be staying close to The Kulminator, I put a post up on the Forum on this site asking that if I only had 2-3 drinks in the pub, what should I have. Almost without exception, people suggested Struise Pannepot. Getting that kind of advice is indispensible. Pannepot is only one of three 5/5 scores I’ve given. Since then I’ve followed Struise with interest and I’ve had the good fortune to meet the guys behind the beers on a couple of occasions and I’m pleased to say that they are tremendous people. I picked this bottle up at the Low Countries RB Meeting in Antwerp last Sept. as part of the Kook farewell to Europe tour with Maeib and Duff, a great weekend which I owe to the Ratebeer site and people I’ve met through it. So thanks. The beer is very, very dark brown/red with thin lasting beige tan head. Lovely sour fruit aroma. Bit of wood too. Sour dark fruits of dark plum, black cherry and damson in mouth. But it’s not overly sour, it’s balanced by some fruity sweetness too. That sour aroma with dark fruits and touch of bitter choc is tremendous. The fruit in the mouth is just so pleasant, sour and sweet at the same time. Finish has drying sourness and more black cherry and damson. Just so well balanced, the sourness never over runs it. The wood adds to the whole experience. Overall it’s a great Flemish dark sour beer. The fruit is both balanced and outrageous at the same time. 4.6/5 Re-rate, 75cl bottle at Kulminator. This keeps getting better, some yeast has woken up and given it a very soft carbonation. The flavour in the mouth is now sublime. One of the best sours, best beers full stop I’ve ever had. Every time I had another beer I wished it was this and it wasn’t. I was so jealous of another couple having this later in the evening. Now in my definite top 10 beers of all time due to this bottle. Exquisite and unlike any other beer I’ve had. It takes you to another place. Sometimes my palate tells me when I have drunk something of sheer quality and this is one of those times. Can’t wait for the new version or to have this again on the old version at the Kulminator.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2007
at 11:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. This, the third Struise beer this evening stayed in the bottle for as long as we needed it to. Unclear, brown color with a beige head. Malt, caramel and berries in the aroma. Quite malty flavor with a vague sournessm berries and some faint notes of cigar-smoke. Full body and a long sweet finish with caramel and some berries. Quite nice. (070317)
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2007
at 16:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Like with the witte we shared some minutes earlier, this beer wanted to escape the bottled quicker than what was intended. In the glass it had a golden-orange color, hazyness and a large off-white head. The aroma had a vague fruityness, some malt and caramel. Nice spicynes and maltyness in the flavor. Medium, fizzy mouthfeel and a malty and a bit fruity finish. Nice, but I feel it is a bit malty, like the Struisse wit. (070317)
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2007
at 16:36
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. We had a mini-tasting at Sigmunds hotel-room before we went to a beer-dinner, and this one and the Kloeke blond from the same brewery volcanoed all over the floor. Poor cleaning lady. Well, when we finally had some in our glasses, it looked a bit unclear, golden-orange and with a nice, white head. Quite malty nose for a wit, with caramel and a weak hoppiness. Malt, caramel and some spicy hints in the flavor. Medium body and a short finish with malt and some hops. A bit too malty for a wit, and a much more interesting aroma than flavor. The volcano-like behaviour when we opened it, was probably due to the too high serving temperature. (070317)
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2007
at 16:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle; Nose of light clovey spices, caramel and a little tartness; Slightly hazy copper with a small yellowish head; flavor is caramel, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg spices, and a light acetic acisd finish; Not sour enough to be a flemish sour, but not a great tripel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2007
at 18:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
2015 version, had in 2026. Bottle, 10%. Aroma is dried fruit, orange and apricot. Muddy reddish dark brown colour. Fizzy head. The flavour is sweetish but with a little acidic note to make it refreshing. Has some yeast flavour, more like baking yeast than Belgian beer yeast. Does not taste alcoholic at all. Very mellow. Still very good, but I should have had it a few years ago.
Bottle, 10% at Kulminator, Antwerpen. Stable white head. Sweet and fruity, ripe fruit, aroma. Sweet, spicy and yeasty flavour. The flavour is very vinous with a warming alcohol note. Soft carbonation and mouthfeel. Yeasty aftertaste. 7 4 7 4 16
2008 version at LCRBM08. 8 3 8 4 19
Bottle, 10.0%. I do not know what year it is from, but it states BB 2013. Gusher! Good vanilla aroma, rather boozy, but nice. Murky dark amber colour, seems almost clear but has a massive amount of yeast chunks whirled up by the gushing. The flavour is sweetish with some vanilla, cigarbox and a little dried fruit. Good alcohol level to balance. Great mouthfeel in spite of the seemingly high carbonation. 7 2 8 4 18
Bottle, 10% at Kulminator, Antwerpen. Stable white head. Sweet and fruity, ripe fruit, aroma. Sweet, spicy and yeasty flavour. The flavour is very vinous with a warming alcohol note. Soft carbonation and mouthfeel. Yeasty aftertaste. 7 4 7 4 16
2008 version at LCRBM08. 8 3 8 4 19
Bottle, 10.0%. I do not know what year it is from, but it states BB 2013. Gusher! Good vanilla aroma, rather boozy, but nice. Murky dark amber colour, seems almost clear but has a massive amount of yeast chunks whirled up by the gushing. The flavour is sweetish with some vanilla, cigarbox and a little dried fruit. Good alcohol level to balance. Great mouthfeel in spite of the seemingly high carbonation. 7 2 8 4 18
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2007
at 11:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33 cl bottle, courtesy of gunnfryd, who supplied it to our tasting. The ABV was 5.0%. Served at room temperature, which was too warm, and caused the beer to gush out of the bottle when opening. Reddish brown colour, decent head. Very nice aroma: oak, spices, leather, malts, fortified wine. Moderately spicy and malty flavour. Not bad!.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2007
at 14:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33 cl bottle, courtesy of gunnfryd, who supplied it to our tasting. The ABV was 6.0%. Served at room temperature, which was too warm, and caused the beer to gush out of the bottle when opening. Hazy deep golden colour. Pleasant spicy aroma. Moderately spicy but nice flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2007
at 14:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle, as Authentic Struise Witte, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5.0%. Some sediment in the bottle. Sampled fridge cold. Cloudy yellowish colour, big to moderate white head. Moderate aroma of malts and coriander, hints of citrus. The flavour has strong notes of coriander and citrus, and a distinct hoppy bitterness in the finish. Very refreshing. I’m upping it a few points. Original rating: 33 cl bottle, courtesy of gunnfryd, who supplied it to our tasting. The ABV was 5.0%. Served at room temperature, which was too warm, and caused the beer to gush out of the bottle when opening. Hazy golden colour, moderate head. Surprisingly malty aroma, plenty of coriander. Moderately spicy flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2007
at 14:38
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Süßlich-fruchtiger-hefiger Geruch in gutem Verhältnis. Leichter Antrunk, etwas hefig, leicht säuerlich. Leicht malziger Mittelteil, dann direkt wieder hefig. Herb-saurer Nachgeschmack. Etwas zu mild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2007
at 23:00