Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
330mL bottle, pours a cloudy dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma has lots of dark dried fruits, gentle red wine barrels, and a touch of port-like oxidation. Flavour is tart, with lots of tart red wine barrels, port oxidation, and some light, airy red fruitiness. Nice barrel blend, finishing vinous, with sherry-like oxidation. Good stuff but not my favourite Pannepot.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
330mL bottle, 2021 vintage. Pours cloudy brown with an off-white head. Nose has dried berries, brown sugar, and some gentle port barrels. Flavour has dried berries, dark sugars, some tannic red wine barrels, a bit of port character; fairly tart on the finish. The components are all well-balanced, but this is not my favourite Struise.
Icedwarf (4896) reviewed Shark Pants from De Struise Brouwers 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Roodbruin bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is bitter hoppig, droog en licht fruitig zoet met iets van ananas, citrus en wat hars. Best goed.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
31/5/2025. Bottle courtesy of my PSG supporting friend Jean-Baptiste, enjoyed as a finisher whilst watching their destruction of Inter. Félicitations mon ami. Pours very dark brown with a short lasting frothy beige head. Aroma is black treacle, roasted malt, chocolate, liquorice, coffee, dried fruits, fruit cake. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness, slightest tart edge. Medium to full body, smooth, soft carbonation. Warming boozy notes to finish. Very good beer. Stunning performance.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from HoTM. Aged on peated whisky barrels from Islay, Argyle & Bute. It pours darkest brown - nearing black with a thick, bubbly tan head. The aroma is dark roasted malted, sticky, tarry, treacle, umami, burnt toast, toasted nut, sticky smoked meats, dull vanilla, Islay whisky, rocky road, dried fruits and fruit cake. The taste is firmly dry, dark roasted malt, savoury, umami, chewy, toothy, dried fruits, berry, fruit cake, bitter - sweet, dull acidity, sticky, warming booze, burnt treacle, liquorice, pipe tobacco, lightly peated whisky and light medicinal vibes. Finish is drying and roasty..fulsome body, fine carbonation and slick mouth feel. A bit toothy number. Fun slipper, but sits fairly heavy.
Hanoi (1998) reviewed Dirty Horse (2018) from De Struise Brouwers 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Nose is balsamic, sour, lots of funk, pastry, but balanced by a vanilla, cream sweetness, red berry, a hint of port, and red wine. An outstanding nose.
Taste is tart, green apple, oak, an emergent funk, lots of red wine notes giving it real depth. Struise seem particularly adept at aging in redwine barrels, I always love their beers aged in this way.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Medium brown. No head. Aroma has some alcohol and a bit of toffee on the nose. It feels old, on the body, sort of lacking in carbonation to bring some of the malt sugars across. And alcohol is getting in the way of esters. Certainly, this pour doesn't come across nearly as complex as when the beer first came out, the change in my own tastes notwithstanding. There is some good character, but it's definitely past its prime, oxidation getting involved and again just that lack of carbonation.