UPDATED: APR 6, 2024 Bottle from The Beerhive. Dark brown body with a few flecks beneath a thin beige head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of liquorice and toffee. Flavour of prune and caramel. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A strong, tasty beer. It’s very good but having tried it immediately after Newbarns’ Thirteen Guinea, it was a distant second.

UPDATED: APR 8, 2024 Donker bruin bier met een kleine creme kleurige schuimkraag. Het bier is in de smaak licht zoet met hinten van karamel en donkere maar niet gebrande mouten. Het bier heeft verder wat kruiden en toffee. eindigt sterk alcoholig en zoet.

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2024 Bottle, 0.33l. Deep murky brown pour, thin beige layer on top. Minimal lacing. Nice on the nose, strong liquory notes, wood, figs, dark fruits, cocoa. Roasty, mild smoke notes in the background. Medium to full body, soft carbonation. Nice mouthfeel and texture, thick, soft, chewy. Goes down nicely, quite enjoyable. Nicely balanced bittersweet taste. Strong aroma, lots of alcohol, quite liquory. Wood notes, caramel, toffee. Syrupy, brown sugar. Dried dark fruits, figs. Chocolate and coffee notes, quite roasty. Bready notes in the background. Sticky. Long lasting finish, dry, bitter, lingering warming alcohol. Quite tasty.

UPDATED: DEC 20, 2023 Pours very dark brown. No head. Aroma of dark fruits and brown sugar. Taste is very rich. Chocolate, prunes, figs, wood, brown sugar, malts, dried fruits, hint of cherry. Very pleasant!

UPDATED: OCT 16, 2023 Snallygaster 2023. Pours dark brown. Chocolate, esters, dark chocolate, dark fruit. Medium body. Very nice.

UPDATED: AUG 29, 2023 Bevuta alla spina. Aroma importante, tostato, caffè, cioccolato, olive tostate, salato. Bollicine a granatura larga. Colore quasi nero con sfumature rosse. Gusto di cacao e liquirizia. Pastosa. Lievemente acidula. fpPr

UPDATED: AUG 15, 2023 Dark brown, hazy with a minimal light brown head. Aroma of wooden barrels, dried fruit, malt and caramel. Sweet with a warm long wooden barrels, caramel and drued fruit finish. Bought at beershop I Dinant, BE. Gutersloh holiday 2023.

UPDATED: JUN 22, 2023 10/6/2023. Bottle shared at SBGP3. 2017 vintage. From Jean-Baptiste (Christmas 2021), cheers! Pours clear dark maroon brown with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of cocoa, dark fruits, plum, cherry, malt, dried fruits, caramel, prune. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness, light tartness. Medium body, oily, average carbonation. Quite dry and clammy finish. Enjoyable.

UPDATED: JUN 2, 2023 Third De Struise beer I've seen on tap during my little visit to Orlando. Draft @RLRL. Cola pour, big oatmeal head, stemware. Clove, licorice, toast, diet cola nose. Taste is cola, clove, some licorice, maybe some other spice, but it's so bland & nothing compared to my bottle experience. Tried to warm it up, but it just wasn't there.

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2023 This is beer. I got a bottle from 2021. There was not a lot of carbonation, the colour an attractive pitch black. Sweet raisin aroma, but also something heavier, earthing. Great blend of tastes, a real mouthful and almost oily. Licorice is strongest, but also raisin sweetness, coffee and a bit of dark chocolate. A decent hop bitterness in the background to make it perfect.