Piraat 10.5%

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Solid beer if you like strong Belgian Ales. Piraat has plenty of spice, body, and alcohol to put you down for the night. I didn’t think that the taste of this beer was as fruity as it was spicy with loads of coriander and and honey. Good sipping beer that grabs the back of your throat as you swallow. If you don’t know what I mean by that...try it.

Golden beer with frothy yellow head. Malty with metallic and heavily alcoholic. Average for the style.

Bottel 33. Nice yellow color, the alccol is vey present but the aroma is nice anyway. More fruty than Duvel beers. Quite bitter at the end.

Pours a beautiful amber-golden colour with an impressive fluffy white head. Aroma is very malty, with a subtle fruitiness and even a hint of toffee. Malt is the dominant flavour throughout, however the sweetness brought about from the grape-like and sweet citrus flavours balances this bitterness well. The alcoholic flavour shocked me at first, but after a few mouthfuls the alcoholic flavour is completely masked by the complexity gained from the combination of bitter and sweet flavours. Quite crisp despite its maltiness. Yo ho ho!

Squat little dusty bottle of unknown vintage found in a corner at Lueken’s in Dunedin, FL. Pours murky brackish brown with gold streaks and edges to go along with a light colored tan head. The aroma first attacks with fruitiness coming from sweet grapes and sweet apples then softens up with smooth muted spices and earthiness. Another draw brings up prunes, figs and over ripe cherries. The taste is punctuated by bubbly carbonation creating bold yet smooth notes of apples, grapes and then sweet Belgian candi sugar. Then by midway the fruitiness becomes darker and richer and accompanied by smooth blended spice notes. It ends pretty dry with a lingering an apple, raisin and grape mixture.

On tap. Pours yellow with a nice head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is very fruity - flavor is some pear, apple. Mouthfeel is decent. Strong and goes down nicely.

330ml bottle from the LCBO as part of a Belgian Ale Sampler pack It has a sweet fruity and spicy aroma Poured a pale orange amber with small with head and good glass lacing The taste is sweet and spicy with a warm hint of the alcohol and a lot of carbination ARRRRRRRRR it is gooood

Bottle from variety pack. Colour; amber yellow, huge frothy white head. Aroma: Yeast and spice, very mild alcohol in the aroma also, some spices. Flavour: Malt, spices, alcohol, plums, with a bitter malt finish. Not bad.