Struise Cuvée Delphine

Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Imperial Stout
Oostvleteren, Belgium

Grafit oil black with a longlasting brown foam on top. Aroma is delicious and rich, Coffee, cocoa and Bourbon are the major players here. There are some fine hops, some woody touches and touches of fruits and some sicky caramel. Taste is like the aroma, rich and fine. alcohol is well hidden and the afthertaste is sublime. Thanks Carlo for bringing this beer to our private tasting.

Black Black Black in colour, thick creamy longlasting head and out of this world aroma of coffee, caramel and Bourbon. The smell of this brew is super-complex and very fine. Roasted malts, tar, black chocolate, espresso and some dried plums, cherries and brown candy. Mouthfeeling is rich and silky with tons of refind and robust taste sensations like coffee, chocolate, Tia Maria Liquor, X-mas cake and bourbon. It finishes with a great hoppyness that lingers on for minutes. What can I say..... Perfection is the right word here.

Even more black than Black Albert. Aroma is complex, coffee, chocolate, hops caramel and bourbon whisky. Taste is a little more sweet than Black Albert, Vanille, dark sugars, coffee, chocolate and art. Carlos and Urbain, Merci for letting me taste the most rare beer and for telling me the story behind the colourful label.

Intens black in colour with fluffy fine brown head on top. Aroma is fantastc, its lots of coffee, chocolate, rich malts, honey, bourbon and carameized and roasted barley. Taste is super soft and incredible in balans. Aftertaste is smooth, rich, lots of soft black mocha and dark Berlgian chocolats going on in here. It end with a nice bite of refreshinh hops. What a fantastic beer

Thanks to Urbain for this, sat at Struise farm drinking this. Aged Black Albert in Four Roses bourbon barrells. Subtle bourbon aroma, thin tan head. As I swallowed my first mouthfull, something happened that I dont think has happended in years with a beer. My mouth dropped open in delight and amazement. Then Sims did as well. The most amazing beer. The flavours are stunning. Great smooth choc and coffe, bit of heat, the bourbon is there, but the smoothness is unbelievable. Charcoal on finish and toffee is incredible in the middle. Vinous. Utterly, utterly amazing.

A Mes rate. A far too generous measure at the farm, thanks so much Urbs. Possibly the best looking black body with an incredibly thick and creamy tan head that I have seen. Ian had already started on his glass when I got to mine and he nudged Sim saying - watch his face when he tries it... A soon as I took a sip they both laughed. I think I melted, Im not sure. If I was not already sat down I would have needed to instantly. What can I say other than OH MY GOD it is barrel aged Black Albert. The aroma, as utterly amazing as it is, does not give you any idea where the flavour is going to launch you. I am really struggling to find the right words here. Thick and viscous. The alcohol is so well restrained given the heady abv. Tonnes of chewy charred wood. I simply have never experienced anything like this. Freshly charred cedar springs to mind. It is just ridiculous. The finish lasts until the next millennium but is never over the top. Rather than a punch in the mouth it is more akin to a buxom goddess demanding she teaches you things that you do not yet know about. The mouthfeel is no less than sumptuous. Unbelievably complex and the most mind blowing chocolate dream of a beer I have ever had. This is not my most descriptive rate but read my notes for the regular Black Albert and imagine it following the best bit of barrel aging in existence and you get the picture. Struise, we are not worthy.

on tap at Pre-ZBF. Been wanting to try this for a while. Dark brown with a thin dark tan head. You can smell the wood in the aroma along with the dark malt and liqorice/coffee found in BA. Creamy smooth body that has a more complex flavor in the finish, you can tell the wood did some work on the beer and brings forth some earthyness and a more interesting finish. Can’t wait to get some bottles of this.

Bottle@LCRBM08. A very black colored beer, with a thick dark beige head. The aroma of dark malts, with dark cherries and chocolate. The taste of dark roasted malts, porto and oak, a little dry, fruits like prunes. The aftertaste of bitter chocolate stays long. A great beer.