Struise Dirty Horse

Formerly brewed at De Struise Brouwers
Style: Sour Ale
Oostvleteren, Belgium

I had really been looking forward to this beer - all the hype - alle the expectations. The more were the disappointment when I tastes this at De Molen Festival. The aroma to me is first of all dusty, the feeling of cellar is constantly present with a distant sourness somewhere - on top of that some rye. The pour is moisty and cloudy light brown reddish. The taste is flamish and appears very old. The sourness is sour like red sweet grapefruits, but the taste of dust is there side by side with the sweetness. The palate is watery with a very low carbonation and no aftertaste what so ever. Struise has so much better to offer than this. I had actually decided not to write this rating in - but seeing what is happening - people even changing their first rating to a way better rating seem like a mass psycosis, I couldn´t help but adding my oppinion to the picture. To me its like the kid screamin...He has nothing on., can´t really understand what all the fuzz is with this beer. Maybe it´s just my taste butts that´s molested.

Tap @ 1st BBF, De Molen.
Pours a lovely hazy red with a big, creamy, off-white head. Impressive lacings. Aroma has tart cherries, oak, herbs, red wine and a bit of marzipan. A touch of cellar. Medium carbonation, nice creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is soft, tart, cherries, sweet malts, oak, dry, bretty, lemony and a touch of stayin lactic acid. Really nice, but an average rating beyond 4.4? Well...

Draught at 1st Borefts Beer Festival at De Molen. Hazy orange red coloured with a lacing off white head. Light acidic aroma of red wine with notes of caramel, vinegar and lactic acid. Fruity and light acidic flavour of vinegar and caramel with notes of red wine, oak, vanilla and berries. Tart finish. Well balanced acidity.

Had this at the Borefts Beer Festival, De Molen Brewery, Bodegraven, Netherlands 30-10-09 Pours reddish in colour with a white filmy head and quite stunning sour fruity aroma, also some wood there as well. I get some fresh berries and the tastes is so funky and sour quite a wonderful contrast to the Imperial Stouts I’d been having over at the other venue. I also get that Cremola soda soft drink that you has as a kid, fruitiness is great, lovely, lovely stuff. A9 A4 F8 P4 Ov17 4.2

Tap @ BBF. Hazy pink color, medium head. Aroma is very fruity, barnyard, tart, bit wood. Perfectly balanced sourness, soft fruity, hint of sweetness. Awesome sour ale.

Tap at BBF. Ruby body with large head. Totally not my style but have to give respect to this beer. Fruit and sour nose. Taste is also quite sour but sweet. Refined and went down well.

Tasted at 1st Borefts Bier Festival, Bodegraven. Hazy ruby coloured, big head. Fruity notes all over the place, sourness and wood as well. Flavour is sour and sweet, not as harsh as a lambic, but stil pretty complex. Very nice beer.