Struise Double Black

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

Thanks Carlo for letting me taste this hard to get monster. Pours a thick and oily black nectar with a head on. Slight carbonated and very rich in the nose. taste is creamy and oil like, it is sweet, super delicious and it is a magnifications of its smaler brother Black Albert. Rich and hot on the pallet with a panorama of endless sensations of coffee, cocoa, Bourbon and soft alcohol. Carlo proudly served us this beer a small liquor glass.

Incredible viscosity and almost oily, this liquid tar even holds carbonation and forms a small but good looking brown head. Aroma is rich, roasted and boozy, with interesting sensations of dried raisins soaked in brown Rum, coffee chocolate and luchious sugars. This (Beer) is so thick and rich that the taste stays in your mouth for minutes. Its was offered and served in a small sample glass by master brewer Urbain himself. Thanks Struise for this unique treat.

Drunk at the Struise Farm. Black as night. Bourbon is quite present. What is amazing is that it is still quite distinctly a beer. Its a bit hot, but the intense choc/coffee stuns me. Its unlike anything Ive had. Like an Ultra Imperial Stout with bourbon, Its so smooth, some honey heat on end. Its not something I thought I would like, but its just som smooth and slightly creamy and the honeyish bourbon notes are a delight. Cannot wait for the 39% version

Bottle@LCRBM08. Aroma has chocolate, coffee, bourbon, wine, vanilla. Very rich. Thick and slick black coloured beer. It is a sweet and heavy beer. Very full of taste (and alcohol) Has chocolate, wine, bourbon, coffee, some overripe fruits. Full bodied. Fantastic!

Aufgrund der geringen mir zur Verfügung stehenden Testmege folgt ein baldiger Nachtest! Stark malzig-süßer Antrunk. Hier bei versprüht das Malz eine imense Stärke und Komplexität, unerreicht vollmundig. Die Süße ist zwar sehr stark, wird aber nie zu krass, der hohe Alkoholgehalt ist nur im Ansatz erkennbar und super versteckt. Spitzen Bier!!!

Bottle@LCRBM2008. A very dark black colored beer, with a little beige head. The aroma a very dark chocolate. some smoked malts. Dark overripe fruits. The taste is thick heavy. There is dark pure chocolate met strong coffee. The alcohol is well hidden. The aftertaste is smooth with a little vanilla, some bitter. How great a bear can be....

Out of a decanter at the struise farm. On the day of massive treats beyond reconning! Alround rating: Asd a big fan of all fortified wines(mainly port, maderia and old sherry) this is up there in that catagory, its not really a beer for me, as it plays with you in ways that beer does not and it doesnt taste like any beer iv ever had in the past either, even when mixed with batch 4 mikkeller struise! Its just massive, like sweet roasted chocolate, peppery alcohol blends with the fruit to make its like a thick fruit punch, peach syrup comes to mind. The alcohol is immencly weel hidden, yea i know its over 10% but nothering like one and a half times that. I had about 4 glasses of the stuff and watched in horror stupified by the fact that urban poued 2 or so glasses down the drain. An absolute pleasure and one i cant wait to have again.

A Mes rate. Again a far too full receptacle forced upon me at the farm, thanks so much Urbs. Just a little too much. This actually weighed in at a paltry 29% so Urbain eventually decided it should be watered down with Black Albert. Yes he did say that. Tsjeeses this is stupid, ridiculous, crazy off its knockers silly. Madder than a bag of frogs. You can feel it hitting like a sledgehammer with each sip and it takes your breath away with eisbock outlandishness. Blacker than the depths of space and erm... how the hell is it holding on to a head? Thick espresso strewn through a cafetiere with added beans of death, has this been dry beaned? Never mind dry hopping. Lashings of chocolate and following on in the same vein to the Delphine, the barrel notes are simply unsurpassed by anything. It is a bourbon concentrate chocolate liqueur and is just mind blowingly over the top but completely adorable. To quote a friend of mine... IMPOSSIBLE.