Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva

Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Oostvleteren, Belgium

2005@Volo, shared with Denver Dave.. Aroma is balsamic vinegar, mixed fruit and brown sugar, inviting murky brown, small tan head. A complexity of flavours, a few being raisins, pitfruits, pomegranates, loads of malt. Medium bodied, sour/tart, dry, yet oh so drinkable, most satisfying. Scrumptious!

33 cl bottle - 2005 vintage; thanks to Sammy for the trade; pours very dark amber with thin tan head; rich aromas of wood, bourbon, candy, sugar and dank fruit; a slight tartness like the danish version and rich flavors of spice, raisins and fruit; dry and mild sour finish; very oaky and sweet; pretty damn good, but a little bit of a letdown as i wasn’t blown away by the flavors or texture

12 oz. bottle, thanks Brad! Deep mahogany pour with really nice creamy lacing. Initial blast of single malt scotch whiskey. Tofee comes in quite a bit as it warms. Creamy and rich. A booziness can easily be detected from the get-go. The biggest weakness here is a strange astringent bitterness around the edges, which comes off as almost sour and simply doesn’t belong in this brew. It’s really rich, creamy, has alot of nice components, but certainly didn’t all seem to come together right. Not as good as the normal Pannepot.

Tasted from the bottle at the Kulminator in Antwerp. Dark reddish hues with a tan head. Flavors predominant of dried fruit, raisin, licorice, almond. On the sweeter side with a very full smooth mouthfeel. Very god indeed.

Bottled(330ml). -Courtesy of Papsoe, shared with Doggythedog (thanks both of them for giving and sharing)
Vintage 2005. Ruby dark redish coloured, pale brown head, fruity light caramel nose. Sherry, vinous fruity and alcoholic taste with notes of raisins and spices. Interesting but...

Pours dark mahogany with a small, but dense, dark tan head. The aroma has lots of oak, dark caramel, brown sugar, Belgium yeast and candi sugar. Medium / thick body with very soft carbonation. The flavor starts with rich Belgium malt, oakiness, dark red fruits, light Belgium yeast and green apple. The finish is fairly hot and a bit bready. This is quite nice, but I’m still more of a fan of the original Pannepot. Big thanks to xmarcnolanx for sharing this hard to find brew.

Vintage 2005, huge, HUGE thanks to Papsoe for giving it to me at the RBESG08, along with some other stuff (Ungstrup was around too so the thanks might extend to him too). Shared with ogivlado. Poured a murky, opaque red-brown body with a medium sized thick beige head. Malty nose... caramel, raisins, sherry, alcohol. The taste struck me as quite lighter than I expected, but it was still very enjoyable. Very fine maltiness (wood, light sherry) with nice light vinuous warming notes of alcohol. A distinct herbal, fresh note hits after that before the taste spirals into oblivion, mint I reckoned, but not exactly. Raisins... light light acidity. Very interesting and though not as great as I hope it would be, still a very good beer.

Thanks to henrikb for this beauty. Vintage 2005, dark walnut brown pour with a rocky, dirty white head, this is a good looking brew. The oak and calvados influences shine through in the flavor with a slightly sweet-finish. Other flavors I could taste are raisin, and a bit of alcohol. This is very good