Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva

Bottle shared with Hophead22, DuffmanSW, and JoeTheYounger along with some others at Hangar 22. Pours a thick dark brown with little head. aroma is boozy with dark dried fruits and plenty of oak characteristics. Flavor is candy sweet and fruity, coppery and a bit tart. Finish is a killer. cloying as hell. Super viscous. It left a terrible sticky feel lingering for a while.

33 cL bottle, much thanks to ygtbsm94. Pours an opaque dark brown with soapy tan head and some visible yeast sediment. A swirl in my snifter leaves nice legs on the side of the glass, to which the foam sticks nicely. The aroma is sweet rum and raisin bread, plum, pear, little touches of chocolate, vanilla, and oak, a hefty dose of yeast, and some spicy alcohol notes. The flavor is very fruity, with plum, raisin, black cherry, pear, and a lot of ripe papaya. Behind all that fruit is some rum and oak. There’s quite a bit of sweetness here, and all those sugars give it a sticky, almost syrupy mouthfeel. Spicy alcohol and some wooden bitterness take over the finish, which really helps cut the sweetness and keep it from becoming too cloying. Very tasty beer, though to be honest, I was hoping for a much deeper complexity.

330ml bottle, 2005. shared by mspindler, big thanks for sharing Mike. Dark pour. Lots of dark fruits in the aroma, and a little something else I couldn’t put my finger on. Flavor was very metallic, like sucking on a wrench, kind of a let down, but interesting nontheless.

Very full, large. Light head, with large particulates. Aroma does not carry a lot of alcohol. Sour fruit is prominent, along with toffee and brown sugar flavours. Very sour and sweet. Alcohol is slight compared to what I expected. First sip is overwhelming, but opens up very nicely.

[2005 Bottle] sent by Ygtbsm94, thanks Brad!! Pours a clear burnt caramel brown with ruby highlights and a medium tan head. Aroma is tart apple skins, caramel, rum soaked raisins, alcohol, fruity yeasty notes, and a touch of sherry-like oxidation. Flavor is very full, but the mouthfeel is a little thin. Lots of tart apple skins, fruitiness of the yeast is much more present than on the nose, some caramel and brown sugar, a hint of alcohol. Finishes with the apple and brown sugar lingering. Very drinkable for a beer this big.

Bottle. Hazy brown body, with a small off-white head. Aroma is brown sugar, raisins and notes of chocolate. Flavor is sweet caramel, dark fruits, and some alcohol. Great beer.

Bottle. Quite cloudy dark brown colour. The flavour is very vinous and quite fruity. There is a distinct iron note to the flavour, that I find quite unpleasant. Takes a little getting used to. Luckily Urbain was so kind as to give me a bottle, so I will have the chance to rerate it some time.

Sampled at C&P Otown Throwdown, big thanks to whoever brought this! 05 bottle. Cloudy brown pour with a creamy tan head. Aroma of holiday spice, oak, sweet malt and some yeast. Taste is sweet malt, tangy oak, dark fruit, spices and Belgian yeast. Awesome.