Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva

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

11.2 oz bottle from ygtbsm94 shared with Stine and hellomynameis. Brown sugar, toasted vanilla, spicy yeast, raisins, figs with just a touch of wet oak on the nose. I actually get more grape brandy notes than calvados. Some fairly intense fusel alcohol as the beer warms. Pours a dark, muddy brown with some bright copper around the edges. Creamy palate. Good carbonation. Green apple skin and brown sugar initially on the tongue. Slightly ashy. Charred caramel. Some alcohol soaked plums. A slight copper note as well. Good, but not quite up the the caliber of the regular Reserva.

Vintage 2006 edition. Dark brown colored brew. Aroma is dried fruit, oak, spices, malts. Flavor is much like the normal Pannepot, but sweeter and adds oak. Heavy spiced flavor, raisin, licorice. Overall a very nice brew to sip.

Poured a nice copper orangish hue wit a thin head.The on this was sour and vinous cherries. Flavor was slightly sweet with a nice warming finish.

Poured from a 330 cl bottle, thanks to Tyler. Very muddy mahogany appearance. Aroma is rich and lively with lots of green apple, maple french toast, vanilla, agave, mango skins, and field greens. Flavor seems slightly oxidized with tastes of cardboard rimmed with honey and maple. Crisp tastes of pear and apple skins with a hollow undertone of high alcohol cider. Dry spices and white grapes. Doughy and sugary like full bodied rum. Banana and extraneous creamy sweetness powers through in the finish. Palate is lightly prickly but very soft. Very satisfying, but lacking in complexity comparitive to the standard reserva, and possibly slightly underaged; give it some time.

Pours attractive deep brown with a finger thick tan head. The flavor and nose on this was rich and powerful without being too sweet. Dried fruit, caramel, cherries, vanilla, oak, all blending nicely. Creamy on the palate.

Bottle Muddy, deep brown body. Lightly brown, creamy head. Very nice appearance. Aroma of sweet malts (caramel), fruits (apple, peach), liquor and wood. Nice complexity in the aroma, but not overwhelming. Moderately bitter, moderately sweet flavour of hops, malts (caramel), cane sugar, ... Nice well balanced flavour with some complexity. Drinks very smoothly (which is the main danger when drinking this beer :) ).

bottle thanks to tyler. glad to have you with us for the night.... pours a dark a really dark caramel brown with a thin level of light brown head..... enticing aroma of sour oak and apples with a mild spice profile.... flavors of sweet malt, dark fruit, sour oak much more so than the regular reserva. spices are not as prominent as the regular.... both the regular and reserva are better than this imo.

Rating 1111. 2005 vintage bottle, big, big thanks to cgarvieuk. Shared with my girl at home. Deep walnut pour with a bunch of silky-fine tan foam, good substance to it, sticky lacy bits and a lingering layer. Aroma that changes every time I put my nose in the glass. First sniff, with the beer still settling, was sort of a rancid butter thing. That happily dissipates almost immediately; then it’s lovely aged Christmas pud, on to big sweet cherries soaked in brandy, raw chocolate, all in a background of well-oiled mahogany. Flavor is some kind of magical raw muscovado sugar, with the lovely subtle sour notes mixed with chocolate, rum, vapory dark fruit. But unlike eating sugar, where a spoonful overwhelms you with sweetness, this has a soft dry finish with just the lightest sweet touch and a nice lingering plum sourness. This comes together beautifully.