Struise Pannepot Reserva

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

This tasted great. I’m curious how long you can keepthis beer. I just drunk the vintage 2005. 31-05-2008. Indeed a bit of a oak flavour. Perhaps i buy a few and keep them to try them every year.

In short: A big heavy sweet candy in a bottle. Superb.
How: Bottle 750ml, shared by tertons with sunevdj and I. Drank about 1 year after the beer release. Thanks a lot Nelson!!!
The look: Cloudy light brownish body with a long-lasting medium off-white head
In long: Just like the regular Pannepot this one has a strong candy feeling. Crisp sweet red liquorice wrapped around dried fruits of all kinds. Big heavy trappist-like malted and yeasty body. Some spicy hard candies in there too. Barrel aging did change the taste but I didn’t get much wood/barrel in the taste if any at all. Seemed crisper with a stronger spiciness sensation than the regular Pannepot. Also present was a little sweet Sherry wine flavour and a much welcomed light cherry sourness. Don’t know which one I prefer, I’m rating this one higher right now but I’m due for a Pannepot re-rate since I like it more and more very time. Thanks again to Nelson for opening your cooler in exchange for floor-space at my hotel room. That was an excellent deal to me, usually people who offers beers like that don’t ask to sleep on the floor, they ask to sleep in my bed and do dirty things to me… and I say yes :(

(on bottle)Deep, chestnutbrown/red, beige head. Caramelsweet, with some chocolate and a ton of maltinfluence. A very short carbonation and a very sweet, prunish taste. Not that balanced, very dominating dark fruits in finish, witch has a lack of carbonation, hence gets pretty watery. Exected a whole lot more from this baby.

Thanks iowaherkeye for the opportunity to try this rare gem. Cola brown pour with a thick brown head. Aroma was very malty with some metal. Flavor was brown sugar, malty sweetness, metal, clove, vanilla, popcorn, butter, and alcohol. Finishes awkwardly sweet but with a mineral blood thing going on.

(2006 vintage tasted on 2008-03-23) Deep dark brown. Sweet malty nose with some chocolate and salty liquorice. Taste has some roasted malts, caramell, sweet sugar, chocolate, salty liquorice and fruitiness. Some spices. Fine beer.

(big thanks to footbalm for the hookup)deep dark brown with a thick light brown head.i get nice webbing on the glass as it sits.aroma is allspice,alcohol,belgain yeast and brown sugar.flavor boats what the aroma does.well balanced beer but a bit bland.

Dark brown, nice tan head. Aroma is oak, yeast, caramel, spice Taste is yeast, oak, light vanilla, light caramel which is blinded by the yeast.

750 ml bottle from Footbalm; Nose of Vanilla, dark fruit, and some light oakiness; hazy brown with a medium, glass-lacing tan head; flavor of chocolate, vanila, fruitiness, and som ewell covered alcohol. I like the regular Pannepot much better!