Struise Pannepot

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

2006 Version. What a wonderful beer. The thing that makes this stand out for me is the carbonation. I love the way that this beer dances on the tongue. Dark fruits and spice dominate the flavor. One of my favorite beers.

11.2 oz bottle, 2006. Pours a muddy brown color with a small tan foamy head with suspended brown particulates. Nose is vinous with dark fruits, cocoa, alcohol outlining citrus and spices. Mouthfeel of activate micro bubbles spread across the palate. Initial taste of caramel, liquorish, cocoa, cherries, cinnamon and earthy malts. Mid palates displays the warmth and spiciness of the alcohol. Finishing with raisins, brown sugar and balancing bitter hops. Good head retention, medium to full body. Palate duration is above average. A really great belgian strong!

On tap at Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fà: Rom/Italy: Hazy red/brown colour,nice creamy head. Aroma of fruits, cola, raisins, chocolate, and a citrus ending. Flavor is the same, but is complex and has a nice spicynes, who gives a nice smouth mouth feeling,Medium body, and a mediumfruity finish. A Great beer!

What can i say...Wonderful beer here. Fruity taste almost but smooth as silk. Too bad it is not available in more states I had to get it from Belgium. The 2007 is great as well as the 2006. Try this its a must~~

2006 edition: Eclipsed crimson. Ornately thick, lathery beige froth deposits clingy lace. Extravagantly fresh aromas of raisin bread, caramelized malt, plums, black cherries and dark rum. Elegant wafts of creamed coffee, earthy yeast, cocoa, vanilla, bubblegum, cinnamon and clove. Creamy, tiny-bubbled carbonation gently caresses the palate. Spicy alcohol paves the way for a vibrant, tongue-coating rush of banana pudding and vanilla- and putty-accented yeast. Alcohol augments the dryness but is exquisitely cloaked, and its sparse remnants are blanketed by the pillow-soft body and delicate yeastiness. Vibrant rum-infused plum flavors are enriched by a rich and squeaky-clean bready malt undertow. Dainty whispers of wafery malt contribute softness to the deep malt frame. Body is perfect as the malts are well-structured and the esters equally lustrous. Finespun bubblegum flavors add to the estery luster while a dusting of cocoa bolsters the earthiness. Sugary residuals flash their sweetness before a cleansing leathery dryness and astringency cleans things up. Never remotely cloying or medicinal despite the copious amount of sugars in this. Finishes immaculately attenuated with an equilibrium of plum, raisin, and chocolate malt notes. Notes of rummy alcohol and leather linger. Man, what a fantastic nose! So rich and aromatically malty, yet extremely subtle with a dizzying array of yeast-derived complexity at the same time. In my opinion, this beer has always relied too heavily on the candy sugar and has consequently suffered from overt sweetness and subpar attenuation. Gotta say, though, that this bottling has drastically improved over the past year as it is now remarkably cohesive and elegant rather than cloyingly medicinal. It’s now clear to me - and I say this without hesitation - when this beer brings its “A” game, it’s is on par with the best Belgian Strongs/Abbot 12s of the world.

So i was at Eulogy in Old City, Philly and ordered the St Bernardus 12 on tap. The waitress said "before you settle on that, we have a couple bottles of Pannepot". Sold. Everything I love about Belgian ales I love more about Pannepot. This beer is extraordinary.

Dark carmel with light tan head. Great aroma of warm fruit cake. Flavor is more licorice, roasted malt and sour coffee. A bit sweet and very luxurious. What a wonderful brew to bring out during the holidays.

Dark brown with a large dark tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel, candy sugar, and licorice. Flavor is sweet but balanced. Perfect palate, oh so creamy. Beautiful.