Struise Tsjeeses

pours an opaque honey-amber color with some suspended sediment. light tan head with nice retention and lacing. aroma is saison-like...mild spice and alcohol, some fruitiness and orange peel. also smells a bit like stille nacht. flavor is sticky sweet up front followed by spice and leather with a touch of grassiness but somewhat off and muddled. mouthfeel is nice and silky, lively with a very dry finish. not too bad but not up to my expectations of struise...

I do want to thank my wife for it she picked it up for me. Poured into a tulip I got a finger worth of white head that trailed to a thin lace. The color of the brews body was peachy orange. Some floaties were there as well Aromas of a slight earthy funk, candy sugar and spices (Nutmeg) filled my nose. The flavor was close to the nose. Sweet and earthy with some great Christmas spices. I treated it like a sipper and I loved it. The brew felt about medium bodied in my mouth with good carbonation. If my wife wants to buy me another I gladly drink it again. I might even buy one myself

Draught (vintage 2008) at Stockholm Beer Festival 2009. Hazy orange amber color. Sweet and tart aroma with gooseberry, red currant, toffee and honey. Sweet and tart-berryish flavor with red currant, spicy toffee and meat broth. Thick body. Very original, hopefully we will meet again.

0.33 L bottle. Opaque, golden-orange body. Low offwhite head. Yeasty and fresh fruity aroma. Notes of lactic acids. Also flowers, orange zest and mild spices. Taste is more spicy, has a semi-dry, restrained malt body with an acidic citric and berry-ish fruitiness. Well prononced, kind of sharpish bitterness. Medium to full body. A certain alcohol warmth in the mouth. Spicy finish. Not your usual Christmas seasonal, yet a great brew.

Really impressed by how well balanced and how well hidden the alcohol is. A lot of sediment in this one.. And a serious gusher, too! Banana, vanilla, candy yeast, and some apple notes. Struise never dissapoints.

bottle from Bierkoning. Orange, no head, or hardly. I’ve to watch out what to write, last time I rated a Struise beer i had hatemail, really! Again, the Struise Brouwers do a great thing, they make at least a part of the Belgian population aware of the fact that there can be more in beer then the Inbevsh*t they buy in their supermarket. But but but..., (I believe having the 2009 version here in my hands) Poored it, no head, orange colour, gives me the idea of a pale barley wine, not a tripel. Nice bitterness considered the style. some fruity notes like pineapple, apple, wood and even cherry. Warm cherry like alcohol. Yeast too. Definitely not bad, but no harmony at all.

Pours a nice red color with a small head... almost flat really. Aroma i ssweet and spicy with some raisins. The flavor is awesome port with dry fruit, a warming alcohol presesn with some spicy hops, somewhat rustic. Very nice beer indeed.

bottle@poatersgat brugge, dark golden, cloudy colour with a big white stable head. Smell: very fruity. Taste: a very good mix between bitter and sweet, spicy, alcohol and also a bit buttery. Very nice winterbeer!