Struiselensis

Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Sour Ale
Oostvleteren, Belgium

Sweet, tart nose. Flavor is gentle on the sour side with some brett funk. Finishes dry and sweet. NIce lively carbonation. Tasty beer.

11.2oz. bottle, with yet another that is thanks to john_adam2002; this is a great bonus, and hope you get back to the site someday! Pours a clear light golden with a fizzy white head that slowly dissipates, minimal lacing. Aroma is tart and sour, with lemon rind, and slightly musty. Flavor has more of the same, but remains well balanced and only slightly, but more on the gentle side. There is a nice lingering sour rind along with a more lively carbonation. This is a nice, easy drinking sour, thanks again Adam!

11.2 oz bottle. Hazy yellow/golden color with a small white head that quickly dissipated. Aroma of tropical fruits, lightly toasted malts, some barnyard notes and a bit of apple. Flavor starts off mildly sweet before turning somewhat tart, especially on the finish. Tropical fruits, as well as apples and grapes. A bit of band aid along with a hint of wood. Thin bodied with lively carbonation takes away from the mouthfeel but at the same time makes it very light and refreshing.

Blond appearance with little with head. Nose is first dominated by some bretta and lactic notes, developing in more acidic, quite vinegary one, as it warms a bit. In mouth is extremely mellow, with delicate yet firm lactic notes. Very refreshing. I’d had drank bottles.

Bottle. Hazy orange colour with a very thin white head. Sour aroma with hints of some fruits. The flavour is also very sourish and fruity, notes of apples and yeast. Very short aftertaste and acidic mouthfeel. Not bad for a sour ale.

I know full well that Flemish sours are a challenging style to get into, so I’m a long way from giving this kind of beer my highest ratings. That said, the hazy, pale gold appearance with hints of lacing are nice, and the nose is pleasantly sour with farm notes. The puckeringly sour taste is roughly on par with most Baco Noirs: intense with a short, very dry, juicy finish, a bit like like pomegranate concentrate. Even a hint of pineapple in the finish. Smooth, almost flat and thick body. But it just tastes too much like stomach acid to be enjoyable to me, even if that is the point. My apologies to the Flemish Sour diehards are there, but I just can’t enjoy this.

gold pour with a nice white head. Aroma is heavy lemon tartness and a bit of white wine. More lemon goodness in the flavor along with grape skin, mild brett funk, and a touch of hay. Tart acidic finish, just a tad watery.

Bottle: (Thanks kosko20!) Pours a hazy golden with a dense white film of head. Has a crisp fruity nose of sour apple skins, mild white wine, green grapes and a touch of leather/cherry-pit brett character. Has a light and fluffy body. Lemony tartness dominate the fore of the flavor, lightly acidic. The tartness fades fairly quickly into some musty Belgian yeast character and mild lactic notes. The flavor are somewhat simple, and brief. Not as complex as many good examples, but still decent.