Struiselensis

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

Bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with virtually no head. Smells great, citrusy, tart, only slightly funky, nice. Tastes tart and fruity, sour but notsuper sour. No descernable funkiness which is nice for a change. Nice beer. Medium, tart body, slightly dry, good carbonation.

Cloydy and light yellow colour. Sourness but not much aroma. Some mild fruits and lemon taste. Average carbonation.

Dull yellow. Large bubbles condense into a fine, persistent cap of white cream. Musty cellar and iron arouse the olfactory senses alongside notes of peach, dried pineapple, flowery hops and a distant note of bandage phenols. Fine, soft carbonation. Very soft body. Briskly sour and irony from the outset, and deeply quenching due to the bright and crisp acids. Delicately flavored bandage-phenols gently scrub the palate but are soon swept by the wayside as the center becomes slightly flabby. Wavering acidity puckers the palate one moment before soon dropping off as it struggles to fully latch onto the extremely soft body. Ample yet well-composed fruitiness reminiscent of lemons and unripe peaches enhances the acidity while working to offset some of the dryness. Deeply buried malts are well-attenuated yet retain some of their bounciness as they sparkle in the background while imparting a vividly defined straw flavor which beautifully anchors the yeast derived acids. Gritty iron gently scratches the throat at the swallow. Finishes tropical-fruit laden with glimpses of mango, pineapple, and unripe banana along with a trailing of salt, vanilla-accented yeast and strawlike malts which linger. This is certainly headed in the right direction, but it’s pretty straightforward right now. While I do enjoy the softness, the biggest detraction is the slight limpness.

Bottle... MBSBF’08 ... This beer rocks!... Murky yellow ale with a small, creamy, white head. Funky, acidic aroma with notes of fuzzy fruit and lemon. Medium-bodied with tingly carbonation. Tart, tart, tart. Lovely! Sour, moderately bitter, balanced finish. Bottle of this world class stuff shared by mgumby10!

bottle 750ml., First impression: i thought that i bite a lemon, sour goes to my ears. Carbonated as cow brand, the kind of beer i hate. Color is nice golden foggy, aroma is lemony, it taste as a bad lambic and finish is dry. My son like it that’s why i have it in my cave. Now i have an eye on him.

330ml bottle Pikkulintu, Helsinki, Bitter and Sour 2008. Shared with FatPhil 150508 color: orange Scent:sour Taste: nice complex fruityness and strong astringent sourness.

Pours a cloudy gold with almost no head. Amazing aroma, nice sour and funky. The flavor is almost lighter than I expected based on the aroma. I really though it would be a lot more sour. Nice fruit flavor, mainly apple I thought, and very good tartness. I just wish it was even more sour.

smalll bottle: pours a cloudy light honey apple juice colour with a small white head that is lively and pretty. aroma is wonderful of honey and tart apple, fresh orchard bloosoms and small wafts of funk. almost perfect aroma. the flavour is bright adn cheerful with the tartness of unripe apples and good funky sour yeast. the finish is exceptional with a good tingle on the back palate and near perfect dryness. i love this beer.