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Struise Black Albert 4.08 647

Struise Black Albert

Percentile
100
overall
Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Imperial Stout

Oostvleteren, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

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6474.1/5.04.08/5.0Special13%93.7Snifter
Commercial Description:
This Belgian Royal Stout was brewed as a tribute to one of America’s best pubs. Jennifer and Chris Lively who run the place may be proud of Ebenezer’s Pub. Not only do they have 35 beers on draught, most of these are hard to find Supreme Belgian Ales. Above that, they have one of the most extensive bottle-conditioned beer lists through different bottling dates we have ever seen. Not only can you drink almost any Belgian beer, the worlds best brewery’s are represented. A lot of the guests talk about the American Kulminator, yet with that difference that the Belgian inspired food, is simply great. Black Albert was brewed and crafted with a 100% Belgian ingredients. Pours a blacker than black beer with an inch of dark tan head that lingers as it cascades into itself. Nice aroma of bitter-sweet chocolate, fresh torrified coffee beans, barley, candy sugar, complex fruits, and floral hops. At the front, there is spiced baker’s chocolate, fresh mocha, caramel like barley touches, and underlying hints of dried fruits which marries the back of your palate and features a Top, and well integrated but not overbearing hop flavour. The after-taste is well balanced and shows a panorama of extreme sensations like chocolate and coffee bitters, a plum cake richness that covers the palate, and a crisp impression of hop bitters that brings elegance and freshness into this massive brew. Artwork done by www.beautifulfreaktattoo.com
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 Taverner (863), San Ramon, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/514/20
Dec 6, 2009  
Bottle from The Trappist. Pours black with brown head. Licorice, licorice and licorice! Flavors of dark fruits, esp Plum and Fig, dried. Strong and alcoholic, yet smooth. Black Jack Gum - totally.


 CaptainCougar (5519), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 6, 2009  
Bottle sampled on 7/10/08: Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a well-lacing frothy dark tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel malt and some lactic character with plummy notes and bitter roastiness. Body starts fairly full and viscous with good dark caramel and chocolate sweetness with some alcoholic warmth and dark fruity complexity. Seems like it could stand to age a little while to mellow some.


 patrickfannon (348), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/519/20
Dec 5, 2009  
Bottle. 11.2 oz. Pours dark black, but settles to a deep, opaque chesnut brown with a thin, velvety beige head. Aroma of figs, raisins, almonds, roasted malts, and hints of chocolate and espresso. Medium, insanely smooth body. Great, smmoth finish. Excellent imperial sout.


Joen (9), Zeist, Netherlands
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4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Nov 29, 2009    Updated: Dec 3, 2009
A 33cl bottle (EXP 2013). It’s a very dark brown beer with a brown fine head. The beer has a port like odour with a hint of licorice. Whre you expect a sweet taste... it’s not there. Almost all the sugars are converted into alcohol.. Malty and licorice taste. With a nice bitterness which lasts. Very nice


 LanceUppercut (133), Sweden
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Nov 28, 2009  
A good belgian IS? I gotta admit I was a bit skeptical, even though I like other beers from Struise, mainly due to the fact that the foam resembled that of the Hercule IS that I didn’t find too exciting. The aroma was wonderful though, if only a bit sharp - Chocolate, liquorish and orange peel. The taste is subtle at first, and then the complex flavors creep up on you. Rum raisins, apples, calvados, red wine, chocolate and just a touch of alcohol in the finish. It’s elegant, fruity, and a bit acidic. An absolutely awesome beer! Works great together with Lindts chocolate with seasalt.


 radiomgb (2040), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/515/20
Nov 27, 2009  
Black, long lasting large creamy tan head, good lacing. Aroma is lacking, some light sourness, very light roast, some chocolate. Flavour is creamy, light alcohol, sourness is still there, roast and bitter chocolate come out more as this warms. Roasty mouthfeel, medium body, high carbonation. Finishes warm, long, roasty.

The aroma killed this one for me. Metallic and sour. I think that this one wouldn’t age any longer. I had so much excitement opening this one, a total letdown.

330ml bottle obtained in a trade with TheCheeseMan, thanks Dan.
Opened on March 15, 2009.
Lot A. Best before April 2013.


TheDoctor (53), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/518/20
Nov 26, 2009  
black pour with good tan head which lasts for ages. coffee beans, sugar, dried fruits, some hops. complex, massive, but surprisingly I preferred the Struise Pannepot.


pompelmoes (69), Belgium
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Nov 26, 2009  
Intens black in colour with warm-brown coloured head on top. Aroma is very coffee and chocolate like, it has some hints of Belgian yeast, and an interesting fruity side too, cherries, plums and maibe some port wine. Taste is very smooth, a little warm, but alc is well hidden, also lots of burned and roasted sensations who are well in balance with the refreshing aspects of the fruity caracter of this original Belgian Stout.



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