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Elliot Brew
De Struise Brouwers
- From:
- De Struise Brouwers
- Belgium
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,865 - ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #14,493 - Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 11.99%
- Reviews:
- 292
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 08, 2022
- Added:
- Oct 29, 2007
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 22
Collaboration with Mikkeller
Brewed at Deca Services, Woesten-Vleteren, Belgium.
Ingredients: Water, malt, hops, candy sugar, ale yeast and spices.
According to the brewers, this is the hoppiest beer ever brewed in Belgium.
Brewed at Deca Services, Woesten-Vleteren, Belgium.
Ingredients: Water, malt, hops, candy sugar, ale yeast and spices.
According to the brewers, this is the hoppiest beer ever brewed in Belgium.
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Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland
4/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dark caramel appearance, fizzy tan head, decent retention, minimal lacing. Malt, yeast, biscuit, grapefruit, pine notes. Medium to full body, moderate to high carbonation. Malty, fruity, dank, uniquely amazing.
May 08, 2022Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
4.4/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Fresh at the brewery tap.
Brown amber color with a thick head.
Aroma with notes of cherries, deep oak, bourbon, caramel and vinous.
Flavor with intense notes of cherries, lots of oaks, grapes, spices, earth, deep Jerez, caramels and hop juice. Quite dry aftertaste with a decent bitterness.
Medium to full body with appropriate carbonation.
Over 200 IBUs initially and now heaven. Perfect connection between hopiness, barrel age and deep sweetness.
Oct 09, 2019Brown amber color with a thick head.
Aroma with notes of cherries, deep oak, bourbon, caramel and vinous.
Flavor with intense notes of cherries, lots of oaks, grapes, spices, earth, deep Jerez, caramels and hop juice. Quite dry aftertaste with a decent bitterness.
Medium to full body with appropriate carbonation.
Over 200 IBUs initially and now heaven. Perfect connection between hopiness, barrel age and deep sweetness.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.92/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
2011 vintage, drank 1/12/14.
Brewed with candied sugars.
Dark red rust hue.
HUGE khaki head (careful pouring!); tons of sticky lace.
Mild caramel nose.
Medium mouthfeel. 3 years in, the citrus flavors are gone, leaving a mild caramel taste & a slightly bitter, dry finish.
I had one in 2012 that tasted much better...
Mar 11, 2019Brewed with candied sugars.
Dark red rust hue.
HUGE khaki head (careful pouring!); tons of sticky lace.
Mild caramel nose.
Medium mouthfeel. 3 years in, the citrus flavors are gone, leaving a mild caramel taste & a slightly bitter, dry finish.
I had one in 2012 that tasted much better...
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
3.68/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
2013 Vintage. Pours cloudy, amber in color with 3/4 inch head. Taste is Earl Grey tea, leafy hops, dark bread, Belgian sugar, and a bit of grain. Bitter with a dry aftertaste, medium bodied, with moderate carbonation. Almost like a mix between a dubbel and a Belgian IPA. Interesting and creative brew. I prefer Struise's quads, but this is worth a try if you enjoy their brews.
Jan 07, 2017Reviewed by Meyers1023 from New York
3.86/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This gushed out of a bottle marked Vintage 2013 a dark amber almost brown color with a huge amount of off white head that sticks around. The smell is sweet, a little citrusy, and piney all together. There is a lot going on with the flavor. You get hop bitterness up front but you can tell that the fact it's aged subdues that a little. You get some citrus with a good amount of malt and sugar to balance it out. The feel is medium with a good amount of carbonation. This is a very interesting beer. I'm guessing it was supposed to be aged seeing the bottle was labeled with the vintage year. I would like to see what it taste like fresh.
Jan 12, 2016Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.43/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Bottle purchased at Oliver's Beverage in Albany, NY. Accdidentally purchased a '13 vintage of this.
This one pours a moderately dark brown, with some yeastiness at the bottom, with a small head, and no real lacing.
Smells like caramel, faded leafy hops, some pine, and baked bread.
This has certainly faded with time and become worse. It's not entirely unpleasant, as there's a somewhat interesting malt backbone behind it, but there's kind of a metallic character to it that I don't love, and a strong Belgian yeastiness that's fairly distracting.
This is slightly syrupy in the body, with a very high level of carbonation, making it prickly on the finish.
This has definitely degraded, but it was still interesting enough to drink.
Jul 30, 2015This one pours a moderately dark brown, with some yeastiness at the bottom, with a small head, and no real lacing.
Smells like caramel, faded leafy hops, some pine, and baked bread.
This has certainly faded with time and become worse. It's not entirely unpleasant, as there's a somewhat interesting malt backbone behind it, but there's kind of a metallic character to it that I don't love, and a strong Belgian yeastiness that's fairly distracting.
This is slightly syrupy in the body, with a very high level of carbonation, making it prickly on the finish.
This has definitely degraded, but it was still interesting enough to drink.
Reviewed by Beer-Zombie from Oregon
4.71/5 rDev +20.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.71/5 rDev +20.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Going off old notes. Pours up a murky copper color with a nice frothy off white head. The nose is citrus, sweetness, yeasty, lots more citrus, apricot. Taste is very citrusy, nice bitterness, yeasty, great pale malt flavor, nice spritzy carbo, medium bodied. Great brew
May 09, 2015Rated by DeutschesBier from Maryland
3.1/5 rDev -20.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.1/5 rDev -20.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
I'm not sure how fresh this keg was, but there was minimal aroma and taste. A bit of bitterness. Would revisit.
Feb 26, 2015
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Beer rating:
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