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Svea IPA
De Struise Brouwers
- From:
- De Struise Brouwers
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 12.74%
- Reviews:
- 63
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 24, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 24, 2011
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 10
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.12/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottle purchased at Oliver's Beverage in Albany, NY. I love De Struise, so I picked this up on a whim. Unfortunately after deciphering their bottle code, I determined this bottle is from March 2012. So take this review with a grain, or entire shaker, of salt.
This one pours a murky dark-ish brown, with a few yeasty chunks, and a small head with no lacing.
Smells a bit oxidized, unsurprisingly, with some rye, caramel, and slight grassy hops.
It's amazing that this still has any hop character left at all, but there is some grassy bitterness still left here. There's some clovey Belgian yeast character, heavier oxidation than the aroma, spicy rye, and some kinda weird herbal character that I can't place. This is certainly not the ideal condition to enjoy this beer, and it's not great, but it's surprisingly not as bad as I would've figured.
This is medium bodied, with a herbal bitterness that lingers for quite a long time. There is a lower level of carbonation.
This has fallen off mightily it would seem, but I didn't super hate it.
Jun 23, 2015This one pours a murky dark-ish brown, with a few yeasty chunks, and a small head with no lacing.
Smells a bit oxidized, unsurprisingly, with some rye, caramel, and slight grassy hops.
It's amazing that this still has any hop character left at all, but there is some grassy bitterness still left here. There's some clovey Belgian yeast character, heavier oxidation than the aroma, spicy rye, and some kinda weird herbal character that I can't place. This is certainly not the ideal condition to enjoy this beer, and it's not great, but it's surprisingly not as bad as I would've figured.
This is medium bodied, with a herbal bitterness that lingers for quite a long time. There is a lower level of carbonation.
This has fallen off mightily it would seem, but I didn't super hate it.
Reviewed by jotafq from Uruguay
2.79/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.79/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Using an unusual combination of four types of malt barley, oats, wheat and rye. Malty profile with hops extremely timids, always in the background.
A: dark amber body with a good and persistent head.
S: Not quite what you would expect from an IPA. Sweet caramel notes and some citrus in the background and something with peach fruit notes.
T: follows the smell with an entry malty caramel and a final herbal hops were slightly dry. Herbal and resinous hops in aftertaste with some metallic notes. Some sweet notes of what appears to be Belgian sugar and orange marmalade.
F: Medium body and medium carbonation.
O: Disappointing due to lack of strength.
Jan 25, 2014A: dark amber body with a good and persistent head.
S: Not quite what you would expect from an IPA. Sweet caramel notes and some citrus in the background and something with peach fruit notes.
T: follows the smell with an entry malty caramel and a final herbal hops were slightly dry. Herbal and resinous hops in aftertaste with some metallic notes. Some sweet notes of what appears to be Belgian sugar and orange marmalade.
F: Medium body and medium carbonation.
O: Disappointing due to lack of strength.
Svea IPA from De Struise Brouwers
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
133 ratings
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