Imperialist
De Struise Brouwers

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From:
De Struise Brouwers
 
Belgium
Style:
Imperial Pilsner
Ranked #20
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
85
Ranked #21,283
Avg:
3.74 | pDev: 12.03%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
46
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 03, 2023
Added:
Jan 23, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  8
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Ratings by Marius:
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Reviewed by Marius from Netherlands

3.59/5  rDev -4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Absolutely opaque golden orange brew, with a vigurous head. Smells like Belgian yeast and generally like a Belgian pale ale. Bitter pilsner-like taste, with a metallic taste and yeast all the way. Medium body and a bit high on carbonation, making this a bit tough to swallow. Decent, overall.
Sep 18, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.29 by cabsandking from Ohio

Mar 03, 2023
 
Rated: 3.6 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Dec 03, 2022
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Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts

4.15/5  rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours clear, gold in color with 1/2 inch head. Taste is pear, grass, and grain. Bitter, medium-light bodied, with moderate carbonation. Makes for a tasty, bitter, Belgian style lager. Would get this again.
Jul 24, 2019
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Rated by josanguapo from Spain

4/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
No tiene nada que me recuerde a una pilsen sino el sabor como a mermelada que encuentro en algunas elaboraciones belgas, muy bien ejecutado
Nov 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.52 by igl from Russian Federation

Sep 07, 2017
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Reviewed by mynie from Maryland

4.43/5  rDev +18.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Semi-dechiperable code on the top of the bottle seemed to suggest this was brewed in 2014. That the latest BA review was written 9 months ago does not augur well for this bottle's freshness. But, still, it pretty strong, and the folks at De Struise know a thing or two about making beers that can last. Let's see how it aged.

Pours pretty gorgeous. Bright, sunshiney yellow-orange with a rocky and retentive white head.

Smells like a straight-up old world pils, medium hoppy, perhaps leaning a bit more toward a Czech than a Municher, but impressively without a whit of its elevated ABV. Boozy pilseners rarely work (some are actively repulsive), so this is quite nice.

Tastes more Belgiany than it smells. Basically it's like a firm-but-delicate european pils up front, and then yeasty a Belgian pale in the back. Starts with grassy malt and sharp hops (I think they're Czech, but I can't be sure--after 3ish years, they certainly taste more Czech than Belgian or German). The ending is a more earthy malt combined with a spicy Belgian yeast, and the yeast lingers pleasantly on the finish, as if it were a good dubbel.

So, this beer is quite stylistically bold, but it manages to pull off what I assume the brewers intended for it.
May 09, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by ygtbsm94 from Utah

Jan 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4.4 by cmf from Maryland

Dec 29, 2016
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Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire

3.41/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
From the 11.2 fl. oz. bottle. 2015 Vintage. Sampled on August 3, 2016.

A kind of murky orange-light amber pour underneath a boisterous but quick lasting foamy white head.

There is toasted bread, barley malt, and a slight herbal note in the aroma but not the grassy character I expect from a PIlsener. Low hop profile.

Medium body.

The taste has a slight toasted bread character with a semi-sweetness I might expect from a pIlsener but just not cracker-like enough for my tastes. The finish lingers some and has a moderate bitterness.
Aug 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by AlexAfonin from Russian Federation

Jul 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.95 by andpit from Italy

Jul 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by Euroglot from Belgium

Jul 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.9 by killcore from Russian Federation

Jun 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.09 by bwarren82 from Illinois

May 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by JavierGC from Spain

Mar 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.68 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Feb 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.98 by Jerseyislandbeer from Jersey

Dec 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.02 by benlhoest from Belgium

Dec 22, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by YvesB from Belgium

Nov 05, 2015
Imperialist from De Struise Brouwers
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 46 ratings