Shark Pants
De Struise Brouwers

Shark PantsShark Pants
Beer Geek Stats | Print Shelf Talker
From:
De Struise Brouwers
 
Belgium
Style:
Belgian IPA
ABV:
9%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 10.49%
Reviews:
40
Ratings:
120
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 29, 2021
Added:
Sep 26, 2011
Wants:
  20
Gots:
  17
Collaboration with 3 Floyds Brewing Company.

IBU: 300
Recent ratings and reviews. | Log in to view more ratings + sorting options.
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Nov 29, 2021
Photo of Snowcrash000
Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany

4.29/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a slightly cloudy, dark amber, coppery coloration with a medium, fluffy head. Smells of caramel malt and resinous, citrus hops, with notes of grapefruit and pine. Taste is a great balance of caramel malt and bitter, resinous, fruity hops, with citrus notes of grapefruit as well as a strong, quite resinous pine presence and lighter accents of spice, with just a hint of cardamom. Finishes with a medium/strong bitterness and some grapefruit and pine lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.

Despite some lightly spicy Belgian yeast accents, which actually add an interesting character to this and go well with the bitter, resinous hops, this feels a lot more like classic, old school West Coast IPA than a Belgian IPA, not that there's anything wrong with that. It's really dominated by a strong resinous pine character, which I love, as well as some zesty citrus, the aforementioned spice and a very solid caramel malt backbone. The claim of 300 IBUs seems highly exaggerated though, or is perhaps proof that the human tongue simply cannot perceive bitterness beyond a certain level. However, I certainly seem to remember having a beer or two that felt more bitter to me and didn't claim 300 IBUs. Overall, this makes for a terrific West Coast IPA with a certain Belgian touch that's big on the bitter, resinous hops, which are balanced very nicely against some sweet caramel malt.
May 22, 2021
 
Rated: 3.84 by HopBelT from Belgium

Dec 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4.98 by YvesB from Belgium

Nov 05, 2015
Photo of MickyMc
Reviewed by MickyMc from Belgium

4.17/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I just found this today in a little cafe just outside of Brugge, I don't know how many they have so I'm not going to reveal it's location! I'm going back :)
Best before 11/2014 but I've never let that put me off drinking a bottle condition beer before!
A. Red Brown ale with a good tan coloured head, poured into a De Struise Brouwers glass.
S. Fruity
T. The extra long maturation in the bottle had mellowed the hop attack but not it's lost all of it's bit. I like to imagine that is what an IPA might have tasted after it's long sea voyage to India. You couldn't feel the hop bitterness at the front of your mouth, it was more a middle of the mouth experience, and the overriding taste that it brought to my mind was Christmas Pudding.
All in all a lovely well attenuated ale which I'll be drinking again on my next visit :)
Aug 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

May 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.28 by beerpirates from Belgium

Feb 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.33 by Highbury09 from North Carolina

Feb 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by GJ40 from North Carolina

Feb 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by sunofneurot from New York

Oct 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.4 by Maseitz from Delaware

Oct 25, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by SVD from Netherlands

Oct 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by StephRai from New York

Sep 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by GRUUMSH from Belgium

Sep 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by factoide from Brazil

Sep 18, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by vhmf1978 from Brazil

Sep 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by lgmol from Canada (NS)

Aug 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 25, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by BeerOps from Illinois

Jul 12, 2014
Shark Pants from De Struise Brouwers
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 120 ratings