Straffe Hendrik Quadrauple Beer, 6 x 330 ml

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Each delicious batch takes anywhere from 1.5 to 3 hours to travel through the pipeline. That’s to keep too much air from infiltrating the beer. The pipeline even has a cleaning system to keep the pipe sparkling. The brewers use jets of cleaning solution to sterilize the pipes between batches.

This is the world first beer pipeline – and its thousands of investors are being rewarded with free beer". Business Insider.Pours an opaque medium brown with 3 fingers of creamy light beige head that slowly fades to a cap and leaves decent lacing Kottasova, Ivana (19 September 2016). "Cheers! The world's first beer pipeline is now open". CNNMoney. With beer now literally flowing through the streets of Bruges, the Belgian love of beer isn’t likely to wane any time soon. Santé to that! Flavour: Strong, rich, very sweet, incredibly warming (not surprising considering the 11%), dark fruit, caramel and very strong caramelised banana, cherry, prune, date, very smooth, slightly creeps up into the nose, malty, a flavour profile that’s somewhat like a cross between an IPA and a porter, almost bourbon-like spice and sweetness (though the former is apparent yet milder, and the latter is strong - the inverse to the average bourbon, from my experience), not cloying whatsoever considering the sweetness, settles on the palate beautifully (and goes down very well, despite the strength), a slight savoury note of very (very) lightly bitter toasted malt that provides both balance and that great ‘toasty’ comfort that the best dark beers provide, ever so slightly carbonated to prevent it being flat, increasing richness that’s rarely ever experienced. This year's iteration of barrel aged Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel, dubbed Heritage - that is to say, brewed last year already (hence the 2022), but bottled and sold this year. Apparently, as has been the case before, a variety of barrels were used, but since presumably the combination always differs, I guess it deserves its own entry here like the previous ones. Bottle numbered 11720. Moussy, regularly shaped, greyish beige head opening under influence of the alcohol, clear deep chestnut brown robe with copper-red glow, turning misty with sediment. Aroma of hard caramel, ripe red raspberries, wet oak wood and vanillin, raisin bread, green pear, candied cherries, sweet apple slices, brown bread dough, venison, cloves, thyme, ripe nectarine, brandy, touch of freshly cut grass somewhere. Sweet onset, candi sugar mixed with dark fruitiness of red apple, pear, raisin and a hint of cherries, softishly carbonated with full, smooth mouthfeel; caramelly, slightly peanutty malt core with a dash of bubblegum round the edges, ending with a hint of mild toastiness and gentle tannic woodiness, the latter clearly pushing up its oaky vanilla aroma retronasally. Earthy hop bitterness blends with the toastiness but also the persisting main sweetness, in a warming alcohol glow reminiscent of red wine, calvados and even (vaguely) white port - but I have no idea which liquor was actually in the barrels used for this combination. Whatever the case, this is once again a beautiful aged quad in a series that so far has only astonished me and never disappoints. I really have to learn to buy more than one bottle of these for further cellaring...

When Vanneste saw construction works laying cable networks in the city, he wondered if they could do the same with their beer and make an underground network of the good stuff. Mouthfeel: The mouthfeel is exceptional on this beer. It has a body that on the upper edge of light and plays in the realm of medium, which is good, but the real hero here is the finish. The beer has a nice dry finish which is notable for a beer with a lot of malt character. The carbonation and effervescence of the beer only assist in rolling the beer across the palate with ease. There is a light woody bitterness and a bit of charred carbon bitterness which helps ground the beer a bit. There is a light hoppy tinge that also gives the beer a small shot of bitterness. Brouwerij De Halve Maan Brugge – Brouwerij Belgische bieren – Brugse Zot en Straffe Hendrik – Bezoekerscentrum en historiek". halvemaan.be. Appearance: The body is a very dark ruby brown but it has excellent clarity. Although it is extremely dark, as light glints through it, the clarity becomes apparent. The beer has a very large tan head that is frothy and a bit creamy. It has excellent lacing and outstanding retention. It is a fantastic looking beer in the glass.Extensive quality tests have shown that the oxygen absorption by the beer is less because of the pipeline transportation, lending the beer a longer natural preservation,” says De Halve Maan’s Inge Vandenbogaerde. There are two pipelines lying side by side. They alternately contain the Bruges brewery’s popular blond and brown Brugse Zot (the official city beer) and Straffe Hendrik (an intense, malty beer). The pipes are equipped with high-density polyethylene, a sturdy food-grade plastic to ensure the quality of the beer. This satisfies food safety authorities and surprisingly even improved the taste of their famous brews.