The boys from Struise are best known for their big bold dark ales, such as Pannepot or the Black Damnation series of 13% Russian Imperial Stouts. But this is the beer from which it all began.
Back in 2001, brewing from their ostrich farm, the first beer they released as professional brewers was the Struise Witte. It may seem a very ‘safe’ debut, but in typical Struise style it is a little bit different.
It looks like a normal witbier, and has the typical yeasty and citrusy aroma of a Belgian wit.
The beer is refreshing, though has a fuller body and a bigger hit of orange zest. The hops also seem a little more pronounced, with an earthy minerality combining with the yeast for a dry, spicy finish.
Witbier with grapefruit and orange zest, kaffir lime leaves and coriander
The 'Witteke' is a typical beer from the past; a cloudy unfiltered, aromatic witbier.
Great example of a Belgian Witbier, voted 'Worlds Best Wheat Only Wheat Beer' in 2009.
Brasserie Du Bocq's classic witbier with fresh raspberry juice added
by Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs
An intriguingly moreish Double Witbier from Abbaye des Rocs
A powerful yeast creates a sweet and dry wheat beer, technically classed as a 'Double White'.
An interesting Belgian Witbier, adhering to the Gruit style of using herbs and spices instead of hops
by Brasserie de Jandrain-Jandrenouille
A tasty Belgian style witbier, with a slightly heavier hopping for a lingering bitterness
A typical Belgian witbier with loads of orange and lemon citrus and a little coriander
A tasty little Witbier from the province of Limburg in north-east Belgium
A biggish witbier, with the typical aroma and flavours of banana, citrus and coriander
A cross between a Belgian Witbier and a German Weisse Bier, with the addition of the juice from blood oranges
This traditional Witbier has been developed in cooperation with Master Brewer Pierre Celis, the Godfather of Hoegaarden.
A Belgian witbier made using 40% unsalted wheat, 60% barley, coriander, curaçao orange and a mix of spices
A witbier with barley, wheat and oats, with added real watermelon
A traditional Witbier, from the 'Brewer's Town' of Watou; crisp, light and refreshing.
A double IPA from Struise, originally made for De Molen's Borefts beer festival as a tribute to De Molen Vuur & Vlam
More like a traditional quadrupel than the Pannepot; brewed for the Dutch market.
One of the best Belgian beers you'll ever taste - so much flavour it's impossible to describe.
The famous Old Fisherman's Ale from Struise is a spiced strong dark ale
Struise's spiced strong dark ale Pannepot, matured in Bordeaux barriques for a full 4 years
A dark blond quadrupel that has been aged in both St Emilion wine barrels and Kentucky Bourbon barrels
An amber ale brewed with barley, wheat and oats and finished with a little Belgian candi sugar.
A delicious dark quadruple aged for three years in Woodford Reserve Bourbon barrels
The Struise Tsjeeses is their blond-amber Christmas seasonal beer, with this 2014 vintage being aged in Bourbon barrels
Another masterpiece from Struise, a blonde Christmas Ale full of flavours that come through in layers.
A cracking seasonal blond-amber Christmas beer from De Struise Brouwers
Struise's winter seasonal offering - a 10% strong blond spiced ale
