Achel 8 Blond

Brewed by Brouwerij der Trappistenabdij De Achelse Kluis
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Hamont-Achel, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

330ml bottle (Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam)
Clear rich gold, huge fluffy head - a joy to behold. Beautiful clean hoppy aroma, slightly sweet and fruity. Big burst of esters in the mouth, both pleasant fruity ones, but also some more chemical spikes such as ethyl acetate. Decent malty body backs that all up nicely. Well balanced and clean. Yeast fills out the body more, more fruity, more esters. Can’t quite deliver what the aroma promised, but still a very tasty Belgian.

UPDATED: MAY 26, 2009 33cl bottle, clear golden, huge fluffy head. Aroma is malty, spicy and fruity. Getting a metallic taste on the lips. Cleared up after a while (30-40 mins). Taste is good. Some hoppyness on he finish. Nothing else really comes to me though. Maybe this bottle is wrong. I will rerate with another bottle. Rating #82 Re-rate 090526. 330ml bottle in trappist glass. Aroma is quite spicy, fresh, malty and citrusy. Head has a metallic taste. Medium bitterness. Nice head retention, lots of lacing. A bit earthy. Warm feeling. Not bad overall but not much complexity Taste is a bit metallic almost until the end. Got better at the end, more fruits and no metallic caracter. Overall bumped from 12 to 14

One of my favourites of the easily available Trappist beers, mainly because of the delicious cookie/fresh bread nature of it. It’s quite unique, and very tasty. It’s a looker in the glass too, with a pillowy white head. The only letdown for me is the amount of carbonation. It almost floats over the tongue, and is so gassy. I think it tastes better after it’s sat in the glass for a while and worked off some of that CO2. Great beer though, not sure why I’ve not rated it before.

yellow with lacy white head. Sweet herbal,fruity aroma with a tasty fruity sweet flavor and a fizzy spicy finish.

golden, slightly hazy ,white dense head smells malty, bittersweet, yeasty, fruity, alcohol smooth carbonation tasts malty, some spices ,cookies, fruit,alcohol aftertaste malt ,fruit, spice,the alcohol is very strong (hot, not warm! enemn a bit harsh)

Dark yello, cloudy, with a almost crispy head, like washingmachine foam, someting wrong? Aroma with yeast and malt, the taste is the same but also a bit sour.

bouteille brune de 330ml bue au cheval blanc, bière blonde dorée mousse épaisse avec une nez discret d’épice, bouche agréable avec des épices et quelque peu piquante agréable sans être des meilleures.

11.2 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy yellow, white head, foamy. Aroma is citrus, spice, yeast, and honey. Flavor is similar, with the citrus a bit more subdued and the spice/yeast combination more powerful. A decent Belgian.