Achel 8 Bruin

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

Clear brown color with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet spiced aroma.

Bottle. Pours cloudy orang\brown with a large beige-light tan head. Aroma of beligan spices, fruit, caramel, and yeast. Flavor is alcohol is present, fruit, citrus, carbonation, sweet and yeasty. Good body, good brew.

Cloudy brown aleish body with a large light tan head. I poured the entire beer into the new Rochefort glass and it looked sick... in a good way. Aroma was malt dominated with caramel and some raisins and also has strong notes of candy sugar and their trappist yeast. I thought it was balanced quite welll and this was smooth, complex and enjoyable. However, as it warmed a lot (like after an hour) it began to fall apart, but luckily the glass was nearly empty by then. Still not as good as some other trappists out there, but quite enjoyable.

Very dark brown pour, very cloudy and near opaque. Thin head that faded pretty fast (this confuses me looking at other rates). Strong alcohol and nut scent with a touch of sweetness. Very strong taste, no subtlety here. Sweet with lots of caramel malts, very nice aftertaste. One drawback was it was highly carbonated. Too carbonated I would say. Would have been perfect otherwize.

(03.22.06) 11.2 oz brown bottle from DiCarlo’s, Mundelein, IL. 8% ABV. Yeast conditioned bottle labeled as best before June 2007. Pours clear amber with giant long-lasting head. Soft carbonation. Spicy clove, fruit and sweet malt in the nose. Fulled bodied Belgian ale that starts with light malt sweetness and spicy clove/fruit/tangy sour flavors. Some medicinal phenolic flavor also detected. Finishes dry with light malt fade. Very good drinkable ale that goes well with food.

burgundy ruby color. huge rocky off white head. spicy, yeast aroma. flavor the same as the aroma with some dark fruit. medium bodied. a little too thin. not very robust.

Glass is two thirds lasting foam and one third dark orange beer. Malty aroma with scents of peaches. Strong malt flavour tasting of oranges. Filling but stellar. Thanks papsoe.

Bottle courtesy Papsoe. Earthy, spicy, musty aroma. Citrus holiday sugar. Full on, sour, surprisingly genuine fruitiness. Not overly sweet, only a hint. Tasty, meal-like, complex and earthen. hint of sour. Very "real." Is dark brown with a light tan head and nice lacing. Delicious sour farm candy. Becomes wine-y, slightly bitter as I work through it, seems to lose a little body as I continue, but overall, a very excellent beer.