Achel 8 Bruin

Bottle. Gusher. Pours brown with some red hues. Khaki head. Aromas of cider and dark fruit. Smell funky. Way over carbonated. The beer does not taste good. Probably a bad bottle, but I can’t see me trying this again. The carbonation makes my mouth want to explode.

Pours a murky brown (slight red) color with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is of figs, dark fruit, bourbon, and sweet malt. Flavor tastes of the same with a slightly dry and bitter finish. LOTS of particulate yeast, as with the Achel Blonde. This is a solid beer, but I could have done without the glop glop at the end of the pour, and for a Trappist is not as earth-shattering as the Westy, Rochefort, or Koningshoevens.

Bottle, 75 cl. A sumptous head, and a sumptuous aroma and mouthfeel. Faint lacing from the head, and aroma of round hops and yeast, with reassuring palate impact. Great beer.

Appearance: reddish brown color. Big head of beige color, rocky and lasting. Aroma: sweet malty smells, but mainly the fruity notes with reminiscences of plums and cherries. The presences of the yeast inject cookies and banana reminiscences that with the semi-citric fruits smells remember me a tart. Some cherries liquor. Flavor: sweet caramel malts start, not sickly, with the progress of ripe and semi-citric fruits reminiscences like plums and raisins. The yeast hints banana and earthy touches. Like in the aroma, I remember a juicy and fruity tart. Dark sugar, toffee and truffles hints. Palate: medium body, sparkling in the tongue with medium to high carbonation. Remark: some complex, balanced and interesting beer. Advisable.

Dark color with nice head that lingers. Taste is excellent without a a trace of the alcohol flavor noticeable in other trappist beers. Great beer