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La Chouffe

La Chouffe - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe (Moortgat)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Achouffe, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10313.79/5.03.78/5.08%92.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Bottle conditioned.
Golden Ale, strong, spicy, lightly hoppy, with evoluting taste. Natural Beer, bottle refermented, unfiltered, not pasteurised and without any additives
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 hobbersr (393), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Apr 7, 2009  
Pours a coudy golden orange colour with a medium sized bubbly white head. Aroma is mainly soft fruit and citrus with hints of bubblegum, corriander, honey, banana and spice. Tastes very similar to the aroma, like a triple wheat beer. Banana, corriander, bubblegum, citrus and spice. The dry bite on the finish is refreshing and makes you want to drink more. Mouthfeel is excellent, fine bubbles and mouth filling. Nice one!


 Rodders (114), Norwich, Norfolk, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Apr 5, 2009  
(750ml Bottle from Fat Cat, Norwich) Ahhh! Bottle spewed its contents as soon as the bottle cap came off - managed to evade disaster with some quick thinking pouring into the glass though. Most of the contents remain. Probably got yeast mixed up though. Cloudy in appearance, orange coloured with a medium white head that quickly went. Flowery smell, little bit of hoppiness - elements of citrus, orange, coriander, vanilla, banana and spices. Very pleasant. Well balanced smooth taste - finishes sweet and fresh. Very nice - rich, clear, refreshing. Many of the aromas translate into the drink. Warming alcohol and prickly carbonation. Brilliant.


 jvmiller (532), Bel Air, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/517/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Interesting and spicy. Malty, sugary, but with hints of sour-tartness and spices. Banana and cloves, kind of a musty earthy presence. Easy to drink.


 eManu (174), Brussels, Belgium
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Apr 2, 2009    Updated: May 11, 2009
Had this Chouffe by draft. It has a hazy blond color with a nice creamy white head. Aroma is fruity malts. Flavors are fruity with a hint of banana and vanilla with a good sweet bitterness and a hint of spices. Its a very plesant and easy to drink beer with a strong taste.


 heavy (815), Split, Croatia
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 29, 2009  
15/03 0.75 l bottle from beershop.hr, shared with Doggythedog. It poured murky golden body with smaller head. Some American hops in aroma, along with cloying Belgian yeast. Fruity malt flavor, sweetish with spicy hops balancing it up. Seemed quite thin body though, so all of its flavors were pretty weak. Nice pleasant finish, but short and weak as well. It was fine, but with stronger character would be definitely a great beer.


 Jonte (801), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Bottle. Golden colour with awhite head. Fruity, spicy, belgian yeast, licorice, light hoppiness.


 zvikar (414), Tel-Aviv, Israel
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 26, 2009  
From the 75 cl bottle, orange hazy with giant flufy head, aroma of peach vanilla corriander and pleasant sweetness, pineapple flavor with some sweet to lemony flavor, some yeast and some caramel flavors in the second round, finish of clove alcohole warmth and some hop. Nice beer.


 Rynoplasty (500), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Mar 25, 2009  
Pours hazy golden brown with a finger of off white head. Aroma is fruity, spicy and a little yeasty. Taste is a little spicy and full of light fruit flavor along with a slight bitterness on the finish. Pretty good stuff.



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