La Chouffe

Brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe (Moortgat)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Achouffe, Belgium

The pour is a nice hazy straw, with an ample white head. The nose is freshly cut grass, yeast with hints of sugars and floral tones. The flavor is that of honey, light sugars and wonderfully balanced. A great Golden ale.

375. Capped. Pours a cloudy and massively particulate orange-amber with a huge, rocky platinum blonde head. Lots of stiff egg-white-y lacing coming down the sides. Big sweet candi sugar, floral, grassy nose. Light crackers underneath a heavy dose of honey, grass, and floral notes on the mid-palate as well. Long raw sugar finish. Nice stuff, but the sweetness get a bit overpowering here and there--overall, it’s under control, but still a lotta sugar and definitely not an all the time thing.

Big aroma of fruit and spice wafting across the room. Pours a clear golden color with some weird suspended particles and carbonation. Flavor is big malt and banana. Leaves you with some sweetness at the end.

Bouteille verte de 750 ml. Arômes de levure et d’épices. Robe dorée, belle effervescence. Goût citronné prononcé, équilibré par les épices et la levure. Arrière-goût de houblon et d’alcool. Une bière très bien équilibrée.

750 mL bottle at Flat Rock Saloon. Poured slightly hazy dark gold. Fluffy white head that left mild streaks of lace. Yeasty and peppery. Fruity as well with citrus and coriander undertones. Have had this several times before, suprised I hadn’t rated it.

750ml bottle. Pouring this into my tulip, I see a cloudy, murky golden amber beer with a light and well-carbonated pillar of fluffy head sitting on top. Little to no lacing in the glass. The aroma is citrus and some sweet sugary treats. All kinds of spices. Stings a bit, but certainly enjoyable. An interesting taste starts this brew off. Artisan bread prepared in a distinctly European street corner bakery in the market. Raw, spicy, grainy, wooden, and enjoyable. Loses a bit of that unique touch as the beer warms up, though. A little hoppy, but nothing overwhelming; in fact it’s welcome. Very smooth on the palate. Watery. Drinkable despite the undetectable 8%. Warming and comforting after sitting for a bit.

Sweet aroma with a touch of yeast. Taste, less yeasty (a good thing to me), some herbal notes, sweet but with a dry finish. Served a bit too cold at a local bar, too bad

11.2 oz bottle. Pours a nice peachy-gold with voluminous white head that settles to a dense cap. Chunks of yeast from an uncautious pour bob adventurously in the glass. Nose has the aroma of something like charcoal but fruitier, and fresh mown grass. Very lively on the palate, not too sweet but floral and perfumy, apples and pears and a hint of anise seed blend towards a medicinally bitter finish. An interesting take on the style, one to revisit once in a while.