La Chouffe

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

Name: La Chouffe Golden Ale
Date: 11/01/2001
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

hazy yellow, thin white head, sweet malt aroma, light malt flavor, touch of spicyness, just a hint of bitterness
-------- /> Name: La Chouffe Golden Ale
Date: 12/11/2005

lemony aroma, great spicy light malt flavor,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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Draught. Pours golden with a moderate fluffy white head. Aroma is grain, yeast, a bit of coriander, and miscellaneous other stuff. Flavor is quite well integrated but spicy, with some zest, coriander, the yeast, a good amount of grainy malt, and hint of alcohol. Quite good!

I love this beer. Probably the only Belgian strong ale I could drink all night. Of course going to La Grande Choufferie (their 25 anniversary party) earlier this month has made me partial to La Chouffe. If your ever near Belgium in August check into La Chouffe’s summer festival, its awsome. So the beer, it is yellow color, fresh spicy aroma. The taste is fantastic, so easy to drink for 8%, there’s corriander in it but not enough to stick out, you just notice a nice spicy flavor. I highly recommend this beer, an awsome brewery that makes awsome beers!

Kind of light and zingy for a Belgian Strong. No - the body seems to build a little as I get into the bottle, which is substantial. Spicy and citrusy taste and aroma. Caramel and bit of lemon and pepper. Finishes dry, very nice.

Pours a pale yellow, then has a hazy orange apperance in the glass, topped with an off-white thick foam, in the proper glassware of course...orange peel and yeast on the nose...refreshing and light...lil’ malts on the finish but overall light...orange+ lemon peel (straight up rind) aromas

Pour is a golden with a large white head. Aroma is typical Belgiam but that is a good thing. Some yeast and corriander show up. Flavor is again yeast and corriander but there is a spicy pepper that shows up after the swallow. Your typical Belgaim golden ale, tasty and refreshing. If you like Duvel this is about the same thing but a little more expensive.

A blonde, opaque Belgian strong ale. Cidery nose, and apple notes in first taste. Soft and unobtrusive mouthfeel, which s typical for this style. Flavor becomes more alcoholic and strong at the finish, and so does the aroma. The alcohol is detected in the background but mellows as you sip it. A good standard.

750 Ml Bottle-Cloudy orange/yellow color w/a large white head. Classic Belgian aroma. Sweet flavor of apricots, citrus, yeast, cane sugar, wheat, & spice. Long fullfilling flavor w/a somewhat dry finish. Good solid easy drinking Belgian. Alcohol is well hidden.