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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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MagooinPA (99), Warminster, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 25, 2009  
On draft and poured into a chilled 16oz pint glass! This is on draft at Tony’s Place in Ivyland , Pa in Bucks County Pa. They have no clue to as to the rarity of this beer on draft in these parts despite Monks + The Belgian Cafe in Philly. I quickly transferred it to a tulip glass. A nice fluffy white head and a cloudy golden 2 row pale malt straw color. Lots going here yet a simple beer. There are hints of spice and dried fruit from the yeast but the rest of the beer is just superior craftsmanship. The 8% is not apparent at all and it is a perfect balance of all things Belgian as far as hops and malt. Awesome spicy nose too.


 jameswolfe (141), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 22, 2009  
One of the best goldens I have tasted. Nice head retention and fairly complex.


 michael-pollack (2606), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 22, 2009  
750ml Bottle: Aroma of yeast, cookie, slight fruit, light spices, and a hint of lemon. Poured orange/amber/gold in color with a small, loose, white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Very sparkling. Full of medium-sized particles throughout. Flavor is light to medium sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of yeast, cookie, sweet pale malts, slight hops, light caramel, and a hint of coriander. Medium body. Lightly dry texture. Average to lively carbonation. Yeasty, lightly sweet, slight hop finish. 8%ABV is undetectable.


simoneopazz (46), , Italy
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/104/515/20
Jul 22, 2009  
birra belga di un bellissimo biondo dorato e con una schiuma bella bianca e persistente! servita nel suo bicchiere è favolosa da vedere.risulta poco gassata e "purtroppo" poco amara,ma riempie la bocca di profumi e aromi! ...peccato che xò l’alto grado alcolico la rende poco adatta a me...


 daleharshman (181), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 21, 2009  
11.2 ounce bottle from Whole Foods in Hillcrest ($4.99). Pours into tulip glass a peach-amber color with two fingers of white head. Aroma of spice and yeast, banana, and lightly sweet malts. Flavor pretty much follows the nose with yeast, spice, earthy malts, and fruit (banana as well light citrus). A nice hoppiness in the finish. Altogether a mellow brew but very drinkable and refreshing.


 Pipper (226), Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/514/20
Jul 16, 2009  
On tap at Ray’s place into tulip. Murky orange/straw color with off-white head, very much like the picture actually. Some tangy/biscuity sweetness in the nose but also the tang of the abv underneath. Flavor to match and the palate leaves you thirsty for more.


 Straling (185), Heerlen, Netherlands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 16, 2009  
Bottle 33cl. Pours a muddy yellow colour with a great size head and little carbonation. Smells like some nice fresh fruits and freshly baked bread, great aroma. Taste is also bready and fruity, very nice aftertaste with a nice bit of burn going down.


 note666 (282), Eindhoven, Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 8, 2009  
09/07/08 finaly in small bottles, 300 ml. white head hazy orange colour. nice fruity taste, not as sharp as most tripples. pleasant to drink



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