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Maredsous 8

Maredsous 8 - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
90
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Moortgat
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9443.55/5.03.54/5.08%75.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Creamy foaming dark-coloured beer with a well-balance flavour of malt and hops.
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 tarheels86 (704), Washington DC, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/514/20
May 1, 2009  
750 mL into trappist glass. Pours a cloudy dark brown with a massive tan head that settles down and leaves sheets of lacing. Aroma of milk chocolate, caramel, Belgian yeast, dark fruits. Taste is overall dry and carboardy with some soy sauce. Notes of brown sugar, spice, crystal malt, rum raisin, etc. try to show through, but this beer really is dry, watery, and soy sauce with a cardboard aftertaste. Not a very good dubbel. A disappointment.


 Derek881 (489), Frederick, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Poured from the bottle into a trappist glass to drink. The beer was a cloudy brown-copper color with a big creamy-bubbly tan head that head great retention and good cling too. The aroma featured caramel and dense figs with raisin some pine and grain hops too. The taste was mostly sweet and fruity with a slight raisin flavor and a bit of sourness too. The body was crisp and wet with a medium mouthfeel; it was a bit creamy and had good fizz. I enjoyed this beer a good deal.


 danielyabu (269), União da Vitória, Brazil
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 25, 2009  
Expected much more from this one - doesnt worth it at all. Appearance: large, creamy and light-brown initial head.Good lacing, fully lasting longevity. Flat, thick and dark-brown body. Aroma: caramel, moderate malty, cookies and milk chocolate. Initial flavor: lightly bitter and sweet. Final flavor: lightly sweet and moderately bitter - average duration. Palate: light-medium body, lively carbonation, watery texture and metallic finish. Light oxidation.


trufflepig (12), , New Jersey, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/518/20
Apr 15, 2009  
Love this beer from the bottle to the last drop. Long brune pour - with an off white foamy head. Automatic dark appearance and nose of malt right from the start. A swirl brough out a little more chocolate undertones and some smoke. If it sounds heavy to the nose it isn’t. A first taste hits with malt and dark goodness. Some rasin, drid fruit taste on the swallow. Nice aftertaste and not over powering at all. Just right on the carbonation so it doesn’t stick around like a 60/ 80/ or Scotch Ale would. The alcohol was present but this is very drinkable. One of my new favorites.


sdk (33), Island Bay, New Zealand
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Apr 13, 2009  
Bottle 33cl. Trappist Glass. Poured a nice clear dark brown, very clean beer. Good nose, although I can only remember a malty smokeness. Strong flavor as expected and an alcohol warning on the throat on theway down. Nice after taste. Definietly one to have again.


 mjs (1446), Helsinki, Finland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 13, 2009    Updated: Oct 3, 2009
(Re-rate, 0.75 l bottle) Gusher. Brown and hazy. Medium sized and lightly tan coloured head. Malty and peppery aroma. Medium bodied and bit dry palate with medium carbonation. Malts, bitterness, lightly pepper, sweetness and little bit of chocolate. Harsh aftertaste of chocolate and bitterness. (Bottle, 0.33 l) 6-3-6-3-13=3.1


 keepersj12 (774), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 11, 2009  
Pretty dark brown with big foamy tan head. Aroma of dried fruit, molasses, prunes. Similar flavor. Nice warming on the throat. Good one.


 gunnfryd (3539), Kristiansand, Norway
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 11, 2009  
Bottle. Brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, dried fruits. Flavour is sweet, marzipan, caramel, dried fruits. Full bodied nice beer.



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