Maredsous 8

Brewed by Brouwerij Moortgat
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium

Bottle, pours a dark brown with a ruby red hue along the edges. Dense, foamy tan head with excellent lacing. Aroma is a mixture of bread, yeast, malt caramel, dried fruit and spices. Similar mixture of flavors with a very dry finish. Had a nice, lingering aftertaste. Quite tasty.

Brown with ruby red highlights. Thick tan head, very thick, heavy lacing, retention. Aroma is pungent, very sharp, sour, yeasty, bananas, rye bread, spicy, also some ripe sweet dark fruit. Very heavy carbonation, but small-bubbled, sugary palate, though clean tasting, the carbonation has a cleansing affect. No alcohol noticed, well it is back there, but only if you are looking for it. A fine beer, could do with a bit more body considering the fabulous nose and look, then it would be a perfect beer, but there are so few of those.

Thanks to HogTownHarry. Pours a dirty/rusty brown with a small brown head. Aroma: Like a Christmas pudding and altar wine, cherry, caramel, alcohol, dark fruit, slight metallic twang too. Flavour: Very ’Belgian’ if that makes sense?? Yeast, malt and caramel, raisins, toffee, some malt whiskey too. Nice long yeast & alcohol finish.

Sampled at a tasting. Aroma was caramelized malts and Belgian yeast with notes of dark fruit, brown sugar, and some spice. On the palate, it was about the same and finished dry.

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.

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.

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.

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.