Maredsous 8

From the tap poured brown with a mall head. Nice strong sweet flavor wth a quick finish

BOTTLE: from Four Firkins (St. Louis Park, MN). Pours a dark amber/brown with a foamy head. Taste is a little malty, raisins, dark fruit. Smooth. Decent dubbel.

Tap at Lucky Baldwin’s. Doesn’t impress me like a Rochefort. Has the fruit qualities, the floury patina, the seamless balance, but the flavors aren’t pronounced. Nice aroma of sweet water, light malt. Brian at the bar has a very sentimental connection with this one, and I don’t blame him.

One of my favourite beer, specialy in the frere berthom bar in strasbourg, on tap !

750 mL bottle. Amber brownish pour with a medium light tan head. Aroma of raisins, yeast and malt. Taste of caramel, malt, sugar and dark fruit. Medium to thin body with a nice even finish.

Pours dark "garnet" red, CO2, dark fruits, caramel, spicey, malty, slight vinous.

Draft served in Maredsous goblet. Poured garnet with a thin layer of white head that laced nicely. Aroma fruity, port, candi sugar, spices, yeast, and finally alcohol. Flavor wasn’t quite as complex, mostly spice, citrus, and licorice sweet malt. Light carbonation and very vinous. Nothing to write home about.

750 shared by Fidel, pours very attractive deep garnet red with a three finger tan head that leaves chunks of lacing as it recedes. The nose is dried fruit, caramel, toffee and a bit of chocolate. The flavor is a bit less complex, but the same influences minus the chocolate. I would give it a half point less than the nose if I could, but I don’t think it deserves a 6. A bit sharp on the palate.