Maredsous 8

Thanks Shahar, pours deep red with a huge off-white head, aroma of herbs, caramel, sour cherries and malt, feels dry, flavors of malt, sour cherries,vanilla and relatively low bitterness, complex flavor yet has some watery texture. Nice

tap @ BXL: pours a clear, very dark mahagony... overall this beer is very dark and dirty! Well suited for a mid winter, fireside drink... the esters present themselves stronger than the ABV suggests. Lots of dark fruits, strong roasted notes, a bit nutty... well balanced with bitter hops and sugars on the finish. Makes me want to explore this brewer further...

750ml bottle. dark brown pour with a small light brown head. aroma of fruit esters,flavor of sweet malts

Bottle. Pours a dark brown, hazy color with an extremely large, overly frothy white head. Aromas of bananas, toasted malts, and hints of chocolate. Mouthfeel is very smooth with a creamy start, lively middle, and a slick finish. Flavors of malts, slight hops, and some hints of bananas. A good beer, but the Maredsous Triple is much better.

Dark brown cloudy color. Aroma is of sweeter malts, figs, hops, and possibly brown sugar. Taste is of sweeter malts, hints of raisins, molasses, figs, and hops. Nice and sweet aftertaste. Pretty good stuff.

33cl bottle, with different label (the one in the image is outdated). Dark reddish brown colour - big, soapy beige head that disappears rather quickly but leaves decent lacing. Aroma of red berries, malt and booze. Medium carbonation, slightly grainy mouth feel. The taste is quite surprising: Not the usual Belgian-bruine sweetness, but a strong, herbal bitterness with some aniseed, leading to a malty, dry and bitter finish, with a lingering bitter after taste. The earthy, herbal spices neatly balance the alcohol. Well-crafted dark Belgian brew, which, unlike many, will be welcome by lovers of "real" beer, too!

Bottle at a cafeteria in Brussels. Pours a clear, dark, copper brown to chestnut color. A lasting, creamy head of beige colored foam laves broken sheets of lacing that cling hard to the glass. The aroma is big on brown sugar malt, with hints of bronzed hazelnuts and a bit of vanilla and lactic cream. Flavors show similarly, though with a bit more of a roasty backbone as notes of burnt brown sugar seem ramped up a bit. There’s a nice, earthy, peppery spiciness that comes through in the finish, intensified by lively carbonation from the medium-full body. Roasted hazelnut is again a prominent and welcomed component. Good, solid abbey brune.

A reddish-brown beer with a decent head. the aroma is fruity, & yeast. The taste is fruity almost fruit punch like with very noticeable alcohol that goes down way to easy. Nice lacing.