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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%75.5Trappist 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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 afireinside96 (817), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 5, 2008  
From a bottle at the KSBF ’08. Light brown body topped by a small head. Nose of caramel, toffee, and light spice. Tastes of caramel, chocolate, toffee. Spritzy mouthfeel. Pretty good.


 Bradrcr (778), Renton, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Sep 29, 2008  
9/29/08 On draught at the Taphouse, Bellevue, Wa. Aroma is roasty and slightly alcoholic with a slight roasty sulphur tone. Appearance is very cloudy brown with a well maintained cream colored head and excellent lacing. flavor is surprisingly simple but good. It’s all malt, soft, with a very low tangy roast bittering and candilike sweetness. Mouthfeel is medium/full bodied with a light spritzy carb feel and medium/high warmth. Overall, a very easy drinking big Belgian strong; I have to recommend this to anyone trying to enjoy Belgians but finding themselves always overwhelmed by phenolics and sourness.


 daniele (1644), Italy
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 28, 2008  
scura buona schiuma piuttosto persistente note tostate leggermnete fruttate lieviti in bocca piuttosto bilanciata non molto amara abbasstanza tostata


 ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 25, 2008  
Copper red/brown clear under a huge, lasting, tan head with nice scalloped ring lace. Mild caramel malt, faint fruity nectar and very light yeast aroma, some alcohol evident as it warms up. Medium-thin, delicate body. Light balanced bitter sweet start, Caramel sweet and some bitter middle and similar but softer aftertaste.


 tlind2 (560), Helsinki, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Sep 18, 2008  
750 ml bottle. Pours a clear reddish-brown with a sizable and frothy tan head. Some plums in the aroma, as well as chocolate and hops. Well-balanced bitterness, full flavor. Notes of chocolate, spicy finish with a touch of alcohol (which is otherwise well-hidden). Quite nice and very drinkable for its strength.


 jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 17, 2008  
from bottle that i almost didn’t get the cork out of...pours dull brown with thin head. aroma is chocolate and cherry, with yeasty alcohol in the background. cherries don’t come through in the flavor unfortunately. very earthy, some chocolate, very malty. pretty tasty...


 taalhiker (179), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Sep 16, 2008  
From bottle. Part of Friday night beer tasting at local market. Pours dark amber with a nice off-white head. Aroma is yeasty with substantial malt. Thin mouthfeel based on alcohol content.


 flemmingwillum (226), København S, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 15, 2008  
Bottle, 75cl sealed with cork. Very nice aroma. I sense both strawberries and cherries in this beer, and also a load of chocolate. The aroma is close to 8 instead of 7. The appearance isn’t worse either, actually the brown colour is very beautiful, and the head lasts nearly forever. It even becomes more dense if you leave it be for a while. Now to the important stuff: The taste. At first it seems quite sweet and chololaty, but then the alcohol goes through, together with a taste that reminds me of matured beer on casks. Some might say that the alcohol is too obvious, but I actually find it pleasing. It creates some kind of harmony, with the sweetness allthough the taste unfortunately isn’t as complex as I hoped for. It is a bit thin for a 8% bee, but all in all a quite pleasing beer.



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