Maredsous 8

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

I like this one better than the 10, but I agree with most that it is sweet and although I like that in a brunn, this one is a little too sweet. Never-the-less, it’s a pretty good beer.

Bottle & tap. Dark brown/reddish colour, beige head. Nose of dark fruits and brown sugar, some yeast. Taste is rather sweet, caramel/brown sugar, roasted malts. Bitter finish. Too sweet for me.

Bottle. Celebrating my team (Randers FC) first win at Brøndby!!!!!! 3-0!!!!!!! Cre off-whiteexcellent mostly lasting head. Brown-amber colour. Powerfull malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Loads og Caramellic and chocolate notes. Powerfull strong heavy bitter flavor, sweet chocolate notes aswell. Perfectly balanced long finish. Creamy palate. Excellent.

Initially i thought it was cask’d. Very dry woody feel. Fruity in scent and taste with normal belguim accents of spice and yeast. Rich and malty also. Nice.

I would call this more of a dubbel than a Belgian strong ale, but in any case it was very good. The head is very good and so clingy that it’s almost concave in the glass. Hearty flavors of fruit and spice, with a sharp, satisfying finish. A good dessert beer, though I’d have it any time.

Coppery brown with light beige, creamy and lacy head. Aroma is fruity, yeasty, spicy, a bit gluey and slightly alcoholic. Flavor is much yeasty, fruity, spicy and a bit alcoholic with dried fruits especially in aftertaste. Full-bodied and quite much carbonated palate is oily and alcoholic.

Pours a pretty bland brown color with an off white head. Aroma is very malty, and some sweetness probably from the candy sugar, and also dark fruits. Flavor iwas mainly dark fruits,sweet, a bit sourness at the end with some spices thrown in.

On tap at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Gothenburg. A clear brown beer with a lasting creamy, off-white head. Dried fruits, marzipan, caramel and malty sweetness in the aroma. There’s a significant alcohol flavor, but enough dried fruits, almonds, marzipan, dark sugar and caramel to support it, and there’s also a nice bitterness towards the finish. There’s also caramel sweetness and dried fruits in the finish. Full body. A lovely by-the-fire beer and also refreshing in a way, at least before it warms up. (080709)