Maredsous 8

Bottle- 33cl. Not so hazy, dark-ruby brown color with huge, airy head. Faint aroma of roasted malts, brown sugar and alcohol. Roasted malty mouthfeel with intense caramel and toffee tones. The alcohol shows up too abruptly IMO. Nice Belgian strong dark that carries some powerful malty flavors, but the alcohol is still too harsh.

Poured thick and dark, nice creamy head. Great malty, caramel aroma. The taste was... strage? Sharp and bubbly like champagne, which might be nice in a lighter beer, but this stuff is syrupy and chewy. I know I ought to like this beer more than I do, but the carbonation and sweetness is strange.

Poured a mostly clear dark amber or brown color with an off-white head that settled slowly. The aroma was plenty of malts, dark fruits and a hint of yeast. The flavor was a nice blend of the aforementioned along with a welcoming rush of warming alcohol. The mouthfeel was on point and the overall experience was very good.

750 ml. bottle. Pours a exuberant, rapidly collapsing beige head, with loads of lacing, over a clear, amber (SRM 15) body.....nose is light dried fruit, (cherry raisin), toffee, caramel, bit of molasses, finishing with light floral hop......taste is sweet caramel malt with some light dried fruits,(cherry, fig, raisin) finishing with a light bitterness....mouth feel is medium, carbonation low. This is a pleasant flavorful beer, which does not reach the complexity of many of the bigger Belgian Strong Ales. However, the bottle lists it as a Dubbel, so what is it? The answer, naturally, is that both styles are broad enough to include it. Call it Belgian democracy.

Bottle. Dark copper brown color, rich head. Nose is malty in a caramel way. Flavor is nice and round with a warmness from the alcohol. Not bad at all.

Bottle, 33 cl, Maredsous Brune. Dark coloured, brown, almost black. White head, slightly diminishing after a while. Aroma is sweet, candy-like with roasted malts and a bit of caramel and coffee. Tastes also malty, sweet, a bit hoppy bitterness, avaerage finish. Nice.

Pours dark brown, not quite opaque, with a large tan head. Aroma is mostly just malty, but a little brown sugar and cinnamon can be detected also. Flavor is mostly of roasted malt, and that’s about it. Just a lot of neutral malt flavor. Creamy but fizzy mouthfeel, medium viscosity. I was a little underwhelmed here and definitely prefer the 10 to this one. Decent, but very forgettable. Overall, good.

Pours a slightly hazy dark ruby tinted brown with a tall, chunky light tan head that has excellent retention. Aroma is dark caramel, dark fruits, yeasty bread dough, almond and spice. Flavor is caramel, woody notes, dark fruits, overripe peaches, some vinous notes, and maybe a little roast. Finishes woody, dark fruit and molasses cookies, there is a lightly roasty, molasses fade. Palate is medium bodied, pretty heavily carbonated, dry entry, kinda syrupy for a bit in the middle and an oddly very dry finish, a little too dry with the sharp carbonation. Overall this is pretty good stuff, there are a few problems with it, notably that the alcohol gets a bit too strong as it warms, but it’s pretty tasty overall.