Maredsous 8

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

12 oz funky shaped bottle. Pours a clear, caramel colored brown with a small off white head. Nose was of sweet candys and spices. Mouthfeel was medium with a moderate amount of carbonation. Flavors were of yeast, dark fruits, spices and as an extra treat, some caramel. A Belgian with a dark side. It went down a little to easy with no sign of the 8% alcohol.

On tap @ Volcano, Houston. Dark mahogany with minimal head. Could not detect much aroma. Sweet tropical and dark fruit with warm alcohol. Very Nice.

Foamy head on top of a brown pour. Very sweet aroma of malts. Taste is a little too sweet for my liking. Alcohol comes through.

Pours a hazy red-brown color with a white and foamy head. Aroma is of fruit, yeast and alcohol and the flavor isn’t much different. The flavor is also a little sweet... of caramel. On tap, Flying Saucer, Ft. Worth.

Caged corked 750 ml. brown bottle, best before date (11 2009) above the barcode on the left side of the label, sampled in a tulip glass. L: Hazy reddish dark woody brown with a frothy beige head of fluffy foam that slowly settled into a thin creamy skim. A good deal of splotchy, curtain-like lace circles the glass. S: Plums, prunes and currants along with molasses, aniseed spiciness and clove, this has a rich bouquet of aromas. Faint aromas of musty, earthy yeast frame the edges. F&T: Smooth, but firm medium body with a creamy crispiness, feels soft in the palate. Complex tasting while having a simple, quenching drinkability, this goes down quite easily. Spicy clove licorice, hints of raw nuts, dried dates and plums, medicinal herbal alcohol, crushed grains, pinches of sugar, earthy yeast and hints of a sour orange, each sip brings out a new flavor. Finishes mildly sweet and bone dry, briefly lingering tastes of dates covered in sugar, plums and clove. The definition of a Dubbel, balanced and extremely tasty, one of my favorites for the style.

March 2006 - Beer poured with nice had and lacing and a sweet, pleasing aroma. The flavor was a bit sweet, very little richness and complexity. Typical of these dubbels...at least the rank and file. Nothing special.

Pours brown with off white head. Aroma has some nice fruit and caramel candy smells. The taste is much more bland with some bitterness. I was a bit dissapointed in this. Perhaps it had started to go off. On draft at the black rose in Hendersonville.

Tap at Blind Tiger NYC. Very deep brown color. no head at all. Caramel and alcohol aroma. Deep flavor, not too creamy though. I like it.