Maredsous 8

The aroma is sweet with roasted malt, chocolate, and dark fruit. The appearance is dark with a decent head. The flavor is like the aroma with a tangy finish. The palate is typical for the style. Overall a nice beer but nothing world class.

Bottled. Extremely common, thought I’d finally give this one a try. Deep brown appearance with amber edges, mostly transparent. Excellent rocky cream foam that develops with aroma of Belgian yeast, plum, light floral hops and lots of brown sugar. Flavor comprised mostly of smoky malt and candy sugar, with some banana backing it up; but fades very quickly. Lots of carbonation.

Pours a brown color with an off-white head. Aroma is of sweet malts, caramel, dark fruits, and a little woodiness. Flavor is very malty with caramel and dark fruits dominating. Has a slight taste of some candied sugar with only a very slight hint of alcohol on the finish. I really wasn’t that impressed with this brew.

very dark brown with tan head and good lacing. strong malt flavor with bitter finish to follow. smells and tastes of raisens.

Pours a fizzy, yet sudsy tan head with great retention and 3-dimentional lacing that sits atop a clear effervescent burgundy body. Sweet raisin and yeasty aroma with a bit of coffee malt poking through. The nose is a bit vinous. Rich woody malts and candied pitted-fruit sweetness balanced with bitter/sour hops and an alcoholic bite. Yeasty esters and mild spice are dominant in the overall flavour, reminding me of raisins, figs and cherry. The finish is distictly different from the intitial taste, as it is more bitter and almost peppery, possibly from corriander, if it’s there. Unfortunately, the flavours are disrupted by a baking-soda like bitterness that mutes flavours on the sides of the palate, almost like an over-charred meat. The mouthfeel in tingly and thin. Complex and well-balanced, but just not that tasty. Decent.

0.33 l pear like bottle. Dark brown body, quite clear as I could have seen it, with big ocher head. Coffee malt aroma. Similar flavor, but sweetish and a bit sourish at moments. Just a little bit alcoholic. Oily texture with laced glass after drinking, leaving nice finish with coffee again. Nice beer, at moments similar to his brother 6° but generally not. And very good one also.

8/17/2007: Maredsous 8 is a transparent, deep ruby-mahogany color with a lasting, foamy, dark beige head. Malt with a hints of sour cherry, smooth woodiness, and alcohol can be found in the appealing aroma. The flavor is smooth overall with a very slight sourness to it. There is also some caramelized malt, dry woodiness, berry/cherry, and a hint of char in the flavor. This beer has a medium-full body and is smooth and mild on the palate with a creamy and mellow texture. Overall it is quite complex and very tasty!

Draught (10 oz glass) at the Dilly Deli. Rating #596 for this beer...

Pours an extremely dark amber with a huge head. Smell is sweet in the typical fashion. Flavor is good with an even flow rolling over your tongue. I got a quick hit of alcohol on the start which faded when the flavor body hit me, and then the alcohol came back at the end. Overall very easily drinkable.