Maredsous 8

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

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a huge beige head. Aroma is sweet, a bit of caramel, some fruit, rather malty, no hops to speak of. Flavor is sweet, lots of dark fruit (cherries?), but also quite roasty. There’s just a bit of sourness there too. Ends dry and a little bitter. Creamy mouthfeel.

Pours a dark brown with an off-white head. Nice carbonation - not the most flavorful beer but has a bit of a dry figgy taste.

Pours dark brown with an off-white head and leaving good lacing. Slightly spicy, sweet, malty aroma and well balanced.

From bottle pours dark amber with acceptable, though not plush, beige head. Aroma is teriyaki, as is front flavor. Tastes like a lot of Special ’B’ went into this one. Mineral effervesence common to dubbels is absent. Bold start falls flat, and little to no complexity with temperature change.

(bottle) brown with short beige head; faint malty aroma; faint and dull malty flavour; once again one of my least favourite Belgians

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a huge disappearing beige head. Malty aroma with some sweetness. The flavour is sweet toffee and roasted malt, dark fruits and pepper, a hint of alcohol in the finish. Quite thin and smooth mouthfeel.

pours a dark brown with a small tan head, and good lacing. smell of spice, caramel, and dark fruits. taste is of dark fruits, spice, caramel, and cocoa, ends dry and a little bitter.

33cl bottle, gift from Thomas J, brought back from belgium. pours a deep amber, with a giant thick smooth head, with some fluffyness. aroma is very dry malty, roasted malty, coffee. much more roasted than i’d expect. flavor is balanced, smooth, licorice, roasted grains, dark fruits, very very slight sourness or fruityness, ends quite roasted. most of the sweetness is from fruits, so you’ve got a smoked/roasted dry brune here. Quite special. alc well hidden.