Maredsous 8

Bottle. Aroma with lots of sweet, dark fruits, some dark malt. Flavor also has some spicy hops and more straight sugary notes. Kind of brash and not terribly nuanced, but ok.

Slightly hazy orange-yellow pour with large, thick bubbles. Sweet cotton candy and raisin aroma. Lots of fruity malt. Sweet marshmallow flavor with fruity malt. Cotton candy and bubblegum notes.

Pours dark brownish amber with a large head. Sweet, bready aroma. Nice prickly sweet taste.

330 ml bottle. Beautiful dark, reddish brown body with a big beihe head. Aroma of sweet malt, some caramel and a hint of brown sugar. Flavor is sweet malty, some caramel, a bit fruity, some spices, balanced bitter and I fine warming hint of alcohol in the aftertaste. Medium body. Very nice and balanced but nothing really extraordinary.

Bottle, pours a dark brown with a ruby red hue along the edges. Dense, foamy tan head with excellent lacing. Aroma is a mixture of bread, yeast, malt caramel, dried fruit and spices. Similar mixture of flavors with a very dry finish. Had a nice, lingering aftertaste. Quite tasty.

Brown with ruby red highlights. Thick tan head, very thick, heavy lacing, retention. Aroma is pungent, very sharp, sour, yeasty, bananas, rye bread, spicy, also some ripe sweet dark fruit. Very heavy carbonation, but small-bubbled, sugary palate, though clean tasting, the carbonation has a cleansing affect. No alcohol noticed, well it is back there, but only if you are looking for it. A fine beer, could do with a bit more body considering the fabulous nose and look, then it would be a perfect beer, but there are so few of those.

Thanks to HogTownHarry. Pours a dirty/rusty brown with a small brown head. Aroma: Like a Christmas pudding and altar wine, cherry, caramel, alcohol, dark fruit, slight metallic twang too. Flavour: Very ’Belgian’ if that makes sense?? Yeast, malt and caramel, raisins, toffee, some malt whiskey too. Nice long yeast & alcohol finish.

Sampled at a tasting. Aroma was caramelized malts and Belgian yeast with notes of dark fruit, brown sugar, and some spice. On the palate, it was about the same and finished dry.