Maredsous 8

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

Sparkling clear, dark, caramel-colored beer. Small, creamy, lightly tanned head. The aroma is big, rich and malty. Notes of caramel, smoke, whole grain bread dough and roasted pistachios. The flavor is of candy sugar and dark fruit up front, but well-balanced and very astringent on the backside. Full-bodied with a fizzy mouthfeel and a long, dry finish. Very nice brew!

This beer pours a mahogany reddish color with a medium sized pearlish white head and good lacing. The aroma is strongly sweet with caramel and bread and a hint of cinnamon and vanilla. Strongly sweet and dark tasting beer with coffee and vanilla extract abundant. Absolutely a beautiful beer to begin with but astoundingly sweet as it warms, almost difficult to temper. Carbonation is fairly mild with heavy burnt coffee aftertaste. Mildly dry, stout like almost. Very little alcohol presence.

Mild fruity apple caramel aroma.Chestnut appearance.Dry bitter fruity apple pear flavors with a dry herbal finish.much better from the bottle than on tap.

Clear, deep red-brown. Brownish head. Very fruity, estery nose (various fruits; peach, prune, dark cherry, red grapes). Taste is fruity again, weet from a solid malty base, and going fast over in a smoky (as in a good cigar) retronasal flavour, which lingers on. There is some hopbitterness, but at the same time an aroma of cypress-leaves. Mouthfeel gives alcohol, however restrained, warm and full. The aftertaste is stil the cigar-flavour, hints of different fruits, nothing outspoken. Excellent example from a range, challenging the real trappists.

Beautiful brown amber color, with creamy head. Excellent lacing. Not quite as good as Chimay, but definitely worth a try.

Poured a Reddish brown hue a bone color head which seem to have good retention. A fruity aroma mixed with notes of sugar and almost a leather hint to it. Flavor was smooth with caramel notes and subtle dried fruits. Finished with a decent amount of carbonation.

Tasted 01/11/2008. 330ml bottle from Regionals. Like he said but with a slight spicy and lacquer-like alcoholic qualities. Very nice.

The tap poured a clear dark amber beverage with an small tan creamy head that was mostly lasting and left good lacing on the glass. The aroma was malty with sweet caramel and toffee notes along with the typical spicy and fruity characteristics of a Belgian. The body was medium-full with lively carbonation and a slightly oily texture. The flavor started out sweet and malty. The finish was long with a decided alcohol warmth.