Mc Chouffe

Brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe (Moortgat)
Style: Scotch Ale
Achouffe, Belgium

Serve in Thistle

33 cl bottle, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Deep ruby amber colour. Juniper and some clove on the aroma with prune and alcohol. Sweet, caramel, then a mouth filling hop finish.

On tap. Finally rating this. Pours with a hazed deep brown body with a small, off-white head that fades to a ring. Aromas of bubblegum, sweet, rich malt notes, sangria (yes, sangria), brown sugar, light citrus acidity (nearly lime like), dark fruits and a few esters. Flavors are malty, chewy, fudge, raisins, molasses, syrup, esters, dark fruit. A bit of a vanilla, tongue depressor note. Chocolate. Medium bubbles. Rich through the beginning but finishes dry. Good.

On tap at Lunar brewing Co. and dispensed to a snifter with a dark brown hue, modest but creamy, off white/light tan head foam, and curtainy cling to the lacing. The aroma was pixy stix candy sweetness, light malt, dark fruit as prune and raisin, light caramel, and a hint of vanilla. Ditto on the flavor, with low hop bitterness, and only medium to light body. Flavorful, but would have liked more texture.

From the bottle at De Kelk in Brugge during last week’s trip to Belgium. Reviewed from notes. Serve in a McChouffe chalice. Pours dark brown with a nice, foamy light tan head. Good retention and plenty of lacing. Nose brings loads of dark fruits and a bit of sweetness. Flavor falls along the same lines, though the two don’t mix quite as well as in the nose. Medium body and good carbonation. Semi-dry finish. Well made and quite tasty.

Draught pours a nice nut brown color with some light tan head in my snifter. Aromas are malty, some peat, and banana. Taste is malty and a bit bready at first, with hops coming into play and creates a nice balance. I like this beer a lot. Body is medium, carbonation is high. Overall, a great beer...a can’t miss favorite.

en af de bedste belgiske øl jeg har smagt - kraftig og fyldig caramel, raisin, tan foam, golden, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, full body, long finish,

(33 cl bottle from Belgisk Bryg) Pours a clear, dark brown with medium, toffee head that laces the glass. Aroma is malty, grainy with a bready note. Medium-bodied, medium carbonation, oily texture and a sweet finish. Taste is rather sweet with not much complexity except maybe some nutty flavours. Girlfriend says: "Chestnut."

75cl bottle, close to bb date: I don’t get this big green bottle thing with belgian beers.. Definitely some skunkiness in the aroma as a result. Some nice fruity notes as well, dark caramel and a hint of chocolatey roast. Seems a bit too watery, despite the higher ABV. Pretty ordinary stuff.