Mc Chouffe

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

Serve in Thistle

Bottle Pours a clear dark brown with a very thick fizzy head. Coarse spotty lacing. Aroma is brown sugar, apples ans a sweet toasted note as well. Flavors are dark roasted, slightly smokey, kind of like a strong porter butr with that spicy belgian yeast flavor. ABV is present and fairly up front. Feel is a bit thin with quite lively carbonation. Trailer is a sour bitterness but not overly so.

The color is brown with a beige head. The taste is sweet and fruity. Finishes slight bitter.

A red brown body with a lively tan head that quickly faded. Aroma of caramel, raisan and brown sugar. Flavour is sweet, but rather acidic and the high alcohol is quite apparent. Not as full as the nose would want you to beleive. Finish is creamy but acidic. The elf on the bottle is great and the picture in the corner showing the beer in a glass. If there was a category for label this would probably be my favourite so far.

Bottle: Light brown airy foamy head. Disappears quick. Deep dark brown (a hint of red), almost black colored beer. Smell malts, caramel, dark fruit, prunes, spices and a hint of hops. Taste is a mix of sweets, fruits, prunes, apple, malts, light bitter, hops, spices and caramel. Medium carbo and body and soft tingly mouthfeel.

UPDATED: MAR 11, 2007 draft. Very dark, almost black appearance with decent head that stays. Very nice hoppy aroma. The taste is awesome with a lite carbonation and a well balanced body. Slightly sweet with a hint of brown sugar and raisins. Very good on draft. Cheers! Update: 750ml - still great taste. What I love about this beer is the sweet malty background you get as your drinking it. Outstanding.

Nice dark pour, medium head. some sweetness, but well balanced by smokiness, and dark fruits, alcohol well hidden, good brew.

Aroma is a mild roasted scent. Color is a deep hazy orange brown with good carbonation and a tight tan head. Taste is mildly sweet. Starting with a light body it goes down easy with a slight crispness. Finish comes in with a mild sweet roasted malt flavor and a little caramel with hints of fruit, then ends with a very mellow bitterness. After taste is clean with a slight warming feel. This brew is much lightly then it looks, this is not a bad thing. Its a delicate flavor that gets better as it warms up. Don’t try this brew too cold, the bottle says drink it between 50°-55° and that’s where the flavor really shows up.

Appealing translucent brown pour with off-white head. Aroma of orange, plum and sweet malts that follows through in the flavor. Acidic notes in the aftertaste in the form of a slight sourness in addition to some very slight peppery notes. Thin body and lots of fizz. Enjoyed this.