N’Ice Chouffe

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Red brown with a rich, khaki head cloying to the glass. Yeasty and sweet caramel aroma. Initially sweet, spicy yeastiness takes over, ending dry. Noticeable alcohol.Good carbonation, full-bodied. Very enjoyable, if not the most complex strong ale around.

750ml bottle. 2007 edition. Dark brown wiht a nice layer of foam maintained by my Chimay glass. Warm spice and malt aroma, Dubble-like. Hard to taste 10% ABV but you can feel it after half a bottle. You can taste the dark candy-sugar, dark malt and a caramel-molasses touch. Nice spice residue on the tongue.

2003 vintage. Pours a dark brown with splashes of ruby. Small tan head. Nose is watery cocoa, spice, yeast, and hints of malt. The taste is comprised of fruit, more spice(nutmeg and coriander?), dark chocolate, and perhaps anise. Very carbonated mouthfeel and has that "sharp" feeling associated with it. It finishes decently enough with little bitterness. Pretty good beer!

750 ml bottle, Habersham Beverage Warehouse, Savannah, Ga. Pours a chestnut brown with a frothy, medium thick khaki colored pour. Aroma has sweet baked bread notes to it with a proncounced fruitiness - dates most likely. Flavor has some baked brown bread notes with some brown sugar, dates and a little bit of port in there. Decent, thick mouthfeel, and the 10%ABV is hidden rather well. An excellent winter warmer.

(draught at Meddlesome Moth) pours opaque very dark brown, oily tan bubbles with nice lacing. Nose of raisin, brown sugar, plum, yeasty. Taste of raisin, toasty, sweet malt, Belgian yeast, and quite peppery. Well carbonated and dry finish.

0.75 l bottle from Alko. Reddish brown color. Aromas of raisiny caramel, tart fruitiness, cherry and restrained clove. Raisiny, toffeish and warming flavor with some clove and pepper. There is initially some caramelly sweetness but alcohol makes the finish fairly dry and bitter (alcohol, not hops). Highly carbonated. Drinkable but for 10 % abv I would like to have something more special.

(750ml bottle) The neck foamed-over for a good 2 minutes after the cap finally was cracked. A pleasant aroma of marshmellow and bourbon filled the air. The flavours of strong roasted malt, caramel, marshmellow and cask bourbon roll nicely on the tongue. Very potent and formal flavours for a straight-forward taste. Very warming ans sweet. Very good.

Brown, no head. Cedery, woodsy aoma. very earthy and woodsy flavor, with a undercurrent of fruit - plums, raisins. Slightly medicinal through the finish. Maybe a bit of cinnamon in the aftertaste. NIce beer!