N’Ice Chouffe

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Dark brown with medium short lasting head. Sweet malty aroma with overripe fruits, yeast and toffee. Flavor is sweet with notes of toffee, yeast and spices.

4 years old
Beautiful ruby-amber color, nice perlage and persistent layer of foam. Nice malt aroma, with a touch of alcohol. Good body, hiding quite well the alcohol content; smooth, spicy. Ends with also some caramel.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Name: N’ice Chouffe
Date: December 12, 2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta
Appearance: dark amber, big frothy head
Aroma: light malt aroma
Flavor: spicy belgian malt flavor

Name: N’ice Chouffe
Date: September 19, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: jungle jim’s
Appearance: clear dark red, fine beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a lot of spicyness
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of fruity esters, touch of alcohol brings out the fruityness in the esters, lots of sweetness from beginning to end but never too sweet

Name: N’ice Chouffe
Date: December 29, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Appearance: hazy dark burgendy, big creamy tan head
Aroma: aroma is drier allowing the spicyness to come out with the fruityness staying in the background
Flavor: flavor is drier as well, still dominated by the fruity character but the spicyness gets to share the limelight, no sign of alcohol
Overall: slight preference to the bottle version

Name: N’ice Chouffe
Date: December 20, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Aroma: sweet caramel aroma with lots of spicyness that dries it out
Overall: sweet malt is well balanced by the spicyness, light bitterness rises out of the spices, plenty of bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Typically bombastic Achouffe yeastiness, and loads of malt. Nice Belgian barley wine.

(750ml bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of raisins, yeast, and banana. Flavor of dark fruits, malts, and winter ale spices.

On tap at The Kulminator, Antwerp. First beer here on the Friday (came back the following day) and whilst I was wading through the beer list, I had a draught beer just to keep me going. Deep copper/amber colour with lasting beige head. Choc/coffee and dark fruit aroma. But also quite fresh. Some spice and heat in mouth, slightly raisiny on end. Slight rubber on finish too.

Bottle. Pours a brown colour with a longlasting tan head. Sweet malty and spicy aroma. Very malty spicy and yeasty and sweet flavor. Warming malty sweet finish, with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

UPDATED: FEB 17, 2009 Dark browny red with beutiful white head. Aroma and taste is of dark fruits, spices and alcohol. This has the average Christmas beers sweetness - this is very pleasant though. Full body and and creamy texture. One of my favorite christmas beers. NICE indeed! Rerate feb. 09. 0,2 down . . .