N’Ice Chouffe

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Tis the season eh! Strong and fruity with prominent plum notes. This brew is all that. It takes everything it means to be a Belgian ale, and pushes it one step further. Hyper effervescence, plummy sweetness and a long fruity finish support this heavy heady brew. A towering reddish tan head floats on this dark mahogany brew. The aroma is full of clove and other spices and reminds one of sugared plums.

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.

A dark brown beer with a fine light brown head. It has a very powerful sweet fruity aroma. The flavor is also powerful, a little sour, but with a nice sweet malt taste. A really good beer - that I definatly want to try again. The one I had tonight I had bought at the brewery and imported myself.

Big carbonation on an initially pretty head that quickly fades down. A very typical aroma of a BSA, with coriander and mild malts. A dry beer, with a full mouthfeel and a bunch of carbonation - a little too much in my opinion. But overall, this is a nice wintery beer.

2001 edition: Brick red color with a nice frothy head, lacing down the glass. Musty attic, horse blanket, and cherries in the nose. Caramel with a cherry blast in the mouth, not too sweet though. I enjoyed this one a lot. Bring on the 2002 edition next!

Color of this is about the same as a standard brown bottle. Head was a nice dense cream color. Very complex aroma, smells of yeast and non-citrus fruits, and some other spices. Flavor sweeter, medium bite that if felt right on the tip of the tongue.

Pours a murky brown color with yeast sediment in suspension, thin head. Very pleasant, complex and subtle aroma of thyme, curaçao, bread and sugar. Very good flavor of caramel, malt, curaçao, it seems to be fruity too, slightly acid and sweet finish. Full body, full enough to hide it’s alcohol content of 10%, slightly liquorous texture, soft carbonation. Very good, well-balanced, n’icely done !

Yummy Yummy thickmalt hop spiritus aroma. Dark brown colour with fair head. Thick strong rich flavour with hop malt and spirit. Smooth palate.