N’Ice Chouffe

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Pours a dark cloudy brown with off white head. Aroma of spice, malt, dark fruit, booze. Very complex aroma, can’t completely wrap my head around it. Similar taste, very warming. enjoyed this one.

Bottle at De Zwaan cafee, Bratislava. Dark chestnut brown color with huge frothy beige head. Aroma of malt, caramel, orange peel, lemon, clove. Taste, plums, lemon, orange zest, dark berries, caramel, hints of chocolate, light bitterness in background. . Bittersweet, more on sweet side finish. Nice beer.

Very carbonated. Smelled and tastes ultra sweet. Average Belgian Strong Ale and nothing more.

This Belgian Christmas Ale is spiced with with thyme and curaçao, from the established La Chouffe brewery. They usually make pretty good stuff, even if nothing mind blowing. This one was enjoyable, I shared the bottle with Pekka. Nothing particularly memorable about it — the spices are not evident and it mostly just tastes like a decent Belgian Strong Ale — but certainly worth trying.

Malt, spice, and Belgian yeast in the aroma. Caramel, toffee, bread, and a little banana in the flavor. Finish has some alcohol, creamy carbonation, and a little hop bite. Really, really good.

3oz tasting from Davis Beer Shoppe. Lighter bodied beer with the dark fruits dominating . Honestly nothing special about it, not very memorable.

Sweet malt aromas with spice. Poured brown with a small white head. Flavors of toffee and spice. Overall a fantastic beer.

On tap at downtown Houston Saucer. Dark, hazy brown with a moderate beige head. Aroma of dark fruit, caramel, spice and Belgian yeast. Taste was well balanced, yeasty and fruity, with well hidden alcohol. Medium bodied with smooth carbonation. Quite good.

Floral, ginger, butterscotch, alcohol. Remarkable for the palate. Aftertaste kind of sweet and spicy.