McChouffe - Brasserie d'Achouffe

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624 Ratings

rAvg: 3.97
pDev: 10.83%
Reviews: 458
Hads: 166

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Brasserie d'Achouffe

Belgium

Style | ABV
Belgian Strong Dark Ale | 8.00% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (411), on-tap (46), nitro-bottle (1).

Notes:
ABV varies from time to time.

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Reviews by wvsabbath:

wvsabbath

West Virginia

4.5/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Serving Type - 25.4 oz bottle

Appearance - Tanish brown with a nice,foamy 1 inch head, plenty of lacing.

Smell - Sweet malts, caramel, brown sugars, farmhouse funky yeasts. Lots of spices.Cherry, apples, plum, rasin.

Taste - Very malty with plenty of spices. Has a very fruity, dr.pepper cherry rasin flavor. Plenty of caramel, toffee and brown sugars. Has a smokey, burnt flavor that ends dry and malty. Cocoa also is a flavor that sticks out. This beer really has a scotch/wee heavy taste going on.

Mouthfeel - Loads of malts and spices hit the tounge along with toffee, caramel and belgium yeasts. Palate gets more sugars, malts and the wee heavy mix of malt/toffee/caramel. Aftertaste is dry, sweet and malty.

Overall - This is really tasty. A combo of brown ale,wee heavy and belgian strong ale. Loads of flavor, smooth and really easy to drink. Had no idea what to expect. Balanced and unique, this beer is different from anything ive had before. Each time i take a sip, i discover something else. THis is a excellent beer, i hope you give this a shot.

Serving type: bottle

11-07-2012 01:11:31 | More by wvsabbath

More User Reviews:

mrfrancis

Kentucky

4/5 rDev +0.8%

06-18-2013 23:17:57 | More by mrfrancis

Whiskeydeez

Kansas

4/5 rDev +0.8%

06-10-2013 14:56:22 | More by Whiskeydeez

DJoe

Massachusetts

4.31/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

June 2013
A: Dark, cola-like with a lie head

S: Very appealing. Fruity and earthy, with a touch of sweetness.

T: Caramelly and sweet, but with a nice alcohol balance.

M: Some carbonation upon sipping.
O: Very enjoyable. Has both sweetness and crisp alcohol

Served in a 33cl blottle

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2013 01:20:04 | More by DJoe

BogBoyJD

Ireland

3.25/5 rDev -18.1%

06-02-2013 23:34:22 | More by BogBoyJD

Dcunicelli

Pennsylvania

4.25/5 rDev +7.1%

06-02-2013 21:32:35 | More by Dcunicelli

ZombiesAteMyDog

Indiana

3.5/5 rDev -11.8%

05-27-2013 23:26:34 | More by ZombiesAteMyDog

InspectorBob

New Jersey

4/5 rDev +0.8%

05-27-2013 16:41:56 | More by InspectorBob

Janeinma

Massachusetts

3.5/5 rDev -11.8%

05-25-2013 15:13:00 | More by Janeinma

AngusOg

Maryland

3.5/5 rDev -11.8%

05-24-2013 14:19:32 | More by AngusOg

desint

Belgium

3/5 rDev -24.4%

05-24-2013 12:16:29 | More by desint

sfprint

Germany

3.15/5 rDev -20.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3

Exp. 11/2013
A: Dark rootbeer and opaque, rootbeer/cola like head and carbonation. bubbles cling to edge of glass.
S: There's a glue/plastic scent. Rubber boot. Also a dark fruity sweetness. Paint. Pretty strange
T: Alcohol is well hidden. Like a not so sweet soda with a strange flavor. In the cola/rootbeer family. odd
M: Explosion of carbonation upon sipping.
O: certainly an odd beer. I wouldn't jump at this one, but not that I can't appreciate it's quality and uniqueness.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 00:33:15 | More by sfprint

LeeryLeprechaun

Colorado

3.84/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Strong white head that turns into lacing on the glass. Dark brown to red in color.

The aroma is dominated by spicy phenols, some alcohol in the aroma, some pineapple.

The first things that hits you is spice, with a spice finish. I also pick up some notes of rum, but mostly the taste is dominated by black pepper.

Body is full.

Overall this beer is okay. It is kind of one dimensional when it comes to the malt and the hops. What makes it impressive is the yeast strain. The phenols and pepper are rather enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 00:52:37 | More by LeeryLeprechaun