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Achel Extra Bruin (de 3 Wijzen)

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4193.97/5.03.95/5.0Winter9.5%92.8Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Huge, copper-colored, bottle-conditioned ale, still hot off the presses, Achel Trappist Extra is the latest from the tiny brewery at the St. Benedictus Abbey at Achel, in the Northeast of Belgium. At this year's World Beer Championships in Chicago, the Extra was easily the best of the many Trappist beers tasted, scoring 97 points and an "Exceptional" rating. You will find this a very satisfying beer, with just a little malt sweetness, dried fruit flavors, warm sherry notes, and a brisk balancing backdrop of fresh hop bitterness.
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 joergen (8610), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
Dec 30, 2005  
Bottle. Cloudy brown coloured with a lasting off white head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel, spices and alcohol. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel, and spices with notes of alcohol and marzipan.


 Tmoney99 (4745), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Dec 29, 2005  
Bottle. Hazy brown color with a huge frothy light brown head that was lasting and produced excellent lacing. Good complex sweet fruity aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture. Heavy sweet bitter flavor with a long finish with a small alcohol tone.


 jzzbassman (846), New Albany, Mississippi, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/104/517/20
Dec 29, 2005  
Aroma was pleasant and inviting, reminding me of a fine pipe tobacco. The pour was just beautiful; mahogonay with a head that lasted the entire glass. Flavor was heavy on the malt, somewhat vinuous with tobacco and caramel notes.


 Tejas (697), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Dec 19, 2005  
Not much aroma. Maybe a little alcohol in the nose. Nice bready flavor. Slight alcohol flavor too but OK b/c not alcohol hot. Good sipping beer that I’d like to try again. Only negative is maybe a little thin in the body but plenty drinkable.


 Slick (1962), Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 4, 2005  
Dark amber/brown color,medium sized off white head that had a decent hang time then faded to leave a nice lace behind.The aroma was fruity with a nice spicey side coming through as well as a bit of caramel in there.The flavor was very nice,fruity spicey with a nice feel a bit on the thick heavy side but with all the flavors it doesn’t detract from it but manages to make it all round out nicely.Very nice flavorful brew and well worth having a few more.


 Bart (1648), Brussels, Belgium
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Nov 12, 2005  
At Kulminator-Antwerp. 75cl Bottle, Brown-red colour, small ofe-white colour. What an aroma!! Madeirisation on top. Full body, warm alcoholic taste. Very special beer.


 YogiBeera (2437), Hamburg, Germany
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 25, 2005  
Thanks for Joris for sharing this gem with us in his house - we had a wonderful evening! Nice deep brown color, small layer of a head . Sweet malt nose with caramel and alcohol - intense but so yummie! Lot’s of caramel, but not sweet, kind of yeasty with some slightly bitter nuts. IMedium long lasting - Great one!


 Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/519/20
Oct 25, 2005  
Bottle. Yeast in bottom. Dark reddish brown colour with a dense beutiful head. Lovely aroma of dried fruit and complexity. Extremely nice flavour of fruit, caramel and complxity. Great mouthfeel. Big body.



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