Brooklyn Cuvee dAchouffe

Formerly brewed at Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Belgian Ale
Brooklyn, New York USA

Pours a red/orange color with a huge white head that lasts forever. Good lacing. Light herb aroma with hints of bread and pear. Flavor consists of honey sweetness, cinnamon, mild hop bitterness, a strong belgian style yeast presence and an herbal finish. It’s absolutely wonderful. I would never in a million years have guessed that this was a Brooklyn beer. Fantastic.

Tap at Bar Great Harry. Fantastic beer. Huge, beautiful head. Perfectly dry, doughy aroma, lots of yeast, wheat and spice. Deeply complex and invitin4g. Flavor has a lovely hop, wheaty crunchiness and a light tart. Lively body, with nice caramel notes. Super slick Belgian. Superb.

I tried this draught at the Flying Saucer in Charlotte, NC. I am fond of Garrett Oliver’s beers and his writing. This beer did not disappoint. Nice coper color with a fruity, yeasty spicy nose. The mouthfeel was well carbonated, spicy sweet with a soft finish. Nice Belgian yeasty notes.

On tap in the home kegerator... Per the tag around the sixtel neck, this is 7.5% abv. Appears a hazy, glow of orange with a 3 finger, creamy white cap that slowly fades away into a generous film that never leaves. Tons of lacing is ringed like sticky sea foam around the glass. A few small spice particles rest in the bottom of the glass. Smell is of the signature earth-noted Chouffe yeast, along with some notes of honey, underripened bananas, bubblegum, candi sugar, apples, spice, and flowers with a dash of cinnamon. I’m not getting any of the thyme aromas that was added during the brewing of this treat. In fact, it reminds me very much of La Chouffe, itself. Taste is of the mentioned aromas perhaps toned down a little bit with a yeasty dryness coming through nicely. Mouthfeel is carbonated lightly, yeasty, medium bodied, and fruity with bitterness catching the swallow via the yeast, spices, and hops. A well done brew.

5th Richmond Gathering, on tap at Capital Alehouse, downtown location. Happy to get to try this. Medium clear amber, decent head. Slight spice and cardamom pod aroma. Flavor was rather spicy, with a good bit of dried coriander wandering around an undefined fruity malt backbone. I suppose the thyme struck me as coriander for some reason. In any case, this was nice.

Amber colour with a dense off white head. Sweet malty aroma with spicy and fruity notes and only hints of the yeast. Malty, light spicy flavor with fruity and hoppy notes. Light dry and sweet finish.

Draft at fest. Nice and smooth. Sweet and fruity with a nice body. A little hope and bitter balance it out nicely. Very good.

On tap at Willimantic Brewing. Slightly hazy amber with a white head. Great lace! Spicy sweet nose, fruity, yeasty and a touch of dust. Light to medium body, soft but lively mouthfeel. My friend and I could not figure out what the spice we were tasting was, and I now see thyme was used. Guess that was it! Cinnamon and nutmeg notes. I liked this very much!