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Mc Chouffe

Percentile
94
overall
Brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe (Moortgat)
Style: Scotch Ale

Achouffe, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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7743.68/5.03.67/5.08.5%89Thistle
Commercial Description:
A Scotch style Beer from the Ardenne region of Belgium.
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 islay (474), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 16, 2009  
11.2 oz. bottle. Fresh, yeasty, musty, wine-like smell. Plum and a touch of barnyard in the aroma. Pours an effervescent, brassy brown. Cloudy but mostly translucent. Short-lasting, fizzy, beige head. Brownie and chocolate candy flavors. Toasted malt finish. Light taste; not very substantive. Light body. Soft, lively, and frothy in the palate. Easy to drink. Does not stand out.


 BillKismet (1903), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/104/514/20
Feb 15, 2009  
Gorgeous, rich ruby color highlighting the copious yeasties floating in the glass Adorned with a poofy head fed by the rapidly rising carbonation bubbles. Aroma characterized by mustyness, and European hops with a somewhat soapy quality; Despite the prevalence of yeast, this tastes malty like a Scottish ale with a dusted malt-ball quality. Deeply malty. Intriguing synthesis of Belgian and Scottish qualities. Yeast is pretty tame, but perhaps a hint of Belgian characer and a soupcon of peat.


 ska (126), Italy
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/517/20
Feb 9, 2009  
On tap, dark amber/brown colour, medium white head, caramel malt aroma with yeast and honey notes, sweet flavor, medium body, finish with hops and alcohol


 nickd717 (1331), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 4, 2009  
750ml bottle at La Trappe in SF. Hell of a Scotch (Belgian) Ale. Dark brown color, beige head. Yeasty and malty aroma. Caramel, toffee, and candi sugar flavors typical of a Belgian ale with the maltiness you look for in a Scotch ale. Smooth, tasty, and very drinkable.


 Pyrozoid (352), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 3, 2009  
Bouteille de 750 ml. Dégusté avec french tickler, Agaguk et Django. Bière de couleur brune foncé brumeuse avec un mince collet moyennement collant. Odeur d’orange, épices, blé et sel. Gout très léger en bouche. L’orange revient en bouche, épices également.


 tronraner (1911), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 3, 2009  
750 mL bottle. Pours hazy dark red with proportional beige head. The aroma is toffee, raisin, clove, waffles. The flavor has a nice yeasty raisinbread quality that I find quite appealing, then some earthy spices and faint dark fruit notes. There’s a distant smoky note and some wooden bitterness toward the finish, which is refreshingly dry. Pretty good stuff, I’ll have no problem polishing off the bottle.


 berkshirejohn (1801), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 30, 2009  
Draught at a Belgian bar near Gare d’Nord, Paris. Reddish brown with a rapidly fading off-white head; fruity malts and a rounded peaty finish, but otherwise rather ordinary.


 lithy (1650), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 26, 2009  
Best by end of 2011. Slight foamer leaves a cherry red body with three fingers of cream colored head. Settles quickly. Aroma is yeasty and slight alcohol burn. Some smoky malt, chocolate and caramel sweetness. Taste is more sweet malts, caramel and a bit of peat but still very Belgian with the yeasty spices.



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