Mc Chouffe

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

Date: 09/20/2004
Mode: Bottle
Source: Harry’s

Appearance: muddy brown with a big tan head,
Aroma: sweet malty aroma with lots of dark malt character,
Flavor: rich malt flavor with little complexity, lots of chocolate, light bitter finish, flavor and some additional complexity shows up at the end,
Overall: this is one to only slightly chill
-------- /> Date: 05/18/2005
Source: tasting
Score: ii to iii

picking up some nice rich malt character with lots of flavor and good chocolate
-------- /> Date: 09/19/2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store

Appearance: hazy dark ruby red, lasting fine beige head, bits of lace,
Aroma: light sweet fruity aroma,
Flavor: rich and fruity flavor, light earthyness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Medium brown colour with a thick, billowy head. Aroma of yeast, wood, prunes, figs, toffee and bog myrtle. Spicy, yeasty tones overly a rich toffeeish, earthy maltiness. Sweet demerara and deglet noor finish. Sturdy alcoholic punch comes in late. Quality brew, and after 2 years in the cellar it emerges as a world classic.

2007-11-09, draught at Den Tatoverede Enke, Copenhagen, 6-3-7-3-14=33
Dark brown color. Chocolatey aroma and chocolate+caramel flavor, drier than expected. Good without thrills.

2003-06-28, bottle, 8-5-8-4-15=40
Dark red-amber color; persistent head. Very nice malt nose, and malt body, with some liquorice. Dryer than we may guess.

Brown with medium off white head. Sweet flavor with toffee, yeast and fruits. Malty flavor with fruits, spices, tofee and warming alcohol in the end.

Dark brown with medium tan head. Aroma is moderately sweet, malty, raisin, anise. Taste is sweet, caramel, raisin, yeasty. Finishes with strong alcohol warming. Fairly carbonated, and a pretty full body.

On draught at the New Oxford, Salford 16/03/2007 Malt aroma. Dark coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with some alcohol present. Some dryness in a warming lasting malt finish.

75cl bottle from Belgium. Very red brown colour with beige thickish head. Lovely smell of rich malt and red berries. Some yeast and strong belgian ale aromas. Good in mouth. More rich malts and berries on the end. Lovely

Bottled 0,75 ltr (BBE 2007)
Red-nut brown color, small steady beige head. Nose has alcohol, caramel, anise and light roasted malts. Liquerish, medium-bodied. Mouthfeel is a mix of carbonation (a bit too much, CO2 makes loud sound too :)) and alcohol. Flavor has yeast, sugar, malts, some fruits (raisins) and wood. Dry woody, slighly alcoholic aftertaste. Maybe not a pure "Scotch Ale", more like Belgium strong ale.