Mc Chouffe

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

Bottle sampled. Pours a ruby brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, yeast, floral hops, nuts, and some fruit notes. Flavor is mild and richly carbonated with caramel malts, dark fruit, and a hint of molasses with a malty bitter finish.

Bottle. Pours a bronze\ brown with a nice tan head. Aroma of citrus, fruit, belgian spices, and caramel. Flavor is smooth, fruit, spices, caramel, and citrus. Good body, good brew.

Pours a textured reddish brown with a thick creamy light tan head. The aroma is very sweet, definite Belgian influence in there, sour yeast smell, light alcohol, and caramel. The flavor doesn’t taste as much like the other Scotch Ales I’ve had. Definite Belgian presence, earthy, alcohol is there, no peat smoke, not terribly complex, raisins and light light spice on the swallow. The palate is full and warm with a popping crispness. The finish shows the alcohol and warms the throat and stomach.

Bottle: reddish brown, little head. malty, nutty with a nice medium body. Really dry finish. Actually a bit boring. Some maple notes as it gets warm.

Clear, cherry reddish appearance, good head formation. Malty, wody, biscuity aroma. Mild biscuity palate, dry, moderately spiced, moderate fruitiness. Slight hoppy bite towards the end.

This reddish brown ale poured with a lacy tan head, eliciting a malty aroma. The flavor is spicy toasted malt with a slightly smoky finish and a heavily carbonated mouthfeel. The taste mellows as the beer warms, resulting in a very satisfying drink.

Draught at the brewery, very dark brown with a large bubbly beige head. A dry malty aroma, some licorice in there, and vinuous notes. A medium and smooth mouthfeel with rich malty flavours and a light bitter finish. Was hoping for more, though still good.

33 cl bottle, "Best Before End 2007." Rating #MCC! (Get it?) Served at about 45°F in a tulip glass. Deep brown with ruby red streaks in the light. Thin, tenacious head. Smell of unwashed sugars, some light fruits. Rich, sugary Belgian dark ale more than Scotch, I think. Caramel malts start to pick up, and a bit of smoke or phenol. Richly carbonated, helping to bring out more of the alcohol. Raisins and dried fruits after that, just a suggestion of cinnamon and crystallized ginger. Mild bitterness really can’t stand up to this Belgian sweetness, but this is well sweetened, not cloying. A great, contemplative brew that, for once, I pulled from my cellar at just the right time.