Mc Chouffe

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

A very nice Belgian brown ale. Very smooth with a little sourness up front. A slightly spicy flavor and a good smooth finish. Be careful as the high alcohol is not obvious and after a couple you’ll certainly feel it.

Lacking the complexity of some of the better beers of this style, although I would consider it somewhere between the Belgian and Scottish styles, as it isn’t nearly as smokey or malty as a true Scottish ale. Some woody flavor in the malt, but it finishes poorly.

Excellent appearance, nice malty aroma and flavour but perhaps a bit overcarbonated when drinking it.

Fruity and yeasty. Magnificant head and colour. Strong alcoholic notes in the palate.

Malty, yeasty aroma. Cloudy brown coloured. Nice head. Sweet taste, malty, fruity, hints of spices. Bitter finish. Okay.

Red orange in color with a nice head. Really good beer. Spicey aroma. Alcohol not noticeable. Easy to drink Great beer. Malty.

Pours brown with ruby edges when held to light. Large beige head with good retention. Aroma of caramel biscuits, malt extract and fresh fruit. Sweet malty flavour, though very well balanced all the way through. Hops there, but just enough. I actually prefered this to the La chouffe.

Dark mahogany color with a good head and lacing, just right for the style. Enough carbonation to keep my chimay glass busy with it’s bubblicious column of aromomatic generation. The aroma has is lightly malty like a scotch but has a definate belgian quality to it. A bit of sweet malts and vinous hops. The flavor has a good amount of alcohol with some dark malts and tart toffee. Finishes very belgian with some bottle conditioned yeasyness and a little tart kick. Not too bad, unique scotch for sure though.