N’Ice Chouffe

750 bottle-2005 vintage- Very mellow, you don’t taste the 10% alcohol, a very nice spicy flavor. This is a decent Christmas ale, but overall an inferior strong Belgian beer.

750ml bottle, Bacchus, Ncl. Again, rated after a beer fest session, but this was melow and warming, rich yet far too easy to drink and at 10%, a wee bit dangerous. Served in the correct glass too, which is always a bonus. One to savour and re-rate when I’ve consumed a bit less, I reckon

750 ml bottle. 2005 vintage. Aroma is of old malt, some spices. Looks like a mudpuddle in my glass with a thin head. Tastes of raisins; very Belgian aftertaste. Tastes old.

2007 bottle from Greens Liquor stoe off Ponce De Leon. Nice dark brown body with a nice fluffy head. Looks like a great Belgian Ale. Dark fruit aroma...big time. Fairly aromatic. Nice fruit malty aroma. Nice dark fruit aroma. Very much in your face with the dark fruit aroma. Nice crisp grap dark fruit aroma. Nice fresh dark fruit taste. Not extremely creamy. Nice overly creamy, but the "spices" aren’t very apparent. Nice dark fruit beer, with some great qualities, but not the most amazing Belgian Strong.

(bottle) pours a murky dark brown colour with a frothy off-white head. aroma of herbal hops, lightly toasted malts, dark fruits, a few hints of powdered sugar and roses. flavour is quite nondescript, with light notes of alcohol and fruit. heavy body with medium carbonation and a warming finish. quite disappointing.

Bottle. Dark and poured with a big head.Sweet and full bodied with a strong presence of alcohol.Low carbonation and some maltiness.Powerful and impressive.

this is my first from these guys, a 2007. it was a gusher after i took the top off. you can really smell the alcohol in it along with a whole range of smells like, oarnge, malt, grape and something else that i cant identify. the taste wasnt overpowering, and it was almost medium bodied. it is a little sweet and has a warming effect. the head fell rather quickly, i wasnt expecting that, has little lacing and the body is a dark ruby red. it may be a little to carbonated though.

A nose of chocolate and yeast. Taste is salty, buttery, complex and a bit peppery. The alcohol is present in the finish. After a bit of aging the curacau-flavour becomes more subtle and allows a solid belgian strong to emerge. Cheap and very drinkable. Will buy again!