N’Ice Chouffe

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

750 ml bottle, Habersham Beverage Warehouse, Savannah, Ga. Pours a chestnut brown with a frothy, medium thick khaki colored pour. Aroma has sweet baked bread notes to it with a proncounced fruitiness - dates most likely. Flavor has some baked brown bread notes with some brown sugar, dates and a little bit of port in there. Decent, thick mouthfeel, and the 10%ABV is hidden rather well. An excellent winter warmer.

Bottled(750ml). -Reddish/brown coloured, medium sized off-white head, alcoholic and dried fruits nose. The taste is very fruity and light spicy, alcohol is quite noticable and the finish is mild sugary. Nothing more nothing less than good.

This winterbrew by Chouffe did not fill me with enjoyment. The traditional chouffe taste was not well balanced and the alcohol content is just too present. A bit of a disappointment after all those great chouffe brews :-(

Dark red-brown colored with little light brown head. Spices and licorice dominate this aroma with some berry sourness, mild alcohol also here. Medium to full bodied. Flavor has also strong licorice with sour berries, mild alcohol also here. Aftertaste lasts with dry yeast and licorice still. Slight disappointment.

2006 Limited edition 750 shared with my girlfriend Cyn. Pours mahongany with a tan head. Nose is sweet and fruity. Taste is big bold with a lot of bite. a Pretty tasty beer.

Tap, Kulminator Antwerpen. Ruby red, excellent lasting pale beige head and gentle condition. Big fruity spicy aromas with hints of caramel and roast barley. Sweet and spicy in the mouth with corriander and cinnamon apparent and a gentle distant hoppiness. Slightly sweet and syrupy aftertaste with a lingering roasted note.

750ml bottle. 2007 edition. Dark brown wiht a nice layer of foam maintained by my Chimay glass. Warm spice and malt aroma, Dubble-like. Hard to taste 10% ABV but you can feel it after half a bottle. You can taste the dark candy-sugar, dark malt and a caramel-molasses touch. Nice spice residue on the tongue.

Brown pour, tan head. Malty aromas of caramel, toffee, dark fruit and certainly molasses. Flavor follows suit with a great mouthfeel and flavors of spices, dried fruit, caramel and nice warming malt profile. cheers!