Maredsous 8 Brune/Bruin
(has 5 batches)
Duvel Moortgat in Breendonk, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
7.02
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A brown or brune ale brewed under the supervision of the monastic community of Maredsous. Top fermented beer, brewed according to Benedictine tradition. Refermented in the bottle; and conditioned for two months.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Review based on the BJCP2008 guidelines (style 18E). Bottle 33 cl - Batch L31101. AROMA: complex malty aroma with strong esters (dried raspberries and other red fruits). overall caramelized background. no hop aromas. APPEARANCE: deep coppery brown color with an average ivory head with medium retention and belgian lacing. TASTE: malty flavour with caramel and faint roasted notes. some plum notes. low bitterness with a semi-sweet finish. PALATE: medium-low body with high carbonation. some alcohol warmth. OVERALL: a dark belgian ale more complex on the aromas than the flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2014
at 15:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
The dark one in this series of abbey beers, with a thick, lightly beige, sticky, moussy head and a warm, autumn-like bronze colour with copper hue, clear but hazy after adding the deposit, as it ought to be. Sweet, bit heavy aroma of candi syrup, raisins, banana, orange peel, milk chocolate, overripe plums, liquorice, pear, coffee liqueur, cloves and some faint DMS (red cabbage), but not so much as to actually disturb me. Sweet palate with medium, bit mineral-like carbo, lots of candied dates and banana, candi sugar too, light sourish touch, nutty and caramelly, smooth and soft maltiness, quite full, some chocolatey bitterness in the finish along with leafy hops and some warming, brandy-like alcohol, which just manages to avoid astringency. Also tasted from tap. Easily the best Maredous for me and again a Belgian dark in disguise, as this is actually a Scotch-style ale. Could have been a Christmas beer.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Sep 2014
at 07:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330 ml bottle into chalice, best before 8/2014. Pours slightly hazy reddish brown color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big raisin, plum, cherry, fig, caramel, molasses, toast, brown bread, light pepper, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, fig, cherry, caramel, toast, brown bread, molasses, light pepper, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Light yeast spiciness/tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of big raisin, plum, fig, cherry, caramel, molasses, toast, brown bread, light pepper, herbal, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and robustness of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and lightly slick/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent dubbel style. All around nice complexity and robustness of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2014
at 17:24
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Aroma fruity, caramel, raisins. Quite nice for a change. Light prunes. Light alcoholic. Lightly hazy brown colour. Taste is sourish, astringent, metallic, vegetal. Really a disapointment after a promising finish. Poor drinkability.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2014
at 11:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
21.05.2014, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice light brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is sweet fruity, dark sugar, dried dark fruits, caramel malts, grass, "knekk", malt candy, hints of chocolate and coffee. Taste is sweet grassy, caramel malts, dried dark fruits, yeast, grass, alcohol, hops, burnt caramel, sour coffee, dark sugar. Longlasting bitterness, slightly watery and harsh mouthfeel. Nice enough.
Nice light brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is sweet fruity, dark sugar, dried dark fruits, caramel malts, grass, "knekk", malt candy, hints of chocolate and coffee. Taste is sweet grassy, caramel malts, dried dark fruits, yeast, grass, alcohol, hops, burnt caramel, sour coffee, dark sugar. Longlasting bitterness, slightly watery and harsh mouthfeel. Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2014
at 07:23
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
0,33L bottle, BB 07.2015. Pours dark ruby with off white head. The head stays. Aroma is caramel, brown sugar, and some spicy notes. Taste burnt sugar, some tart, fruits, and malt. Alcohol well covered. Overall: good beer, but not as good as I hoped (and rating would suggest).
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2014
at 16:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Kveldens andre fra Strag denne fine Mandag i annen: å hildrande du, nok en påminnelse om hvorfor dubbel er en av mine favorittstiler (og Odd Rune er hjertens ei\nig!). Herlig aroma og smak av karamell, lys sjokolade, rosiner, molassse, brun kandis. The list goes on and on. Klassisk fargge og skum, et suverent øl innen stilen.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2014
at 12:19