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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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle 330 ml, at Tolkien’s, Zagreb. Pours dark brown with creamy head. Sweet spicy malty aroma. Malty caramel, fruit flavor. Medium to full body.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Tolkiens House (old location)
on 26 Jan 2014
at 02:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured into a Maredsous glass. Appearance is deep ruby, almost brown, with a beige head which persists. Aroma is really good- lots and lots of dark fruits, cherry skins, fruitcake, molasses, malts. Taste is lots of bready maltiness with cherry, raisin, sweetness, slighty roasty towards the end. Finish is lingering and complex. Really good.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2014
at 16:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flasche (33 cl). - Rotbraun, klar. - Fruchtig-süßliche Nase, Röstmalz, Rohrzucker. - Schlanker Antrunk mit süßlicher Frucht, leicht säuerlich. Im Abgang röstmalzbitter und leicht harzig. Bei zunehmender Erwärmung treten reiche fruchtige Aromen (Erdbeere, Cognac) und eine rauchige Note (Zigarrenrauch) hervor. Dabei hat dies Bier eine leicht „harte“ Qualität, die einen charakteristischen Kontrast zu süffigeren Starkbieren bildet. Schmeckt mit jeder Flasche besser, wenn man sich an die harte Note gewöhnt hat. Darf keinesfalls zu kalt getrunken werden.
Nachtrag: Schmeckte bei späteren Verkostungen doch recht simpel süßsauer, eher dünn und „leer“ im Abgang.
Nachtrag: Schmeckte bei späteren Verkostungen doch recht simpel süßsauer, eher dünn und „leer“ im Abgang.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2013
at 10:34
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from 330mL bottle (best before 12/2015). Reddish brown with full tan head. Malt, caramel, dark red fruit nose. Same taste with a bit of yeast and hop, but quite light and dry to finish. Had higher hopes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2013
at 00:01
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
33cl Bottle: BBD Mar 16, poured slowly into a Westmalle chalice on 16th Nov 13. The full beige head hung around but shrank to a thin covering fairly swiftly: the mahogany red/brown body was clean and clear (I didn’t allow any sediment to leave the bottle). The nose was all malt, semi-sweet molasses with fruity undertones and a yeasty feel. The taste was dark fruits, yeasty and again fairly sweet, the malts giving very little away to the hop content. I like the sweeter, maltier brews, but this didn’t sit right for me (I had a few beers before this actually). Thin for the alcohol level and slightly lacking in depth of flavour, I think this might help to give me a hang-over in the morning: water next!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2013
at 15:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Aroma: Got this nose with great difficulty. Almost no strength. Could hardly get a bit of raisin, vanilla and brown sugar in an alcohol basis. Visual: Clear brown, with a thick, creamy and dense head, lasting several minutes and presenting a very nice lacing. Taste: Attack is presenting a lot of yeasty accents with a sustained acidity. Very subtle notes of wood and field berries. Wild yeasts are dominant with a continuous acidity accompanied with orange and lemon notes. Bittering hops are combining with acidity to offer a slightly unpleasant finish. A superior strength of flavors would have contributed to give more character to this beer. Too acid for me.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2013
at 07:10