Zundert Trappist 8
Trappistenbrouwerij de Kievit in Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.08
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Trappist ale brewed with spices. We brewed a beer that we describe as 'slightly unruly'--our Trappist 8 is a beer you must take time to understand. Chestnut-colored and bottle-conditioned, with aroma of herbs and spices; initially floral and slightly sweet; character develops from light caramel to a lovely, dry, hoppy bitterness as the flavor opens. Brewed within the walls of Zundert Trappist Monastery by monks.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Caramel malt aroma with notes of toffee, Candi sugar, spicy Belgian yeast, floral hops and some dark fruit. Pours cloudy copper-amber colored with half a finger of tan head that has excellent retention and lacing. Starts with caramel, toffee and dark fruit flavors as well as having a rich, full body and smooth mouthfeel. Finishes quite smooth with Candi sugar, spicy Belgian yeast and floral hop flavors. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Trappistenbrouwerij De Kievit
on 30 May 2026
at 23:42
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
0,33 l bottle from Jumbo, Nes. Cloudy reddish to pale copper in the glass with a stable two finger light tanned head. Looks really good. Light caramel, sugar sweetness and some fruity elements on the nose. Taste starts a little bitt dry, caramel, sugared caramel, some fruity parts, little bit alcoholic scratchy. Increasing malt in the second part. Belgian style. Present bitterness. Little bit above average carbonated. BB 09/2028.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2026
at 21:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Consumed 09/14/2019
Bottle to chalice.
Appearance: amber/auburn color with a two finger eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left a little bit of sly lace
Aroma: caramel/toffee malts with some Belgian-esque spices - slightly woody and earthy with some candi sugars and a light herbal quality
Flavor: encompasses a nice blend of the prior noted aromas to a sweet to semi-spicy undertone; finishes malt forward with a touch of dryness
Texture: medium bodied; leaning towards being a sipper; some smoothness but also a little bit of that "Belgian-throaty-grab" I was hoping of getting - but that does seem a lot milder than Belgian ales I get from Europe (then again this was brewed in the Netherlands and not Belgium - so there's that)
Overall: I would have this again if I could get it - *2026 edit: "but I see I'm late to the party of uploading this review". It is what it is, I guess.
Consumed 09/14/2019
Bottle to chalice.
Appearance: amber/auburn color with a two finger eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left a little bit of sly lace
Aroma: caramel/toffee malts with some Belgian-esque spices - slightly woody and earthy with some candi sugars and a light herbal quality
Flavor: encompasses a nice blend of the prior noted aromas to a sweet to semi-spicy undertone; finishes malt forward with a touch of dryness
Texture: medium bodied; leaning towards being a sipper; some smoothness but also a little bit of that "Belgian-throaty-grab" I was hoping of getting - but that does seem a lot milder than Belgian ales I get from Europe (then again this was brewed in the Netherlands and not Belgium - so there's that)
Overall: I would have this again if I could get it - *2026 edit: "but I see I'm late to the party of uploading this review". It is what it is, I guess.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2026
at 13:28
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, caramel, spice & malt. Medium body. Somewhat tart light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2025
at 08:50
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Refrigerated 33 cl brown bottle poured into a Trappist glass. Translucent burnt orange with medium off-white head. Aroma is spice, medium body, medium carbonation, and great lacing. Taste is spice with base malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2025
at 01:11
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2025
at 22:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Last bottle in Casper. 02-2026 on the label.
Pours a slightly hazy deep amber with a huge head of foam, excellent retention and lacing.
Smell spicy, fruity, candi sugar, some caramel malt, earthy.
Taste is malty, some spice and fruit, earthy, more malt with some sweetness, bitter almost all in the finish for me. Unusual.
Great mouthfeel.
Sad that the brewery is closing.
Pours a slightly hazy deep amber with a huge head of foam, excellent retention and lacing.
Smell spicy, fruity, candi sugar, some caramel malt, earthy.
Taste is malty, some spice and fruit, earthy, more malt with some sweetness, bitter almost all in the finish for me. Unusual.
Great mouthfeel.
Sad that the brewery is closing.
Tried
from Bottle
from
The Liquor Shed
on 28 May 2025
at 18:58
7/10
Bottled from Department. Older bottle. Murky brown yellow pour. Fruits, slightly funky sour, yeast. Sugar. Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
It is symply a delicious trappist beer, if you drink at 10-12 degrees. The taste is with malt, main presence of honey, flowers and hop. 29.01.2017, drinking it at home Lausanne, Prélaz.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Amstein
on 11 Apr 2025
at 14:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taking this bottle from Amstein, St-Légier and opening it yesterday, best before 05/22, a long time in my cellar. This one was perfect at night, at the balcony, before to sleep, better at the final, smooth, sweet, spicy, sugar, plum, grapes, subtle. 31.08.2022
Tried
from Bottle
from
Amstein
on 09 Apr 2025
at 18:14