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De Achelse Kluis: Trappist Achel 8° Brune

This Belgian-style strong dark ale is/was brewed by De Achelse Kluis in Achel, Limburg, Belgium. It's achieved an overall score of 65.22%. Based on 2 tastings, the average ABV is 8.00%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Pours dark amber/brown with a nice head. Aroma is malty (prunes, raisins) yeast and spice. Flavor starts sweet with nice dried fig, orange, cherry and yeast flavors. Finish is dry, salty with a hint of spice and anise. Mouthfeel is full an oily without over carbonation. Nice alcohol warmth. An excellent beer, but not up to Chimay blue or Roche
Dark amber, small offwhite head. Mild aroma from tar and coffee, with some malts. Flavor is coffee with some licorice and tar. Bitter sourish finish, and not compareable to the great trappists.
Pours a nice beutiful amber. Great fruity taste. My only gripe is it is just a little two overcabornated for my taste. Seems to get in the way of the great taste.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
4th Jun 2003 at 10:20 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 8.00 dark and cloudy Taste: 82.35%
Head: 88.89%
Aroma: 40%
Ease: 44.44%
Clarity: 0%
 56.221% difficult 55
2nd Sep 2004 at 1:30 pm bottle (room 18 in the Torenzicht pub hotel), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands 8.00 dark reddy golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
 74.212% sweet 107

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Other Beers (etc.) by De Achelse Kluis

Apart from Trappist Achel 8° Brune, Hop Horizons lists 2 others by De Achelse Kluis. These are:
Trappist Achel 8° Blond
Trappist Achel Bruin Bier Extra

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