La Chouffe (Blonde)
Brasserie d'Achouffe

 

Belgian strong blonde.
330 ml can, 8 abv. Poured at around 6 degrees celcius.
Poured in a proper Lachouffe Tulip glass.
Little bit hazy yellow-amber colour. 2 finger white head, dissolving at medium pace.
Average carbonation, small bulbs.
Smell, biscuit, yeast,
Mouth feel wonderful,
Full bodied well balanced beer.
Not too sweet, lovely hoppy bitterness, little bit of coriandre herbs.
Lovely beer.

 

 

Picked this up a while ago. Maybe a year ago. Let’s give it a whirl. Popping the cap I get nice sweet candies. Pours to a bright piss yellow with a yuuuge very lacy head. Taste is syrupy mouthfeel off the bat, followed by immediate hop bite but backed with a yuuuge complexity of sweetness backbone. The aftertaste continues sweet and tart as the bite fades. A very nice Belgian. More bitter than most which is refreshing. Also ones in arca great price point.

 

From draft at Cafe Belgique in Amsterdam. Not a bad spot to first try this beer. Sweet and strong, the yeast adds some funk to the feel and finish. Classic strong blonde. Drinks too easy.

10/6/2023 - Blonde, slightly hazy, nice white head, recedes to a persistent cap; Flavor is nice, mild but not too mild; Really nice mouthfeel;

 

 

Pours amber with a 2 finger foamy white head. The aroma is spicy with a touch of fruit. The taste is peppery & herbal with notes of citrus fruits and a touch of hoppy bitterness. Nice balance to the flavour profile and there is a good level of carbonation too. Nice little beer.

 

Classic belgian yeast, caramel taffy, banana, coriander, nutmeg, earthy spices... Nice and surprisingly easy drinking, leaves pretty lacing.

Aroma gives off bubblegum and bananas. The body is an immediate wave of refreshing, cool carbonation, and the flavor is just like the aroma, delectable, sumptuous sweet banana, bubblegum, and some of that coriander spice, too. This is a great blonde.

 

From a bottle, head to head with Duvel. Pours browner than Duvel and tastes darker, too, like brown honey. Nice herbal flavor and light bitterness. I need to figure out what coriander tastes like because everyone says that it's here.

Re-reviewing as the last review I wrote was after at about 5 bottles of various triples and quadruples, and I was pretty much only seeing pink elephants and elfs. And devils. And satans. And lucifers. Is the devil and satan the same? And also Lucifer? No, Lucifer is different from the devil.

Bought from my Casino supermarket, in Paris.

There is an elf thing on the bottle. Maybe Chouffe is an elf..? Not sure...

Nice look.

In glass, loving it. Deep, red, amber colour. Nice level of head.

Aroma has elements of Duvel, though much more carbon dioxidy, and less apricot fruitness. It seems very heavy, without enough hops to balance the heavyness.

Taste certainly draws some parallels with Duvel and Delirium Tremens. For me this is nowhere near as well mastered to the same level. Flavours are less intense, and there is a distinct carbon dioxide/fizzy water flavour. Citrus is quite prominent. Mainly lemon peel and tangerine.

Coriander is listed in the ingredients, I also faintly taste peach, though overall it's balance of flavours is not up there with the best Belgian triples. As the carbon dioxide bubbles disappear, the taste improves.

I have to disagree with the Bros giving it 99. Going to have a Duvel now to compare. Yes, Duvel is far superior.

Try them together, there is much difference...

Probably the most over-rated beer on this site in my opinion. Please try the Chouffe IPA. That is so much better, and one of my favourite commercially available beers ever. This has too much maltiness...it really needs the extra hops. Duvel and Delirium Tremens are naturally better balanced. Without the coriander, this would not taste of much at all. And adding coriander is cheating in my opinion. Only hops and cannabis should be allowed, in addition to malt and sugar. And water, obviously.