Sint-Benedictusabdij - De Achelse Kluis Achel 8 Bruin

Full bodied, smooth and tasty, showing balanced malt and bread flavors without significant heat despite of 8% alcohol. Very good. Had a bottle at Kuikka.

8% alcohol. Best before September 17th, 2016. Relatively pale nutty brown color with a quite small and short-lived creamy head. Somewhat restrained and slightly evolved nose with aromas of dried fruits, some dark plummy tones, light woody tones, a little bit of hay and a oxidative hint of soy sauce. The beer is very full-bodied, somewhat sweet-toned and quite spicy on the palate with flavors of dried plums, phenolic peppery spice, a little bit of clove, light plummy fruit tones …