The Achouffe Brewery, in Belgium, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with new edition of its famous La Chouffe beer.
Chouffe40 features Chouffe’s characteristic cloudy-golden colour and delicate notes of citrus fruits and sage, with a refreshingly sweet and spiced twist. It comes in at 5.6% ABV.
It will be available in the UK in pubs and restaurants in 20-litre kegs from mid-April. Bottles will follow in May and will be available until the end of year.
On 27th August 1982, the first brew of La Chouffe beer was recorded at the Achouffe Brewery in the village of Achouffe, near Houffalize in the Belgian Ardennes.
“A hobby that got out of control” is how founders, brothers-in-law Chris Bauweraerts and Pierre Gobron, describe it. Forty years later, La Chouffe is the leading beer of the Ardennes and the brewery is part of Belgian family-owned brewing group Duvel Moortgat.
