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Abbaye des Rocs Brune

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Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

bottled
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on tap
common

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RATINGS: 1124   WEIGHTED AVG: 4.06   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Abbaye des Rocs (9% alcohol vol.) is a pure malt beer, with no added sugar. The entire range of tastes is directly linked to the double fermentation, the precise quantities of malts (7 types) as well as the mixtures of three kinds of hops (Belgian, German and Czech). Its colour is a striking deep and majestic red. Its taste is rich and full of subtlety. It is tasted like a red wine with which it shares the ruby colour without having the tannin. It develops a strong sweet smell. It confirms the initial impression in the first mouthful, with a sharp body that is balanced with a certain fruitiness. It frees itself on the palate and develops an impressive depth of taste. Some traces of burnt wood are detectable, but never scorched even if it contains this kind of malt. The foretaste is very prolonged because of its rich and unctuous development throughout the mouth. The bitter and sugar tendencies (even though there is no sugar in its composition) compete and come back together to the taster's great satisfaction. It is a deep, mystic and extremely mature beer to be classed among the great products of our soil.


4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
curly (2203) - Seattle (Newcastle), Washington, USA - FEB 13, 2012
Pours dark brown with ruby edges and a large creamy beige head. Aroma of doughy, fruity yeast, some nutty malt. Lots of molasses and dark fruit, some leather, viney hop, and tobacco. Taste is rich with earthy bitterness and lots of dark fruit and molasses sweetness, some soy and cola flavor, but not in a bad way. It finishes with lots of juicy sweetness and an ever so slight roasted taste. The aroma is really complex with a lot of plum, fig, date, tobacco aroma. This is one of those beers that changes nicely as it warms and each revisit to the aroma yields something new. Thick texture with rich, full, smooth carbonation. A really awesome beer.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Martinus (666) - Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS - FEB 9, 2012
Reddish brown colour, beige head. Aroma of malts, caramel, toffee, dried dark fruits, light milk chocolate. Flavour sweet malty, light caramel, slight raisins. Some bitterness coming through. Quite alcoholic, roasted malts finish.
(From 33cL bottle @ Poatersgat, Brugge)

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
zaf (27) - ITALY - FEB 9, 2012
UPDATED: FEB 12, 2012 favolosa.a parere mio si avvicina a birre come la pannepot,con quel sapore di caffè e caramello che lontanamente mi ricorda le stout ma che nel complesso mantiene tutte le caratteristiche di una belgian strong ale.aroma delicato,sapore veramente complesso,sicuramente dolce con note di vino,caffè.L’alcool si sente poco,solo verso la fine ed è perfettamnte bilanciato con la birra.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
arminjewell (2445) - Parker, Colorado, USA - FEB 8, 2012
Pour is dark reddish slightly brown with slightly off white almost yellow head out of 375 mL bottle. Aroma brings notes of caramel, lots of toffee, nice yeasty dark fruit, earth, hints of biscuit and bready malts, some hints of green and red raisin as well. Taste is a mix of lots of green and red raisin, hints of vanilla, caramel, toffee notes, sweet fruit with some white grape and pear notes, touch of earth notes, more sweet sugars mix into a sweet finish. The complexity opens up for sure as it warms up.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
adnielsen (3108) - Denver, Colorado, USA - FEB 8, 2012
Bottle @ Dan’s house, courtesy of arminjewell. Thanks! Cloudy, brown appearance with a tan head. Rich candy sugar, mild anise, dark chocolate, Belgian yeasty, toasty malty aroma. Lively carbonation. Pretty rich, toffee, candy sugar, dark fruity, plum, raisin, caramel/chocolate flavor.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
annunz123 (212) - Taunton, Massachusetts, USA - FEB 1, 2012
Lots of caramel, malt, candy sugar, and a little belgian yeast in the aroma. Flavor is malty and sweet with a little roast and some citrus. Carbonation and some alcohol in the finish. Tremendous.

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
rejtable (364) - Ontario, CANADA - JAN 27, 2012
Beautiful beer. Up front raisins, dark fruit, some caramel. Taste is sweet. Creamy in the mouth with medium carbonation. Sweet finish lasts long int eh mouth. Pours a medium brown.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
tastybeer (950) - Washington DC, USA - JAN 22, 2012
Bottle. Pour is deep brown/ruby with tons of floaties. Aroma of prune, raisin, belgo yeast, fig. Taste is quite sweet, prune/raisin flavor, caramel. Palate is slick, sweet, low carbonation, big sticky finish.


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