3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Not much on aroma, but has a spicy bold taste. Strong malt flavor with smoothness. Light brown in
color, with a tinge of caramel. Overall, pretty good.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is a top notch brew. Beautiful dark amber color which held to the light revals a ruby heart. Nice tan head receding to wispy lace. The aroma of this beer is fantastic. Full of dark fruits plums,raisins,spice. First sip reveals a lush full mouthfeel,very creamy. Flavor has all that the nose revealed but with a malty fullness binding and melding them into something so delicious. This is a beer that is damn near perfection. Many thanks to maxpower for this wonderful brew.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 29, 2004 Cork removes with much liveliness.Dark mahogany with short lived tan head.Fresh aromas consisting of carmalized dark fruit,chocolate,brown sugar,bread,and spicy yeast.Palate is delicate and very round.Flavors are subtle,at first,but really develop.Sweet dark fruit,followed with spicy yeast and followed with the caramel,toffee flavors.Thickness develops well,which,molds beer better than it already was. Yeast pour adds nor decreases anything. THe more I drank the more I wanted.Really look forward to re-visiting this one!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Re-rate: Had a year old one last night; still great and very malty. Had with Italian food and it worked well.
A really nice strong ale. Not overpowering or strong alcohol presence. Malty and rich in flavor.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: JAN 22, 2008 Bottle... This beer rocks... The aroma is moderately malty and sweet. Lightly floral with suggestions of dates and prunes. Hello Alcohol. Ruby port/red wine essence. Vanilla in there too.
Handsome ale. Perfect sparkling amber. Off-white, creamy/rocky head. Fully lasting with excellent lacing.
Double YUM!!! Very malty and just a tad bitter up front. Pleasantly bitter and pungent on the backside. Perfectly balanced. Full-bodied. Lively carbonation. Creamy/oily mouthfeel. Long, slightly bitter, dry finish. Excellent Belgian Ale. If you like anything Belgian, you must try this one.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: JAN 15, 2004 Abbaye des Rocs, a farm brewery founded in 1979 as a weekend hobby by a Belgium tax inspector, has acquired a reputation for producing complex and satisfying strong ales. Abbaye des Rocs is the first beer the brewery produced and is justifiably the most famous and acclaimed. Made in the style of the Trappist ales, and on the site of a former monastery, this is an impressive example of an Abbey Ale. The appearance in the glass is of a beer still in production - clouds of creamy foam drift and gather in intense pockets, hinting at the alcoholic intensity gathering below. The nose is packed with alcohol and incense of cedar woods from Lebanon. Even before tasting you have an awareness that this just could be a religious experience. Inhale deeply and the luscious fruits burst over-ripe and sticky sweet - this is a seductive rotting corpse. Melons, plums, dates, a hint of ginger from the Orient, Syrian tobbacco, dripping mollases, a freshly dug grave...Taste. O yes! taste! Alcohol. Dark brown, sultry sugar, lazy as a warm afternoon, seductive as the wettest of dreams; fruits as subtle, complex and compelling as an Arabian harem. Rum on a fruit salad. Whiskey swirled into condensed milk. Rich, overwhelming, overpowering - cherries, leather, talcum powder, manderins, brandy, the tastes go on and on, sip after heady sip. One glorious beer!
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very spicey and fruity. Would be the most perfect beer in a heavy meat course. I can imagine how the beer would be heavenly great in a sauce. This beer really knocks you out, you will be astonisht by this perfectly well-balanced complex brew from Abbaye des Rocs. Next time i go to Belgium this will be one of my top priorities.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
1st re-rate:After over 100 beers I can more appreciate this one.This is a complete beer from start to finish looks gorgeous in my glass,ABV is hardly noticeable, the sweetness it provides tells us that Belgian Strong Ale’s like these ought to top the charts, Sweet and spicy, it is a Winner, this is one of the best Values around a 750 ml bottle is only $5, Extremely Recommended !
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: APR 20, 2003 Well, this beer has been re-rated with a much improved score. Pours a nice clody reddish color with an eggshell colored head. Very fruity and spritzy taste with a wonderfully warm alcoholic finish. Done very well.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
This beer pours up with a thick, long-lasting head made up of a combination of big and small off-white bubbles that never quite dissipates. The body is a gorgeous ruby-brown. The aroma is strongly vinous, with subtle hints of the typical Belgian spicy yeast. It’s palate is average at best, providing a burn that’s more suited to a fortified wine or even a liqueur. The flavor is quite good, with strong overtones of wine on a typical Belgian foundation, though it lacks some of the spiciness and fruitiness evinced by the best of the style. Overall, quite a tasty beer, but far from the best Belgian I’ve had.
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