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Abbaye des Rocs Brune

Abbaye des Rocs Brune

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A Belgian Strong Ale brewed by
Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs

Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

bottled
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8474.11/5.04.11/5.09%98.9Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

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.

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 caesar (2654), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20

Feb 5, 2002  
I admire you who can distinguish all those flavors in all those great beers, but i’m not a homebrewer myself. Maybe that’s the problem why i cant smell or taste all those different flavors. But ofcourse, perfect beer: i would say malty...

 Travlr (115), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Dark ruby brown with thick white head. Malt and caramel aroma. Raisins and toffee flavor. Nice one.


 JonnyDr (128), , South Yorkshire, England
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Deep brown pour with small tan head. Floaty bits. Full aroma with many dried fruits. Powerful palette with spice, fruits malt galore and caramel. Magnificent.


 hiddenvariable (187), pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Nov 27, 2008  
pours a gorgeous reddish brown with a thick off-white head that slowly fades to a film that covers the entire surface. maybe i’ve just gotten better at this, or maybe it’s due to the smaller bottle, but this one didn’t seem to gush quite the way i’ve seen brasserie des rocs beers have in the past. this is not a complaint. also, not as "crunchy", shall we say, as others from this brewery, with visible yeast in suspension, but not quite the chunks of it. smell is awesome spicy belgian malt, with burnt brown sugar and loads of dark and overripe fruits-raisins, plums, figs, all that good stuff. the esters come out even stronger in the taste, with notes of berries joining the crowd. cherries and strawberries, dark overripe fruits, non-phenolic spice, belgian candi malt, burnt brown sugar, all these things playing together in a delicious rhapsody. oh, and as the beer goes down, the head doesn’t--there is a thick wall surrounding half of the glass with virtually no holes. just a solid sheet of head. finish is lightly sweet, but not at all cloying, and the mouthfeel is just right. this is a wholly enjoyable beer. really, really good.


mabband (6), KØBENHAVN NV, Denmark
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4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Nov 3, 2008  
Muddy orange brown body. Aroma malts and fruits. Flavor is sweet with notes of orange and dried fruits. The finale i sweet fruity and not bitter.


 SuzyGreenberg (1067), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 31, 2008  
750 ml - wow, this is one of those nice rarity in today’s market for sure; a highly rated beer from belgium for only $7 - and a 750 no less!!! pours light brown with thin off-white head; lots of yeast floaties; grand cru-ish in aromas; sweet candy and raw spice aromas; texture feels thin, but has a heaviness to it; very sweet and quite unique; fruity flavors and textures improve greatly with temperature; very strong and yummy



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