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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

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8114.11/5.04.11/5.09%98.8 Trappist 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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 sliffy (1930), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20

May 1, 2007  
Bottle: Pours a deep copper with lots of floaties, white head. Aroma, raisins, yeasts, fruits, and some spices. Flavor,, spices, yeasts, caramel malts. Pretty solid.

 Panzerfaust (374), Santiago, Chile
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Bottled at Eurohappy. Expensive one
Pours a dark mahogany/brown color with crimson hues. Regular head with good retention, it leaves a nice ring. Aroma is complex, malty/yeasty/spicy with a great diversity of smells. Wood, caramel, toffee and macchiato coffee are the first things that come to mind. Black olives, apples, clove and christmas cake are less obvious but clearly present when you dig deeper. Some fruit tartness rounds up the aroma of this brew. The flavor is pretty round too, bittersweet, toasted. I taste coffee grains and loads of caramel, nougat and whiskey creams. The tartness of blueberries and fruit gums. Complex and full of subtleties, but not overly intense as expected. Surprising. Palate shows a medium body. I could do with a little more. Alcoholic warming sensation. Fair carbonation and the finish and aftertaste are some of the best I’ve ever tasted, and the latter lasts for hours. Great beer.


cluny6 (35), Cambridge, England
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jul 17, 2008  
My favorite beer in the world! Pours a nice cloudy, full of sediment brownish amber. Good head that lingers. Sweet, dark fruit, candied orange smell. Slightly carbonated feel, with notes of candied berries. Very sweet. Very complex in the mouth, it overwhelms your senses with pleasure. Might be o sweet for some. I geve it an A+


Borresteijn (55), Amstelveen, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Jul 16, 2008  
33cl Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Dark brown appearance, disappearing head. Smell of dark fruits, raisins, chocolate, malts, alcohol. Flavour is chocolate, brown sugar/caramel, raisins, a bit sourish. Rather sweet beer, but because it’s so soft it’s very enjoyable. Very rich in taste and smell, a very nice beer.


 RomanW70 (270), Providence, Rhode Island, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Can’t belive I haven’t rated this before, as it’s one of my favorite beers. This one I had at ’t Brugs Beertje on 6/21. Pours deep ruby amber with a smallish white head. Nose of dark fruits, caramel, and wine. Taste was similar, with strong vineous notes. Warming alcohol was present in the finish. Exceptional beer.


 MaltOMeal (222), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 9, 2008  
750ml bottle. Pours a dark brown with a thin, off-white head which dissipated quickly. The nose was of vinous fruit and some alcohol. Taste was of vinous fruit and sugar. mouthfeel was medium with carbonation and sweetness. Very nice.




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