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Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

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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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7674.07/5.04.07/5.09.5%98.2 Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru has a rich, complex fruit aroma of cherries, golden raisins, peaches, and assorted dried fruit, laced with honey and caramel. Smooth, rich flavors reminiscent of cherries dipped in caramel, finishing with notes of dried chocolate, roasted almonds, and a hint of molasses.

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 crizay (1069), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20

Feb 6, 2006  
Cloudy brown big fluffy head the whole time. Very sweet, caramel, brown sugar, some fruitiness to it. Don’t really see why it’s so highly rated over others just like it. It’s good but don’t think it’s seperates itself from others in the same style.

level4 (10), New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jun 30, 2008  
750ml. Cloudy brown with miniscule head. Pleasant aroma. Surprisingly sweet initially - honey, toffee, fruit. Finish loses the sweetness a bit but is a smooth full body. Alcohol is totally hidden. Decent.


 dmradus (222), Syracuse, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/102/56/103/515/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Brown with faint tan scum despite vigorous pour. Brown sugar, caramel, light dried pit fruits like apricots and peaches, some spice in the nose. Distinctive taste: honey and molasses, sweet venturing toward cloying, but with slightly acidic back-palate. Very fruity in again peaches and apricots set off against a sweet malty backbone of toffee and aforementioned sugars. Yeast and slight spice in the finish, stale hops and slight bitterness in the aftertaste. Relatively high carbonation remains despite nice creaminess, moderately thick.


 BOLTZ7555 (400), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jun 18, 2008  
Very tasty, rusty-colored brew with monumental eggshell head. Brown sugar, biscuit, belgian yeast, and dark fruit on the nose. Flavor is caramel, toffee, honey, and raisin. Thick enough but not too much so. A very tasty specimen!!!


 martinboer (1243), Amsterdam, Netherlands
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/516/20
Jun 15, 2008  
750 bottle in Northfield, MA. Big brown body with massive fast-raging head. Hard to get a sip in. Syrupy and sugary nose. Distinctive sweetbread nose and taste. Oh so creamy - a perfect blend. Taste of dark berries, malt, sugar, caramel. Wasn’t fond of the yeast bits but willing to put up with it considering. Alcohol content quite well subdued. Excellent. (also great to buy this for $6 when it costs +EUR25 in A’dam)


 ucusty (726), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Jun 9, 2008  
Cloudy brown pour with tan head, decent lace. Lots of yeast proteins floating throughout the beer. Caramel malts, and fruits on the nose. bready flavor with subtle hints of figs and raisons. well balanced.




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