Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde Altitude 6

Bottled. Citrus aroma, mainly orange and some grapefruit. Amber color, white head, nice lace. Sweet, very malty, fruity, citrus but also apple and apricot, light bitter, sparkling, medium body, bit yeasty.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Dark blond with white head. Aroma of spice, curacao, biscuity malt, peardrop. Medium body. Dry finish. Good stuff.

Cloudy golden colour with some sediment. The head was rather thin and didn’t last or leave lacing. Not a great deal of aroma - perhaps a bit of caramel. The taste reminded me of the Seville oranges they use to make marmalade - a hint of sweetness but dryness too, and plenty of lemon as well as orange.

Bottle. Cloudy orange colour with a slim white head. The aroma has fruit, caramel, spices and a bit of banana. Similar elements in the taste; medium bodied, foamy mouthfeel with a dry, slightly sour finish. Quite good.

Bottle. Cloudy orange with a white head. Aromas are toffee and caramel malts with spices, yeast, banana and fruit. Flavours are sweet and malty, yeasty and dry with some fruitiness - hints of pear. Nice foaming mouthfeel.

Golden hazy. Lots of yeast in it. Good lasting white head. Aroma from friuts and yeast. Some citrus in taste. Yeastparticles in it.

Hazy golden/apricot color with a great lasting white head. Creamy aroma with vanilla, some plum, milky notes and yeast. Quite mild malty flavor, vanilla, creamy and milky notes with some yeast. Maybe a bit thin.

Disappointing thin Belgian ale from a generally reliable brewer. Poured a muddy orange colour with significant sedimentation and a short head that quickly passed and left no lace. The spicy aroma included ginger, celeriac, caramel and cloves. Surprisingly thin in the mouth and this particular sample was dull and lifeless. Feels like it needs more body to carry the spices. Sweet and yeasty on the tongue with a late whisper of alcohol and some witbier-like sourness. Doesn’t really work for me.