Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde Altitude 6

Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs
Style: Belgian Ale
Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

Slight hazy amber hue, with some chunky floaties of lees swirling around, with a frothy white head, yeasty, fruity nose of ripe apples, pears, with some toasted, honeyed malt avccents with a mild note of nutmeg spiciness, and a light candi sugar sweetness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, fruity, orange, peach and marmalade character, with some nice toasty, honeyed sweet malt notes, with a good flowery hop citrusy and leafy accent, with a hint of spiciness, leading towards a malty, hop leafy bittering finish.

330ml bottle at Quinns, 6th September 2008. Clear amber with a white head. Aroma and flavour very similar - peach, candy sugar and soft malts. Decent but not special.

Dark orange colored with hazy appearance. Little yellow head. Rich spiced aroma with lemon, some grainy note also here. Medium bodied. Flavor is even more grainy with still sour lemon, spices and yeast come up nicely. Somehow flat palate. Weird beer with lots of grains but good spices.

bottle 750ml at Kaisla Helsinki shared 150808 hazy yellow First sip was wow grainy,sour citrus hops flowers perfume like. I stayed on those atmospheres. Maybe I have to re-rate this later on.

750ml bottle (Kaisla, Helsinki)
Hazy rich yellow, thin head. Soft light grainy aroma, some gentle hopping too. First taste was astounding - very gentle grains, some creaminess, some popcorn-like corn. I know that doesn’t sound so good, but each component was delicious. Later sips were less exciting, wheatier, heading towards a wit, and with a bit of lemon. Very interesting, quite a fun one to drink. Yeast changed very little, maybe added a slight liquorice component. IMHO drink without yeast for a crisper taste.

(Bottle, 0.75 l, at Kaisla on 2008-08-06) Golden. Hazy. Largish white head. Syrup, caramell and honey in nose. Full sugary palate. Finnish Easter pudding, syrup, light bitterness, liquorice, dried plum and hint of boiled cabbage in taste. Way too sweet.

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, easy to drink, not complex, hazy, small head, nice brew

Bottle from Cracked Kettle, @ home. Golden orange appearance, big disappearing head. Aroma of yeast, sour apples, some malts. Dry and prickly palate, lots of carbonation, flavour is sour apples, sweet peach, yeast. Average.