Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde Altitude 6

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

Bottle. Sweetish melony malt characters. Citrus and melon again ion the finish. Slight estery yeasty fruit characters, a little bit dissapointing, seeing as it comes from one of my favourite characters.

Mild sweet Belgian ale aroma, light grains, honey, sugar. Mild hops. Pretty weak, though. Muted orange-amber clear (before dregs) with thin foamy lacing head. Medium body with medium-high carbonation, slight carbonic burn. Starts with decent sweetness, but not overpowering. No acidity, and balanced well with a dry bitterness. Hay, dust, yeast. Finish is a bit watery, with medium bitterness. After is light bitter clean, with chalky yeast residue. A bit peppery.

The aroma is faint, but sweet and fruity with notes of alcohol. It is an unclear yellow beer with an OK but fast disappearing head. The flavor is prickling sweet in the beginning, then a little thin, and ending on a strange bitterness. It also contains strange notes of oranges, yeast, and a flatness. Its an OK beer - but not super.

Bottled. Yellowish cream colour with large head. Sharp but thin blonde beer, high on citricty which makes it refreshing, but low on other flavours. Thin maltiness and mouthfeel.

Slightly hazy with really poor head. Tinned apricot aroma, with phenols, coriander and non-alcoholic supermarket sparkling white wine. Tastes strongly of melons (ie. like Midori), with apricots, though it is pretty dry. Very fruity, but good nonetheless. I agree with Eczematic’s comment about it being halfway between a wit and blonde.

(Bottled, BBE 2004) Very muddy yellow-light orange color with a smallish head. Some cardboard and peppery spiciness in the hoppy aroma. Very spicy, witbier-like flavor with blood and cardboard. Medium-bodied, slightly foamy-carbonated, but soft palate. A very interesting brew, to say at least. A fresher bottle could be even nicer...

Golden colour with a small whhite head. Fressh, citric, fruity aroma. The flavor is yeasty, sweet, fruity and floral. A very fresh belgian ale with medium body.

A Mes rate: 33cl bottle from The Belgian Belly. Not on a par with the others I have tried from this brewery. Watery and lifeless mouthfeel. hoppy and grassy aroma. Malty and buscuity flavour. Just too watery to be really enjoyable.