Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde (Ambree)

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

Green bottle, 75 cl, best before end 2010, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on November 21 2009; eye: amber, clear, minimal effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: malt, Madeira, yeast, fruity; mouth: malt, Madeira, alcohol warmth, light hops, alcohol, yeast, fruity, finale in malt-Madeira with presence of hops, medium body, sticky texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 75 cl, meilleure avant fin 2010, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 21 novembre 2009; œil : ambrée, claire, effervescence minime, petit anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, madère, levure, fruitée; bouche : malt, madère, chaleur d’alcool, léger houblon, alcool, levure, fruitée, finale en malt-madère avec présence de houblon, corps moyen, texture collante; en résumé : correct

Bottle: Deep copper with good clarity on the first pour with a dense tan head. Candied fig aroma- rich with rum cake fruity notes, vanilla, big sweet maltiness like many of their beers. Creamy silky body. Sweet and rich- lots of candied dark fruits, rum cake and mild maple soaked fig. Lots of malt character and later toasted toffee on the mildly toasted back. Quite sweet with evident residual maltose, yet rounded and soft.

Amber colored brew. Lot’s of flakes in it. Aroma is fruity, malty. Malty flavor, some sweetness, caramel, peppery spicy, some bitterness and a bit fruity, apricots.

Bottle, 33cl. With beer from Abbaye des Rocs you can’t do wrong much. The beer is amber coloured with a medium beige head, however disappearing rather fast. The smell is fantastically manlty with a very specific apricot and spicy aroma on it. The taste itself is sweet, but not sweet to be sweet, but very well balanced sweet. Further the beer is malty, fruity, with a bit caramel and spices in the background. Also a very well balanced beer, like we are used to with Abbaye Des Rocs.

April(?) 2008: Abbaye des Rocs Ambree is amber-colored with a thick, creamy, off-white head. It kind of looks like egg drop soup in the glass! This beer is sweet and has characteristics of toasted bread and malt, brown sugar, Belgian candi sugar, and a hint of chocolate in the finish. It has a mild bitterness and some fruity like apricot undertones. Overall this is a nice Belgian Amber beer.

750 mL bottle (Best before end 2007) from Noonan’s in Hamilton, Ohio. Rating #343 for this beer.

750ml. Bottle: Aroma of yeast, cookie, slight pepper, slight sugar, and a tiny hint of fruits. Poured amber/brown/orange in color with a really small, creamy, off-white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Particles throughout. Flavor is light to medium sweet and slightly bitter. Tastes of pale malts, yeast, pepper, light spices, slight caramel, and a hint of coriander. Medium body. Tingly, slightly dry texture. Average texture. Sweet, yeasty, slightly peppery finish is lightly dry.

This amber ale poured with a decent beige head and a fruity aroma. It is sweet and malty with some bitterness at the finish and a toffee aftertaste.

Bottled, very clumpy from yeast and cloudy orange color with a nice covering of white head with solid lacing. Aroma is mellowed fruits, slightly sugary and alcoholic. The taste is sweet and the palate nicely balanced.