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Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde (Ambree)

Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde (Ambree) - Belgian Strong Ale

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94
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Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3463.67/5.03.65/5.09%85.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
This beer, robust in taste and strength (9%) is the tops for flavour. It has a fruity and spicy bouquet, it has a stark taste, between a sharp bitterness and a caramelised flavour. It has no sugar, and this pure malt beer oscillates between various tendencies which all round off the bitterness. It has a peppery taste at the back of the mouth and a sharpness on the tongue. It is active in the mouth and lets each flavour express itself individually. It is very active in the glass which gives it a full, lasting, head. It has a long conclusion and puts emphasis on an ever present bitterness but less supported by the caramel. The final impression is one of gingerbread without sugar.
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 yngwie (4880), Kristiansand, Norway
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Nov 2, 2006  
Bottled, 0.33cl. It pours unclear, golden-brown, with floaties and a huge, lasting beige head. Quite a lot comes out of the bottle on its own. Complex aroma with tea, sugar, dried fruits, hints of roasted malt and alcohol. The flavor is sweet and maltym with dried fruits, spices and hints of alcohol. Full-bodied, and a finish with alcohol, sweetness and spices. Nice beer, but not a rave. Would like to sample it again though. (061027)


 HogTownHarry (3922), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 25, 2006  
Bottle (330ml). Via trade with mouton noire. Hazy amber-gold with a huge lasting fluffy white head, sticky lace. Sweet yeast and spice aroma, candyish malt, dry, sweet fruitiness and a bit peppery - nice. Taste - again, spicy, peppery, yeasty and plenty of sweet malt, it’s somewhat reminiscent of a good gold shred marmalade - enough alcohol and light floral hop bitterness to keep it balanced. Thick syrupy yet oddly somewhat watery body, very lively and alcoholic mouthfeel - quite a pleasing palate sensation. Very nice Belgian strong. Merci, Marie-C!!


 Vac (2389), San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 23, 2006  
Pours with a golden orange body topped by a thick head with lots of lacing. It’s sweet and floral with a touch of fruit and yeast. Medium bodied and smooth.


 Otje (668), Leiden, Netherlands
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 20, 2006  
A lovely fruity, spicy and malty beer. Great fruit and honeysuckle aromas. Flavours are very fruity(oranges, peaches), peppery, caramel-malts and a nice soft bitterness towards the end. Very tripel-like beer with lots of depth and an excellent balance. Alcohol is well hidden too. Very nice!


 BeerBiker (1384), Odense, Denmark
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Oct 13, 2006  
[70 cl bottle from Rob in Hesselager]. This, normally great bottle, I have to rerate one day: It was total undrinkable filled with yeast bowls allover in the glass. I hope Rob will spend it one day I pass him.


toccata (70), grembergen, Belgium
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 8, 2006  
Foggy amber beer with a white foam. Nose is spicey and has hints of oranges and bread. The taste is powerfull and a bit alcoholic. the spices are like nutmeg and wood. Finish is soft medicinal bitter.


 OldMrCrow (1179), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 3, 2006  
750 ml bottle. Pours a warm orange with a beautiful off-white fluffy head and lovely bubbles forming at the surface. There is a fair bit of gelatinous matter floating about. The aroma is all about marmalade. It’s fruitty citrus and some honey and a bit of peach; there’s a milder spicy yeast aroma running throuh as well, light sour notes; throgh the middle and into the early finish I get a crisp bitterness as well, though not as strong as some of more hopped-up Belgian offerings. The moutfeel is pleasant but not particularly full given the 9% (I would have put this one at more like 7.5); in some ways the same could be said of the flavor. It’s certainly a very nice beer and one that I’d be eager to try on tap -- but I don’t think this competes with the best of the des Rocs line.


 Dedollewaitor (3625), Odense, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Sep 23, 2006  
Hazy amber (golden orange) with a fine white head. Aroma and taste of yeast (malts) spice and fruits (citrus/oranges). Little sweetness. Smooth & filling texture. Medium live carbonation. Great lasting and pleasant finish. Abbaye de rocs is truly amazing. Great



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