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Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde (Ambree)

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

Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3473.67/5.03.65/5.09%85Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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 Dedollewaitor (3650), 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


 rederic (1811), montréal, Quebec, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 15, 2006  
Hazy amber-orangeish hue, with an off-white head, at the opening of the bottle, the yeast effervescence came out of the bottle. Yeasty fruity nose, of candied apricots and oranges, with a sweet caramelized malt, hint of coriander spiciness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty fruity character of candied apricots, candied orange peels, mingling with a sweet caramelized malt accent, with a peachy, orangeish flowery hops note, and spicy coriander, leading towards a smooth sweet fruity alcoholic finish.


 lgklotet (420), Singapore, Singapore
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Sep 12, 2006  
Bottle (750 ml). Good looks. Hazy amber with a great head. Huge aroma, I could smell this for days. Taste is complex, fruity and palate is sweet and fiery. This is great stuff... Abbaye des Rocs impresses again.


 Sigmund (2275), Hafrsfjord, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 29, 2006  
RBESG, bottle. Hazy amber colour. Lovely vinous aroma with notes of barnyard. Funky and moderately oaky flavour. A very good beer.


 Magicdave6 (5490), London, Greater London, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 29, 2006  
The aroma was honey with flourals and alround outstandingness. Taste is a bit unbalanced and carbonation could have been less.


 Miksu (2218), Jyväskylä, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 5, 2006  
Bottled. Orange-amber color. Large floating yeast flocks in the bottle. Sweet and fruity aroma with peppery spiciness, berries, honey and perhaps acetone. Sweet, toffeish flavor with raisins, pepper, ginger and some warming alcohol. Toffee and ginger in the finish.


 xproudfoot (729), Paleolithic, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/515/20
Aug 4, 2006  
Bottle from Bruxelles. Big aroma of candied apples, fruit fields, baked coriander, sourdough, and caramel. Absolutely delicious beer, and amazing that its made without sugar, as its quite sweet. It’s full of all the flavor its pleasant aroma promises, with a reserved, noble malt to boot, and a nice, full complex palate and lasting finish. It looks splendid as a hazy glowing amber with a moderst tight beige head. This is a top shelf beer and I can’t help feeling it deserves a higher rating. Its palate is tangy, like an orange rind. An awakening to the senses, the sort of stuff that renews my faith in "Belgian ale" when the field is so crowded and standards have dipped so low elsewhere.


 SoLan (1411), Orlando, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/516/20
Jul 30, 2006  
Amber/copper/orange. Gas gusher. Poured with a modest, spongey, tan head after the eruption. Fully chunkified. Citrus, wheat, yeast, caramel, light fruits, bread, light herbal spiciness. Complex. Somewhat indescribable, will rerate. Doubt the scores will change much, though. Medium/full body, smooth. Excellent brew.



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