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

bottled
common

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common

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RATINGS: 456   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.61   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
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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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3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
tanazuka (19) - - FEB 11, 2013
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4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Pyrmir (1453) - Westra Aros, SWEDEN - FEB 11, 2013
330 ml bottle, added from old tasting notes. Aroma of caramel, marmelade and fruit. Sweet flavour, oranges, spices and caramel.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
madmitch76 (10000) - , Essex, ENGLAND - JAN 20, 2013
28th July 2011
Very hazy brown beer, tidy white head. Softish palate with carbonation welling up. Sweet malt with a trace of marmite. Nice generic fruits in the undertone. Banana and peach distinguishable. Finishes soft with a malty aftertaste. All right.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
tiong (2297) - Espoo, FINLAND - JAN 18, 2013
750ml bottle from Ales by Mail

Pours dark orange with a foamy head. Aroma of ripe fruits, peach, malts and hints of yeast. Taste is fruity with notes of peach, malts and hints of yeast. Finish is sweetish and malty with fruity notes. Nice, quite tasty Belgian ale.

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 18/20
fantti (466) - FINLAND - JAN 13, 2013
Väriltään samean punaisen oranssin ruskea olut on melko kestävä vaahtoinen. Haju on hedelmäinen, limenmakuinen, mukavasti humaloitu ja suht mieto. Maku on miedon hedelmäinen, hieman maltainen ja humalainen ja hyvin kesäinen. Suutuntuma on melko mieto ja ohuehko, mikä ei kuitenkaan harmita tämän kohdalla. Kaiken kaikkiaan pelottavan helposti juotava ja hyvin kesäinen juoma, hieman erilainen tuotos, joka erottuu edukseen.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
HopfenWeisse (680) - - DEC 9, 2012
Hazy amber color with lot of flakes. Aroma is fruits. Flavor is fruits, alcohol, yeast. Not sure that bottle was ok.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
sir__v (302) - Lille, FRANCE - DEC 1, 2012
Color: nice amber beer with yeast, and medium white head and small carbonization. Smell: yeast, malt, caramel, sugar and pine. Taste: effervescent beer with nice taste of caramel and malt, very expressive beer. Aftertaste: malt, caramel and yeast.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Idiosynkrasie (1980) - Bielefeld, GERMANY - SEP 23, 2012
330ml bottle [Gusher]. Hazy darkest golden to amber colour with huge, frothy, moderately lacing, white head, plenty chunks floating around. Sweet, fruity aroma has notes of caramel, biscuit, blue grapes, red berries, a dry touch of leather and fruit parings. Taste is initially sweet, unspecific fruity with a welcome sourish counterweight, a dry note with hints of leather and fruit parings; sticky, oily palate. Complex, not really bad, but doesn’t match my preferences in a way.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
stravale (1371) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - SEP 14, 2012
Bottle from Beers of Europe
Dark amber to caramel brown, hazy, big frothy white head, gusher
Aroma - belgian yeast, bready malts, hint of banana, fruity malts, hint of alcohol
Taste - fruity yeast esters, fruity malts, caramel malts, light spicy, alcohol very well hidden
Palate - medium carb, medium body. Texture soft and smooth. Finish - bit dry, rapid finish, soft yeast, light spicy caramel malt
Overall - The booze is very well hidden, smooth, nice beer but not that complex

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
a_cross (360) - Poole, Dorset, ENGLAND - SEP 6, 2012
The liveliest beer I’ve had in a long time - lost about a third to a volcanic eruption of beer upon opening; what was left poured a muddy amber colour, with a scummy dull head; it gave off a musty, slightly vinous alcohol aroma with ripe peach and orange; tasted sweet, with burnt sugar and rich fruit - peach and orange again; has a subtle warmth; really good.


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