Abbaye des Rocs La Nounnette (Blonde)

11.2 fl oz bottle purchased at Royal on 103rd in Kansas City, Missouri. Best before end of 2008 on bottle. Pour is orange ruby with tons of chunky floaties. Two inch head is clear white. The huge chunks of yeast or protein or whatever were odd because the bottle was not disturbed at all and I left the last 1/3 in the bottle on the initial pour. Aroma of dirty sweetness, some rock candy sugar and Belgian yeast. Taste is sharp sweetness. Honey, cloying. Palate is chunky and chewy. Aftertaste is lasting, and sharply acidic with some alcohol heat. This one didn’t do it for me, not a bad beer, just not my type of thing.

Bottle. Pours a very hazy orange body with some head; also with tons of sediment floating around. The aroma is some what spicy and some tart as well. The taste is very smooth, you can barely taste the 7.5% abv. Very enjoyable and pleasant beer to drink.

750ml bottle purchased at Stateline liquor @ MD/DE border. For a blonde it is the creme of the crop but right off the bat you could tell this is in a league of its own. Hued orange, nice white head, and near excessive amounts of sediment. Backing up the fact that every Rocs Ive had to date looks incredible. Mouth feel is medium bodied, vivacious and smooth. Taste was gentle, no indications of 7.5%. Awesome.

Shared with Pyrozoid

App.: Cloudy caramel/orange poor, thin off-white head

Aromas: bourbon vanilla, sweet caramel, thym, pepper and plums

Palate: Tangy, bitter is very present and long lasting, chalky, medium body

Flavors: Caramel, plums, prunes, grapes, pine

Notes: Great flavors, good palate, great mini version of the brun

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