Abbaye des Rocs Speciale Noel

Chestnut color with a off white head. The taste is a very nicely balanced sweet and spicy combo with a light alcohol background. Nice one.

Antwerp, Belgium, Dec 2004, Kulminator: 2000 vintage. Pours a darker shade of caramel brown with a thick tan head. Prunes, raisins, figs in the nose. Candi sugar also. Bigger aroma than the Westy Red Cap. Sweet nutty and caramel flavor. Rich. Very nice.

Pours a brown color, almost no head. Rich aroma of malt, spices, caramel and yeast. Sweet and spicy flavor of malt, cinnamon and other spices, caramel and yeast, bitter finish. Light to medium body, liquorous texture, soft carbonation. I love Christmas so much I could drink this all night !!

Thanks for sending this out JoeMcphee. Great dark brown colour with a ver ythin head in my snifter. Wonderful complexity of flavour: plums, brown sugar and a hint of coacoa. Dry, spicy finish.

Cyistal clear amber-gold body with a thick fizzy white head with good lacing, typical of the Belgiums. Slightly sweet yet sour, aroma. A slight woody character is noted in the background. Flavour is sweet and smooth with a nice sensation that warms you up. Finish is spicy but nice.

Bottled. Purchased by lachesis from Kulminator. Thanks for the beer Carlo! Reddened brown body. Small brown head. Aroma is rich with spices, ginger, fresh oatmeal cookies, chocolate and sweet malts. Taste is sweetened malts, with alcohol, rich spiciness, dark fruits, cocoa, and vanilla. Body is velvety smooth with a slight alcohol burn. Finishes spicy with rich sweetness comprised of chocolate, caramel, sweetened malts, and followed up with slight alcohol. Great beer! Thanks again lachesis!

Sampled at Stillen Genieter in Mechelen, Belgium. Brown. Unusual aroma. The nose mainly consisted of old hop pellets, seriously it did. Strong spices as well, pumpkin and coriander. Vanilla, chocolate, caramel and molasses were present as well. Small for it’s size. Mainly malt notes (caramel and toffee) with some notes of plum and raisins. Unbalanced. This just didn’t please me. I’d like to try another bottle sometime soon and rereview.

Great beer with a fluffy creamy froth. It has a nice brown color with a little Crimson-red beam in the reflextion. A beer with a powerfull nose ending with a fruity freshness. Fine aroma’s of dried fruits, Curaçao orange skin, Fine malts, touch of Pims Cakes from the BRAND LU and some caramel. The mouthfeeling is warm and round. In the taste you can find hints of cake with dried fruits in it, touch of Grand Marnier, good malts, brown sugar and some fruity freshness that brings it all in balance.