Abbaye des Rocs Triple Impériale

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

750mL bottle from Knightly Spirits in Orlando. Nice looking hazy amber brown pour with a sturdy medium beige head. Sweet dark fruit and caramel malt aroma. Balanced flavors of the same with yeast and spice mixed in. There’s a background warmth but the alcohol is covered well. The palate is creamy and it finishes up dry. Seemed to get sweeter and sweeter as it warmed. Definitely prefer it cold.

( 750ml bottle) This beer pours an absolutely beautiful ruby/rust/orange color, but only a 1 finger head. Lacing is impeccable. Nose of caramel, sweet malt, and hints of dark fruit. Alcohol is present as well, but subdued. Taste of caramel, sweet malt, mild hoppy bitterness that is exceptionally balanced with the malt almost where it isn’t detectable, and it is sweet. Maybe slightly too much towards the sweet side, but very enjoyable. One more knock on this one was a relative lack of complexity. Mostly straightforward sweet, but I do like this in a beer so I found it very enjoyable. The alcohol at 10% is some of the most well hidden I’ve come across. Mouthfeel is very creamy, coats my mouth and near perfect carbonation.

Dark amber of color with a beige head. An aroma of sweets, spice and yeast. A flavor of caramel, spice, sweets and yeast.

Beer compliments of Eduardo, from a 750ml vessel, poured a hazy deep amber color with a huge off white head. Light lacing. Aroma is light yeast and esters. Quite nice. Flavour is much of the same, with some caramel notes. Medium body. However, what I think makes this a top notch beer is its smoothness.

Shared this fine Strong Ale with Everyone’s favorite Santa DrBayern, Brian the Beer Pimp, Santa’s Elf Celticbrew, Uncle Tom, and the Newbies, Lawyer Bob and The Boy Wonder Chris. The aroma was somewhat sour. that scared me! It poured a dark copper color and was somewhat cloudy. It had a very nice malty flavor and a sweet taste. Very nice to drink.

Shared this one w/SkyCop32. Pours a darkish red/brown. Aromas of spice, coriander, yeast, and alcohol. Flavor has an alcohol taste to it, mixed with a nice smokey dark fruit. Also has strong hints of spice.

750 ml bottle from City-Wide in South Bend. Pours a deep, dark ruby-brown with a medium tan head with nice retention. A ton of tan sediments in the glass- yeasty. Aroma of dark and dried fruits (raisin, fig, plum), yeast, brown sugar, mild spices, cardboard, and cola. Flavor is more complex, with notes of dark fruits, raisins, caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, mild spices, cream, and a few things I just can’t place. This is an unusual one that I’ll have to revisit. No trace of alcohol in the nose or mouth despite the 10% ABV. Medium-full bodied, with a sweet, powdery, and almost tart mouthfeel. Really unique. Sweet finish.

Bottle; poured a reddish brown color with a creamy looking tan head. Alot of floaties. Aroma of dark fruit, caramel, yeast, alcohol, brown sugar, and candi sugar. Complex and quality. Flavor was very good and got better throughout the experience. Dark fruit, sugar, sweet, caramel, yeast and fruit. A really complex beer that is dangerously drinkable. Great; can’t believe it took me this long.