Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Dark brown colour and a long head. Tasted at delirium. Caramel chocalete flavours but a dry beer. Complex and full body beer. Very nice mouthfeel and very long persistence after taste. Soft and velvety back of the tongue. Such an amazing beer.

11.2 fl oz bottle from a mix pack. BB 24/11/2013, consumed on May 29, 2012
Huge amount of particles, lumpy protein even though teh bottle has been standing still for a long time, looks vile. Lumpy moldy looking copepr to brown color, the lumps really don’t make me want to taste the beer at all, looks disgusting. Tan head. Acidic to sour, slight bit roasted scent, also alcohol and solvents. Sweet, alcohol, sugary taste. Alcohol, harsh, warming, sweet aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness. All I can think of is those huge lumps and how I don’t want to feel them in my mouth, other than that huge warming alcohol, and not in a good way. Sampled this, rated it, didn’t enjoy it, didn’t finish even a third of the bottle, I regret getting any of the beers from this brewery that as in the mix pack, most of them had this huge chunky disgusting sediment in all of the bottle, will not look for beers from this brewery again. Have two other bottles left, do NOT look forward to opening them, I guess it’ll be for beer ticks and rates, then drain pour them as well. Not even worth opening with mates, why should my poor friends have to suffer through this as well?

I’m pretty sure this beer despite the high overall ratings is still under appreciated because it is so damned ugly. Appearance suffers from large bubbles, huge chunks of yeast floaties even with an extremely careful pour and leaving 1/2 of liquid gold in the bottle. Looks like pond water met a dying squirrel carcass. Red with floating masses and murky/ muddy looking. Now.... with that out of the way. This is an otherwise incredible beer. Aroma is prunes, raisins, caramel, toffee, figs, dates. Biblical if you catch my drift. Taste: Is pleasantly, surprisingly, bitter. All of the flavors of the aroma are still there but there is a wonderful tongue cleansing, refreshing, more please, firm bitterness. Palate is a perfect, just thick enough for the flavors and just thin enough to not become cloying. Overall, this is a great find. It seems to exist as proof positive that all of the "appearance is proof of a well made beer" yahoos are wrong. This is an amazing beer that is ugly as sin. Find it, buy it, put a blindfold on if you have to , and drink it.

Pours a dark murky brown with solid tan head from the bottle. Smell is of sweet fruits, toffee and caramel malts. Taste is complex, starts off sweet, then gets a nice bitter bite, before a clean alcoholic finish. Great beer!

Shared a bottle (thnks BelgBeerGeek) at Kulminator. Reddish brown with a small pale head. Aroma is raisins, brown sugar, date, anise, hint of banana. Slightly creamy on the palate and a nice sweetness. Taste is raisins, candi sugar, dates, bread. Very enjoyable.

Dark brown colored beer, murky, with a muddy head. Aromas of caramel, and cherries. Tastes of cloying brown sugar, some muted spices, toffee, and some sour cherry flavors. Finishes on a boozy, medicinal sweetness. Syrupy mouth feel, thick brew. I was expecting something a bit more impressive. Not a bad beer though.

Meh. Deep deep brown and malty. Got nothing from the scent and it ultimately ends up being an average brown ale. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Smooth, malty, syrupy, thick & sweet with loads of sediment. Notes of caramel, cola, cherry, carbonation is just right. One of our favorites.

Pours a caramel slight cola color. Aroma is of raisins with a hint of sweet caramel or molasses. Taste is of sweet alcohol, mixed with lots of raisins which gives it a good subtle taste. Towards the end the molasses and caramels really come through. A very nice belgian strong ale.

Clear brown with a beige head and loads of big floaties. Aroma is sweet, mlaty, caramel, dried fruit, yeasty and dark sugar. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. Soft and very smooth. 230412

Bottle. Amber colour with floaters and a small off-white head. Aroma is sugar, alcohol, malt, yeast. flavour is sugar, dried fruits, alcohol, malt, cherry, peaches, caramel, yeast. Nice beer.