Rochefort Trappistes 10

Brewed by Brasserie Rochefort
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Rochefort, Belgium

Pours balck with a tall beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malts, yeasty and slightly alcoholic. Great flavour with notes of fruit, yeast, I taste bread in the mid palate and chocolate in the finish. Rather dry and very alcoholic really nice, but too alcoholic tasting.

33cl bottle poured into a Rochefort Trappist glass. Very dark brown with half finger tan head. Aroma is very strong bubblegum and slight alcohol. Flavor is complex. Begins with bubblegum/candy. Earthy, toasty malt notes. A lot going on there I don’t know how to describe. Finishes equal parts sweet and bitter with some warming alcohol. Very interesting beer. Almost too sweet for me though. Definitely a "special occasion" beer.

(Bottle at Great British Beer Festival) Dark with tiny off white head. Smell was dark chocolate malt with coffee and burnt toast. Big, rich. Taste is strong dark roasty malt, super saturated mouthfeel with a little alcohol aftertaste. Warming. Wine and brandy notes with more grapes, chocolate - brilliantly balanced. Some coffee too. Excellent. Perhaps served a little too cold, but not the beers fault.

330mL bottle into an abbey glass. Strong alcohol nose with a nice flavor that grew on me as I went through the glass.

Bottle 330ml marked L290812 08:44. A dark muddy brown color body with two fingers of fluffy light tan lasting head , loads of sheeting and lacing , lots of tiny carbonation bubbles. Aroma of dark fruit ,grapes and berries , earthy hops,toffee and caramel ,and wood. Flavor is sweet ,and spicy , lots of earthy roasted malt hops and bread dough ,rasins ,plums and apples . very complex and well rounded . Full body with a creamy yet lite mouthfeel , mildly bitter and dry at the finish . Very drinkable and good is all areas . Nice

Bottle. Amazing beer. Massive in every aspect. Pours deep dark brown with beige head that lasts a while. Caramel, toffee, brown sugar, fresh bread, lavender and cinnamon are all present on the nose. Flavour is pretty sweet but it packs so much in: starts out with caramel, vanilla and raisins, then running into bready, yeasty tastes before finishing with a bit cinnamon, nutmeg and coriander. One of my favourite beers. Cannot recommend highly enough.

14.08.2009, 0,33l Bottle. Maybe one of the best beers in the world. Dark brown colour with off-white head. Rich malty aroma. strong alcohol taste gives a rich full body. Spicy, bitter and sweet. Very nice beer!

I know I should love this but I didn’t. Maybe I had it too cold but it was too strong on the nose (even in a big Duvel Glass). Pours and looks beautiful and even finishes nicely. Will have to try this again as I feel like I must be missing something!