Rochefort Trappistes 10

Bottle shared at tasting. Thanks! Pours a dark caramel color. Smell is raisin and alcohol. Fairly nice nose. Taste is malty with sweet raisin, a touch of alcohol but not too hot. Medium body and carbonation. Enjoyable, but not incredible, I thought.

2008 Bottle from Lee’s Discount Liquor...Dark Brown with dissipating beige head.. Smell is dark fruits and kinda boozy.. Taste was more of the same but lingered with you.. I kinda felt that it was overcarbonated I should have let it age longer, maybe I would have liked it more... I haven’t had too many quads so I’m not sure if I don’t like the style or If I’m not fond of this beer... I dunno just didn’t blow my skirt up like i thought it would. Freakin monks and their shitty beer... LOL

I rated the similar St.Bernardus 4.8/5 and I like this one probably as much, at least. It is a little sweeter and fruitier, the texture seemed even thicker and the whole product, more balanced and of a higher quality. So Rochefort, you force me to lower my St.Bernardus rating! You’ll get that 4.8 now because you are an absolutely outstanding beer, with an amazing depth of tastes that I truly appreciate more than almost any other I had. But you are a he** of an ugly beer with your black clogs, let me tell you that! But don’t change, stay as you are, we love you that way!

Pours dark brown with lite-brown head and adequate lacing. Smells of light chocolate, with a significant amount of alcohol. Warming reveals stronger scents of chocolate and light yeast, but nothing else. The flavor begins with plenty of dark fruits like plum and raisin, which then switches to chocolate, light wine, and finishing out with toasted malts and an astringent flavor that really lingers well after drinking.

Dark dried fruits, apples, very sweet pears and berries in warm aroma. Sweet, dark fruity flavor with raisins, pears, apples, candi sugar and orange peel in the not at all bitter finish. Creamy mouthfeel.

Pours a very dark, cloudy brown with lots of floaties, and a thick tan head. Aroma of dried fruit, chocolate, and alcohol. Taste included the same with yeast and roasted malt also. Mouthfeel was creamy, but not oily. Overall wonderful.

This poured a hazy brown with a fat tan head and lots of lacing. Nose of ripe fruit. Very creamy mouthfeel. Lots of action in the flavors with chocolate, raisins, and some sourness from the yeast. Dry finish. A simply divine brew.

Poured cloudy brown with a quickly dissipating head. Sweet berry fruit and a sugary scent. Sticky and well carbonated. Sugars, some lemon and otherwise not dissimilar to a red wine. Not much malt discernible. Nice but a bit too rich for me.