 kramer (1888), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 4, 2006
11.2 oz bottle. Dark brown with chestnut highlights, one finger thick creamy light brown head with amazing retention. Deep fruity aroma, lots of dark candied fruits. Just loaded with toffee and caramel maltiness. Also alcohol, yeast, raisins, and candi sugar. Very vinous in it’s aroma. Intensly fruity flavor with a complex interplay between yeast and alcohol. Very rich with some molassas and raisin character. Alcohol on the finish is a bit much for me, it doesn’t come across as warming, more of a flavor, almost peppery. The longer this sits the creamier the mouthfeel becomes, yielding a full bodied rounded palate. This stuff is good, what more can you say?
swooper (94), Kladno, Czech Republic
Oct 5, 2008 coffee, bread, nuts, black, hazy, frothy, heavy cloying sweetness, lightly bitter, for very strong beer very nice flavor,medium body, long finish, slick feel,
luv_casks (175), USA
Oct 4, 2008 Purchased 3 yrs ago - 1st rainy day seemed like a good day for this.
Pours a gorgeous deep deep mahogany with garnet highlights and a fluffy long lasting tan head leaving nice lace on the glass.
First thing I noticed is the big hiss on opening .. the yeast have been working
Nose: Plum, figs, some licorice, bready notes along with white pepper and way way deep in the background is a whiff of alcohol along with a touch of old ale like vinous qualities.
Taste: Lots of rich malt notes including caramel dark fruits and tons of spicy notes leaning towards white pepper. For the malt complexity this beer finishes dry. The palate is a little overwhelmed by the carbonic bite and the hugely warming alcohol
Mouthfeel: The higher than expected carbonation makes the beer more dry than expected and does not have a luxuriating finish which the nose hinted
Overall: Stuff of legends in the nose (with a such a big alcohol % hidden so well) maybe my bottle got over carbonated. The taste complexity was there but the high carbonation was a quite distracting. Once I drove out the CO2 the magic - maybe my bottle was slightly over carbonated. While the huge alcohol makes this a sipper the rich flavors and super dry finish make the sips closer (Caveat: The floor can get uneven very quickly)
TET (133), Finland
Oct 4, 2008 Very dark brown beer with beige velvet-like head. Aroma is sweet and temptating: raisins, fruits and some spicys are also found. Flavour is not so sweet than you can expect based on aroma. Flavour changes quite dry in the end. Spicys, dry hops and fullness flavour with pepperness made from alcohol per cents are found. Rochefort 10 is wonderfull complex and strong beer that gives you joyful surprises for every mouthfull.
timsilvia32 (244), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Oct 2, 2008 Thick brown pour, fluffy creamy head. Malty, raisin aromas, dark alcohol. Lost of different sweet tastes, malt, caramel. Some dark fruit at first. This definetely improved as it warmed. Mellowed and became a little more sweet malty like an old ale. Pretty warming, I don’t find the alcohol that offensive or even that present. Some lacing throughout. The best quad I’ve had for sure.
hubcrawler (7), , Alabama, USA
does not count  Oct 1, 2008 This beer is very complex. Had a thick, dark brown appearance with a modest, frothy head which dissipated fairly quickly. Aromas of alcohol, with some spiciness. The real interest in this beer lies in the complex flavors which come through stronger with each sip. Initial quick burst of sweetness which is overcome by some phenols, alcohol, and earthiness. Mild hint of banana with a thin, carbonated feel.
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