Rochefort Trappistes 6

Brewed by Brasserie Rochefort
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Rochefort, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Very cloudy brown with fizzy foamy head. Lightly sharp and acidic with dry chocolatey notes. Prickly light finish. Initial reaction was that it was OK but nothing to go nuts over, but further exploration led to: dry cocoa powder notes with hints of banana. Fluffy rather than fizzy when allowed to sit in the glass for awhile. Pretty well-crafted and medium complex for a light ale (although I can't believe it really weighs in a 7.5%!).

Date stamped 15 05 07. Murky brown in color, tremendous white, frothy head. Lacing and head retention is great, as expected from Rochefort products. Light, bready aroma, intermingled with gingerbread and green grapes. Sweet, mellow, almost wine-like flavor: grapes, green apple, cobwebs, and toffee. Dry finish that is ever so slightly alcoholic. Silky mouthfeel is a tad ruined by over carbonation, in my opinion. Still very nice.

This beer pours a cloudy brown as do the other Rochefort beers. The aroma is very much the same as the others too. The taste is not as strong as the 8 or the 10 but it has a very strong hint of coffee - which I did not care for. I recommend the 8 over all others.

Nice brown liquid with a full light tan lace. Nice aromatic bouquet of floral hops that is tantalizing and salivatingly delicious. Medium fruit flavor with good malts. Nice smooth texture. a wonderous brew.

A beer with the right pedigree, but it didn’t earn its stripes. The pour was nice, with a frothy head that clung on for dear life. The aroma was yeasty and mildly malty, with only the vaguest nods toward the classics of this style. The flavor too was lacking, being a bit thin (even watery at times, relatively speaking) and supported mainly by the decent palate. I had this the day after I had the St. Bernardus Prior 8—perhaps not a fair comparison, due to the difference in original gravity—and I just couldn’t suck out the flavors from this. Bottle date stamped with 15 05 07—-I wonder how this would have tasted in four years.

Definitely another one of those must tries in the world...anything from Rochefort is. Wow what a carbonated SOB these Rochefort's are. It pours a muddy brown with this nice layer of pearl white head. The aroma is brimming with yeast, wood, and plums with this faint hint of malty sweetness. The taste is a tad cola like with the heavy layers of carbonation. Some syrupy yeast and definite spicey grapefruit drying aspects..quite contrasting from the aroma..thats what makes it particularly amazing in many respects. Mouthfeel is very solid..a tad light, but really nice sweet and sours mixed in. I need more and ill need to age it.

Cloudy brown color with a nice off-white head. There was an abundance of yeast chunks floating around. The aroma was fruity, spicy, sugary, and definitely yeasty. Similar to Chimay Red. The flavor had more alcohol tones...still fruity, wood, plums, and grass mixed in. The feel was very effervescent...small bubbles. It left a slight acidic feel on the tongue. Dry finish.

Bready and grassy aroma, huge foamy head. Murky brown in color. Much lighter than the 8 & 10, not so overpowering. Has a much more dryer finish than the other Rocheforts. The flavor is much less complex. More malts and less fruits.

Brown pour with a thin tan head. Sweet fruity nose. Medium light body with a decent malty profile. Full of dark fruit, squaw bread and spice.Good but I think I will stick with the 8 and 10.

A very dark cloudy brown color to it with golden hues hinting. Medium light brown head. Very smooth, some bitterness with a hint of chocolate. Some yeast, and spice combine to finish off the taste.