Rochefort Trappistes 8

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle. Pours brown with a nice creamy, quite light, head. A powerful and complex beer. Many flavours, dried fruits, chocolate, bread etc. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Appearance: dark brown color with thick, creamy head. Aroma: bread, fig, dried fruit, slightly astringent. Taste: raisins, sweet dried fruit, malt, caramel. Mouthfeel: creamy, thick yet surprisingly high carbonation. Overall: I’m fairly new to the style but it is a pretty great beer with a unique, yet delicious, taste. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours dark cloudy brown with a thick creamy head. Aroma of figs, fruit, bread, and caramel. Dates and fig flavor with a warm toffee icing. Finishes with a nice caramel aftertaste. The flavors are not as bold as the 10, but still has warm fruits and is very tasty.

Bottle, Carrefour Express convenience store E1.20 Brussels. tasted around 15 degrees C. Clear brown with minimal, evanescent head. Aroma of dried fruits which, after much debate we decided was dominated by fig and additional dark cereal notes, toast, hint of molasses cookie and soy. Second sniffs got us thinking about herbs and spices. Descriptors aside, the combination is beguiling-you want to smell it again and find out more. There’s a bit of sweetness balanced by barely enough bitterness. The palate is creamy and balanced by a generous carbonation. The finish is exceptionally long with malt dominating along with some sort of berry fruit. I expect I’ll still be tasting this beer tomorrow morning. The effect is like a wine’s without the sticky overreaching of most barley wines. This beer is not terribly showy-no fireworks or exotic hops-but it is one of the best things you’ll taste all year.

Bottle. Dark with a creamy head. Dark fruits, yeast and spices. On the sweet side. Quite complex and with a nice full body. A robust and great beer.

330 ml bottle. Pours a bronze, very cloudy brown with a short-lasting white head. Smells of bread and yeast. Tastes of dry fruits, sweet bread, light caramel. Body is thick and creamy. Carbonation is a bit aggressive. Liked it!

Pour is a dark reddish-tinted brown with a creamy beige-colored head. Aroma is sweet - dark fruits: raisin, black cherry, plum. Taste is certainly alcoholic. Almost wine-like. Red grapes like a deep cabernet. Balanced with just a bit of an oak-like brandy flavor. This is a doosie. Very very good.

Perfect roasted brown color. Just before it touches your lips you smell rich figs and raisins. Taste doesn’t disappoint. Immediately the dark fruit sensations hit and last and last. A pretty perfect beer. Maybe a notch below Rochefort 10 but when you’re talking beers this good, it doesn’t mean anything.