Rochefort Trappistes 8

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

Bottle served in a trappist glass. Effervescent dark amber liquid topped by a dense off-white head. Smells of raisins, warm vanilla, brown sugar. Taste of spices, some fruit, alcohol. Tastes nothing like it smells which is a bit disappointing. Warmth and dryness is created by the alcohol. The carbonation is very prickly, it almost stings a little. Interesting and different, but I think I would have liked it more if it tasted the way it smelled.

Dark plum color, light tan head. Big mouth, full taste of malt with raisins and berries. Bittersweet finish. A classic.

Bottle. Poured into a chimay glass. Pours a dark purple/brown with a lasting off white head. Aromas of dark fruits, cherries, plums, raisins, and some heat from the alcohol. Flavors is rich dark fruits, spice, yeast, alcohol. Very nice carbonation.

Pour a nice dark brownish/red with a long-lasting tall off-white head. Nice aroma and flavour of dried fruits, caramel, chocolate, malts and yeast. Definately deserves its high rating.

Warm. Brown/dark amber with lasting head. Caramel port wine woodsy earthy aroma with a tiny hint of alcohol. Toasted caramel spicy yeasty port earth and wood flavors with a hint of mint. Medium body and medium/medium-high carbo. Beautiful soft mouthfeel probably because it’s room temp. Deliciously complex.

reddish brown with an offwhite head nice hazyness smells malty, fruity and of some hidden dried raisins tasts fruity ( dried raisins) and malty, and even a bit of hidden nuts and has some warm alcohol aftertaste fruit malt bittersweetness, warmth a really, really good beer but i prefer the rochefort 10

Poured hazy amber brown with some biege head which lasted. Aroma is mainly fruity, predominantly raisins, with interesting flowery and yeasty hints balanced with maybe a touch of alcohol harshness. The palate is wonderful, medium to full bodied with plenty of light fluffy champagne-like carbonation. The flavour is rich and complex; agian dark fruits, raisins, dominate but there are other softer and sharper fruity flavours combined with dark malt and some subtle alcohol bite leading on to some pleasant bitterness but a long complex fruity finish. Overall an excellent complex beer, but not a session beer.

Pours a hazy dark brown with some yeast sediment and a giant, thick, off-white head that dwindles down. Aroma is yeast, alcohol, and not much else. It is difficult to really get a specific flavor out of this- maybe flowers and cotton candy but overall very muted. Taste has a lot of brown sugar, dark fruits, spice, and warming alcohol. Medium bodied and medium carbonation. Very dry and alcoholic aftertaste- like a gin and tonic. Very complex and excellent.