Rochefort Trappistes 8

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

IT HAS A STRONG FRUITY AROMA AND POURS FULL OF CARBONATION. A LITTLE EXPENSIVE AT $5.99 A 12 OUNCE. A NICE TREAT BUT TO EXPENSIVE TO HAVE EVERY DAY . ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST BEERS YOU MUST TRY AT LEAST ONCE.

Wow. Oulala. One of the best beer ever made. Nice beige foamy collet. Aroma of dark fruits, cacao and caramel. Very complex taste. Almost better than the 10. Should ask for my belgian’s citizenship.

Bottle. For some reason I get banana bread, and fermented grape alcohol, highly malty profile in the aroma. Pretty decent pour as expected with this caliber of trappist ale, large foamy off-white head with some brownish particulate from the bottom of the bottle, murky and mahogany in color, satisfying lacing. Taste is complex, it doesn’t really register till it hits the back of the tongue, in the middle there is instant of leafy bitter hop, then sweet raisons, wine alcohol (which I’m usually not a fan of but tonight it kind of worked, too prevalent than it had to be though), and minor licorice, a puckering sweet dark berry, finish with toffee malt, aftertaste linger is perhaps the best part the experience, rather full bodied and strong. To say I didn’t enjoy it is a lie, but I was slightly disappointed, the complexities just didn’t go together quite as i would like, still a very worthy beer though.

Ugh. Why do I find it so hard to get my hands on an un-oxidized Trappistes Rochefort... It’s painful too cuz I can just tell from the flavor profile that it’s good when untainted :(. We’ll give this one another try at some point I guess.

Very nice beer, tastes almost the same as the 10 but less intense. Everything is toned down a bit, for the price I would just buy the 10 any day. Less fruit n the nose, less sweet taste, even the head seems a bit lighter.

Very nice, as are all the beers from Brasserie Rochefort. Yeasty flavor, bready. Pours a nice brown color. I can’t put it up there with the Trappiste Rochefort 10, but it’s a damn good beer.

[Archive, the sad part of it, seemingly] Toffee aroma, not much head. Brown.

Pours a murky brown color with nice size head. Aroma is similar to the 10 only slightly lighter. Taste is very good much like the 10 but more fruit flavor and not the chocolate notes like the 10. I prefer the 10 but this one is close.