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Abbaye des Rocs Brune 4.08 961

Abbaye des Rocs Brune

Percentile
100
overall
Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9614.09/5.04.08/5.09%99.3Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Abbaye des Rocs (9% alcohol vol.) is a pure malt beer, with no added sugar. The entire range of tastes is directly linked to the double fermentation, the precise quantities of malts (7 types) as well as the mixtures of three kinds of hops (Belgian, German and Czech). Its colour is a striking deep and majestic red. Its taste is rich and full of subtlety. It is tasted like a red wine with which it shares the ruby colour without having the tannin. It develops a strong sweet smell. It confirms the initial impression in the first mouthful, with a sharp body that is balanced with a certain fruitiness. It frees itself on the palate and develops an impressive depth of taste. Some traces of burnt wood are detectable, but never scorched even if it contains this kind of malt. The foretaste is very prolonged because of its rich and unctuous development throughout the mouth. The bitter and sugar tendencies (even though there is no sugar in its composition) compete and come back together to the taster's great satisfaction. It is a deep, mystic and extremely mature beer to be classed among the great products of our soil.
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 Bullit (1392), Glasgow, Scotland
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 4, 2007  
Ruby-red colour, off-white small lasting head. Full aroma: of creamy caramel and dried fruits. Flavor: starts with a tangy bitterness going into a deep fruityness. Leaves a pleasant dryness on the velum and finishes off with a balanced taste of alcohol. Superb Ale.


 FatPhil (3483), Espoo, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/103/514/20
Jul 4, 2007  
330ml bottle (Mallaskukko, Turku) Dark brown small head. Lumpy bits are off-putting. Hugely malty aroma, rich and sweet. Taste is also very malty and sweet, also a bit of marmite (too much yeast?). Hints of ginger, and some dark pencil erasers. Hides the alcohol very well.


 jblendy (518), Midland Park, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 3, 2007  
Labeled best before end 2008. Pours a murky orange/amber with a large tan head, and lots of large floaties. Powerful aroma of apple juice, some spice, and alcohol. Flavor is a bit more reserved than expected. Lots of yeast and fruit, lightly acidic, a bit of brown sugar, and some spicy white pepper notes in the finish. Palate is medium with a great mouth-feel although I do feel as though I’m eating a great deal of yeast.


 elmatador00 (518), j-action-ville, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/518/20
Jun 30, 2007  
This beer pours a cloudy brown color with tan head. Has excellent lacing, and has hints of dark fruit, spices, and caramel. Finishes sweet with a warming alcohol taste on the tongue.


 DragonStout (1384), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 29, 2007  
Pours an amber color with chunks on the bottom, yum.Slight sweet taste of the dark fruits.Light on the tounge but quite nice non bitter finish.


 fishingnet (1047), Brandon, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/102/516/20
Jun 28, 2007  
750ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a lot of yeast chunks and a good sized off white head that lasts leaving some lacing. Aroma of cherries, dark fruit, light caramel, and yeast. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium full mouthfeel with alot of yeast chunks floating in my mouth. The beer tastes great but the amount of yeast in the bottle is crazy and makes it slightly difficult to drink.


 TaxiDriver (948), Stadland, Germany
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/512/20
Jun 22, 2007  
Bottle. Dark liquor, alcoholic, sour, sugar beet molasses. A small off-white head. fully dimishing. The body is nearly black. It starts moderate bitter and finishes a little bit sweeter, average duration. The body is medium, the texture is kind of syrup. Flat carbonation with a moderate alcoholic finish.


 ucusty (1920), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/104/516/20
Jun 20, 2007  
lots of carbination, thick creamy head with light lacing. Pours dark yellow with the aroma of hops & malts. nice balance and the price is always right! lots of floaters



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