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Abbaye des Rocs Brune 4.08 955

Abbaye des Rocs Brune

Percentile
100
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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
9554.09/5.04.08/5.09%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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 Nightfall (647), Athens, Greece
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jun 15, 2009  
33 cl Bottle. Reddish brown color with a huge brown head. Very complex aroma and similar flavors of chocolate, ripe fruit, caramel, brown sugar, spices and more. Simply great !


 TeamTrappist (399), jericho, New York, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Bottle. Poured a deep brown,nose was clearly malty, with dark fruit. Deep and complex flavors, with a hint of sweetness.Smooth, drinkable, with hints of spice. Excellent.


 Tweety (344), Vancouver, Washington, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/510/105/518/20
Jun 3, 2009  
Poured with all sorts of chunky floaties, but smelled and tasted absolutely phenomenal. Just a beautiful nutty sweetness to it that’s hard to pin down precisely but a new favorite for me. I’m gonna have to drink this one more often, worth the effort to decant, and great even if a little chewy.


 ChrisThomson (405), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 31, 2009  
Lovely beer. Pours hazy dark brown with thick tan head. Lots of toffee sweetness, dark fruits and spicy notes. I like the yeasty chunks that add to the flavour.


 phishpond417 (1953), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
May 18, 2009  
Another nice offering from pfoxyjohn: Poured a bright cloudy mahogany colour again, and something noticeably different is it’s not quite as sweet as the previous beer. Raisiny, caramel and noticeable alcohol on the palate. Aroma is very fine with some yeastiness.


 hirigalzkar (582), Stockholm, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
May 18, 2009  
Bottle. Nice red-brown color. Fruity, buttery, yeasty, choclaty. Sweet. Nice hop touch.


 finol (509), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
May 17, 2009  
750 ml bottle. Pours hazy brown-orange. Very yeasty aroma. Fruity belgian taste. Gets better when it gets closer to room temperature.


 garthicus (1307), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 17, 2009  
Bottle with great thanks to HogTownHarry, I think this bottle is 4 years old. Appearance: Wow, almost like jello due to the amount of suspended solids - some the size of cornflakes. Small dirty white head, orange brown body. Aroma: Pine, grapes, orange, yeast and malt, quite a sharp aroma. Flavour: Initially quite malty and then orange/pine/citrus with earth tones and banana, quite a lot going on. The mouthfeel is odd due to the amount of yeast particles. Very nice.



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