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Abbaye des Rocs Brune

Abbaye des Rocs Brune

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A Belgian Strong Ale brewed by
Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs

Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

bottled
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8444.11/5.04.11/5.09%99Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

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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 mgumby10 (1651), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20

Apr 30, 2007  
Pours a hazy, bubbly, chunky, burnt orange with a thick, well retained light tan head. Wonderful aromas of plum, apple, other citrus, some malts, and a touch of some caramel. Taste is quite full flavored. Pretty sweet, a lot of caramel and plum in the taste. Really smooth, and quite easy drinking, even though it is chunky as hell, but thats to be expected as all Des Rocs beers Ive had have been like this. Great mouthfeel, kind of danced on the tastebuds. Great brew from a great abbey. Thumbs up.

mabband (6), KØBENHAVN NV, Denmark
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4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Nov 3, 2008  
Muddy orange brown body. Aroma malts and fruits. Flavor is sweet with notes of orange and dried fruits. The finale i sweet fruity and not bitter.


 SuzyGreenberg (1067), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 31, 2008  
750 ml - wow, this is one of those nice rarity in today’s market for sure; a highly rated beer from belgium for only $7 - and a 750 no less!!! pours light brown with thin off-white head; lots of yeast floaties; grand cru-ish in aromas; sweet candy and raw spice aromas; texture feels thin, but has a heaviness to it; very sweet and quite unique; fruity flavors and textures improve greatly with temperature; very strong and yummy


 malrubius (485), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/103/517/20
Oct 25, 2008  
11.2 ounce bottle in Chimay glass. Not sure what went wrong here, but I opened it up and it foamed over, so I quickly poured it into a glass and it fizzed louder than a Coke on Pop Rocks. The head entirely fizzed off to nothing leaving no head or lace and only a little interior carbonation. So...brown with no head or lace. Rich smokey woodsy dark cherry brown sugar aroma. Delicious woodsy smokey brown sugar caramel dark cherry flavor with mild tobacco bitterness. Medium body. Incredible flavor. I gotta try to get a better-handled bottle of this and rerate to add points for head and palate and overall. But for now, I rate ’em as I drink ’em.


 keepersj12 (449), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Oct 21, 2008  
This is just too good. Everything about it is fantastic. This is one beer where the description is right on. Don’t miss this one.


MuttyD (93), Cambridge, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/519/20
Oct 18, 2008  
Brown pour with thick cream colored head. Aroma of yeast, fruit, candied sugar. Medium body, fizzy on the palate, huge dark fruit/candied sugar flavor. Finish is slightly syrupy.



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