Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

750ml bottle, like others I had a bit of a geyser when opening. Poured amber/brown, with a foamy tan head, mostly dissipated and didn’t leaving much lacing. Very murky with lots of floaties. Aroma of dark fruit, cherries, caramel, yeast, with a sour apple and tart tinge. More sour and tart than other Belgians. Taste sweet, with some sour apple, cherries, and caramel. Medium mouthfeel and was fizzy. Doesn’t compare with other Belgian Strongs like Rochefort, but is pretty good. Better than the Abbaye des Rocs Brune I had.

Small bottle. Amber pour with Huge chunks in it. Lightly minerally aroma with sticky sweet notes. Malt and bright fruit are also present. Flavor is fruity, notably dark fruit like plums and such. Very yeasty but in a good way. Sweet but not overpowering. Caramel and fruit are the last of my thoughts. Medium round mouth feel. Overall I did not really care for this. It was fine, but just not something I could get into.

Not sure what happened here must gotten a bad bottle, had a sour aftertaste to it with no head to it. I really hope this not what this is supposed to taste like

Pours a muddy brown with lots of floatys and a big frothy beige head. Aroma is sweet with dark fruits as well as spicy clove and cinnamon. Flavor is sweet brown sugar, caramel, clove, coriander and peaches. Medium to full body and a sweet light alcoholic finish.

Bottle reads Brasserie de Rocs Grand Cru. Pretty sure its the same thing... message me if you know why its a different label. Pour is perfect, and the best I’ve seen. Looks like an asteroid field of large particles. Awesome lacing. Prune, Fig, and other dark fruity flavors. Easy drinking and yeasty. One of my top beers.

bottlecap popped off with an energy similar to a cork finished bottle which preceded a dribbling geyser of heavy white foam. no matter, it still poured an intriguing sedimented amber tinted red with a thick, tight bubbled head that looks like it hold significant weight. sweet cherry/red apple juice aroma with notes of fresh taffy. i definitely get the almond notes, more cherries and fir. finishes a bit hot and the flavors fall apart. if this will settle, marry and develop it will be fantastic. right now it’s very good. With some age a few bits came out chunky and some of the fruity notes have given away to wood. Sustained heat, easily drinkable, but no additional depth.

Pours a ruby bronze with an initially large eggshell white head that dissipated to a thin cap with little lacing. Cordial sweet aroma with strong notes of cherries, brown sugar, syrupy on the palate without too much effervesence, only mildly bitter but warming from the strength, vaguely nutty. Perhaps a little too sweet for my palate.

Bottle 150 cl. Large creamy beige head that mostly diminished. Fair display of lacework. Somewhat cloudy light dark amber color with an almost reddish glow. Aroma of classic Abbaye des Rocs yeast, very fruity with a mix of overripe and dried fruit most notable was raisins, prunes. Also notes of toffee, grain, and mild sour notes, orange and chocolate, brown sugar. Mild spicy notes of what appears as coriander, cinnamon. Full bodied with an average carbonation and mild alcoholic texture. Moderated to heavy sweet flavor with mild counter bitter and acidic notes. Lingering overripe fruity and spicy finish. Lovely brew.