Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

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

33cl Bottle from Bottle Barn! Nose of prunes, spices, brown sugar, and caramel; a slighly hazy dark amber color with a medium beige head; flavor of caramel, a little toffee, dark fruit, and cloves; finishes with a combo of sweetness with a hint of tart!

Wow,what a great beer! Very fruity aromas touch the nostrils, spicy and hayish too. Flavours of fruit, honey, hay, spices and some alc. Finishes sweet, fruity and hayish. Medium bodied, alc. is well hidden. Well balanced and very nice!!

Bottle. Deep red with brown head. Aroma is spicy, hint of cinnamon and very fruity/sugary. Flavor is strong on caramel and spice... also very fruity (raisins).

I dont know what happened here...75cl bottle from a local hole in the wall liquor store. I know that some sediment is encouraged in Belgian ales, but this brew had a ghastly chunky appearance. Floating nuggets of yeast were all over the place....not to mention this bottle wreaked havoc on my kitchen floor after the head spewed all over the place upon opening...hm...seems to be a common occurrence. Spiced aroma of fruit and raisin, with lots of caramel in the flavor. Slightly numbing palate. Nothing too special going on here. Cant understand the high ratings on this one.

75 cl bottle of 2002 vintage enjoyed at Kulminator. Bronze colour with a thick offwhite head. A lot of sediment.Potent raisins and nuts aroma though not hiding the cellar character. Cellar flavours with raisins and some nuttiness. Quite dry throughout. Great!

(Bottled, 0.33l) Very hazy dark red-brown with a medium, tight and lasting head. Slightly sweet, malty and roasty-caramely, dried-fruity aroma. Very malty, grainy flavor with dried fruit, caramel, plums, yeast. Medium-bodied, quite low-carbonated – yet slightly foamy and sticky palate. I was a bit disappointed in this last time (from a 0.75l), and it’s the same now. Don’t get me wrong – it is a very nice beer, but the Grand Cru makes you expect more than what’s already in the excellent AdR Brune. Sadly, the only thing you’re getting more in this is ABV. Don’t know if this is supposed to be a barley wine –style brown ale or what.

Bottle. Aarg! I popped the cap and the beer spewed all over the table! The beer itself has a very murky brown river water color with a lot of flotsam. Still under the light it has nice ruby amber colors. The aroma filled the room with mainly smells of apple cider, grapes and prunes with hints of cloves and ginger. Awesome just like pumpkin pie! Taste is of dark fruits again and heavily spiced - again cloves, ginger and honey with some alcohol burn. To me it really is pumpkin pie in a liquid form. Too bad I lost some when it gushed on the table.

Small bottle, maybe 12 oz. I opened this one and had my first gusher. Damn! however I salvaged most of this wonderful ale. Pours very dark with. for me, a huge frothy head. Aroma of dark fruit, mollasses, tart fruit. Flavors of sweet malt and dark fruit. I enjoyed this one alot.