Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

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

750 mL bottle. Pours an exceptionally dark red with nice carbonation and that unmistakable Abbaye des Rocs sediment. The aroma is sweet with slight notes of fruit. The sweet fruit notes dominate the taste, but it becomes slightly sourish and spicy at the end. This is an incredibly smooth and wonderful beer, one of the best I’ve ever had.

Vaery dark red almost brown color with slightly carbonated head. Nice fruity aroma that was’t too sweet. Very smooth enjoyable beer that balances out the sweet fruit flavor with a spicy malt character.

330 mL bottle. Brownish golden amber with fizzy white head. An amazingly wonderful mixed fruit aroma. Smooth caramel like palate. Taste of fruit, caramel, and chocolate with a clean finish. Damn Good!!!

Poured a very dark amber-red color with a thin tan head of very tiny bubbles. A substantial amount of yeast chunks floating around. Huge fruity aroma with hints of licorice, spices, candi sugar, and malt. Had very sweet and sugary malt flavors with a lot of spiciness. Some licorice and a certain medicinal character. Mouthfeel was very soft and sugary with a good amount of carbonation, but had a slightly bitter/hoppy and overall astringent finish. Pretty interesting and serious stuff. Definitely one I’ll drink again.

Bottle. Pours a dark orange/red color with a very tall, frothy whitish head. I gotta say, I wasn’t overly impressed with the Abbaye des Rocs Brune, but this one is off to a much better start. I really enjoy the aroma on this one. It is very well balanced with underlying sweet scents of caramel, gingerbread and a slightly wild, spicy tone like cloves and grass. Pretty solid in the flavor too. It’s kind of unique for the style. I’m getting a much juicer fruitiness in this one. Hints of berries, fig, dark chocolate, honey. The spiced notes are certainly there, but not that intense, considering. The alcohol is very well hidden. This is a fairly soft beer with just enough richness to make things interesting. I really like this one, I’d buy it again.

750mL, murky brown raisin-color pour, frothy off-white head. Foam continued to slowly erupt out of the bottle even after the 11 oz. pour. Nonetheless, a very nice grand cru, caramel, fruity and flowery aromas, brown sugar and plum flavors balanced with malts and alcohol.

small bottle. mahogny pour with a lot of sediment. rising bubbel to thick frothy head. nutty burnt malts, floral hops, dark fruits, herbal aroma. fruity, apricots and cherry, roasted nuts, rich malts, great balance.

A gusher on opening. Pours a murky, root beer brown with large particles and a small tan head. The aroma is a heavy caramel with notes of apple, raisin and brown sugar with a light bubble gum, yeasty backing and faint alcohol. The mouthfeel is medium-bodied, sticky and soft with a tart conclusion. The flavor is rich malts and dark fruits with a lightly tart finish. The aftertaste is of dried figs and an alcohol warmth. A complex and tasty beer, but not the amazing concoction that I was expecting based upon its overall rating.