Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

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

$3.99 at Texas Liquor in Carlsbad. Explosive foam when opened. Lots of lumps floating in bottle and beer. Thick foamy head in glass that dies to a nice medium creamy amber head. Some lacing. Nice light reddish brown color. Malty and nice subtle sourness in the nose. Trying to avoid floaties when I taste, nice clean palate

Dark hazy red/brown with a large & lasting head, and excessive Abbaye Des Rocs-style sediment (even on the first pour of a 750’er). Lots of lacing. A huge spicy fruity aroma of cherry, plum, brown sugar, quark, anise, liqourice, vanilla, caramel, raisins, alcohol, very complex. Yeasty taste, again with lots of spice and fruit. Quite sweet but also tart from the yeast and cherry-like notes. Lush oak/wood & madeira-notes, I almost thought I was drinking a vintage port at a certain moment. Long finish. Lively mouthfeel, quite thick but those sediment-flakes are overdone (yeah I know its not the intent of des Rocs to leave it in, but still). Very good, if only the sediment-issue would be solved then this would be great.

On draft at Zeno’s, Penn State. Poured dark brown with some nice lacing. Extremely complex fruity flavor with spice. Figs, raisins, plums, pears, apples all present.

sample from bottle - Pours hazy brown with a fluffy head. It has a sweet, yeasty aroma that carries through into a flavor that holds some dark fruit notes as well as a hint of spice. It seemed to be medium bodied and lightly carbonated on the palate. I thought this one was quite good, but not great. I expected more. My sample was near the end of the bottle though. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to try it again.

thanks to biggcb for this one (of many) had some trouble getting this into a pitcher (huge gusher). off-white head carmel-brown color. realy nice aroma- dark fruits, heavy malt. similar flavors as well..dark malts, maybe a little honey and molassas. alcohol is very disguised. very, very good.

Big bottle. Another gusher from des Rocs. Pours a caramelly brown color with a plus-sized off-white head. A delightful array of aromas await you - dark fruits (prunes & raisins), heavy malt, caramel and honey. Most of the aromas come into the taste as well. The dark fruits are very apparent as well as the hearty malt back-bone. also get a bit of molasses. I never did detect much in the way of cherries. Alcohol is well-hidden, but through a little at the end. Fine brew!!

11.2 oz bottle. Cloudy brown color, with a thick white head.Aroma of dried fruit, malt, yeast and pepper. Smooth body; very drinkable. Complex flavor of cherry, caramel, yeast, and pepper, with alcohol becoming noticible in the finish. Well crafted and delicious.

Copper hue, tan creamy head, not much lacing, dried cirtus fruit tang, light syrup or flat cola carbonation lead floral nectar honeyand short finish, very balanced nothing overbearing. Lived up to the build up, a top 5 from what I have rated up to this point.