Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

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

Dark brown with a thin speckled tan head. Sweet and spicy nutmeg aroma with a lightly tart edge. Taste is unremarkable, and somewhat bready with some cherry tartness. $4.30/12oz

Poured a dark brown color with an average size white head and a crapload of sediment. I could only pour 3/4 of the 12 oz bottle because of the sediment. Floaties stayed in the glass the entire time i drank this. This had a lot of dark fruits, maltiness and yeast in the flavor and aroma.

Poured with a big textured head, tan wiht a few brown highlights, lace the same way. Nose is just the way their description says. Flavor too, but it’s sooo velvety. Very nicely balanced; no off notes at all. The only thing is maybe should have been decanted due to precipitate. On the other hand I ain’t had my wheaties this morning. Excellent beer! Got it in a 12 oz bottle at Bodega Brew Pub downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin USA.

blah, honestly i wasn’t that impressed. a peach color with some light head. some lemon, orange, and nutmeg, with a hint of biscuit malt. the flavor is much the same and add some raisin and figs and a dash of chocolate.

Bottle. Orange brown pour...hazy with a lot of sediment, off white head. Aroma of bready malt, yeast, lemon zest, some spices. Flvaor of nutmeg, a bit of cinnamon, yeast, and a bit of chocolate. Smooth carbonation, farily sweet throughout, clean finish if you excuse the chunks of sediment. Honestly I don’t usually mind, but it was quite a bit of sediment.

Bottle. 1 Pint 9.4 FL. OZ. A little clearer and more red than the brune I rated last night. Same particles floating throughout. Nice creamy, frothty head. Sweet, fruity aroma with a nice balanced palate. Great flavor with a slightly bitter finish. I’m a big fan.

750 ml bottle sampled at "Better Know a Style: Belgian Strong Ale" Blind Tasting 07. Hazy rasin colored, tiny particles, light brown head that lasts for quite a while. Light bready aroma, cooke, toasted, carmel, chocolate, light yeast, dough, rasin, wood, smoke, brown sugar, ginger, allspice, clove, vanilla, and alcohol. Lightly sweet, rasin, molasses, all spice, balanced well with the alcohol hidden. Soft carbonation tasty brew, i really enjoyed this one.

Relatively clear red hued brown, light with a big white head. Particles and sediment cme in the second pour from the bottle as I got sloppier. A big sweet malty body, nondescript fruit and honey, with a nice caramel malt backbone. If it weren’t for the rather fruity Belgian twang, I might mistake this for a barleywine. Creamy and smooth in the mouth, and though this bottle was a gusher, there’s no fizziness here. It’s as though the brew has enough viscosity to contain the bubbles. The flavors are fanstastically big and malty. Again, more like a barleywine than most Belgians, though I see how this could bleed into quad territory. Big caramel malt and light fruit, with some stronger cherry notes. A bit of sherry and portiness here, but less so than the more prominent chocolate and creaminess. A bit of that Belgian funk to remind you of where it’s coming from. Well balanced fruit with malt. Alcohol is barely perceptible. A creamy and fruity finish with a bit of twang in the lingering aftertaste and slightest hint of alcohol and toastiness. Luckily, I can pick a bottle of this up at my local most any time.