Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

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

After openning the 11.2 oz bottle, the foam came out. I poured just in time to catch it. Nice off white head that dissipated quickly to a layer of fine foam on top of this dark brown beer. The aroma is full of fruity sweetness. Not quite sure what to think, but probably something good. The first drink is sweet, fruity, musty, and malty. Maybe too sweet for my mood at the time. I should have one for dessert, because it is good.

11.2 oz bottle. Pours cloudy color with full foam off white head. Aroma sweat malt and fruit. Taste of sweat malt.

From a slender 11.2 capped bottle with a best before date and temperature serving recommendation on the back label, sampled a cellar temperature in a chalice. Poured a cloudy caramel brown with a frothy, foamy off-white head, small amount of laced sticking. Aromas of cherries, figs and raisins, nutty bread, caramel and lightly chocolate malts, and spicy, sugary alcohol. Good, active carbonation and a crisp, dryish, creamy smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Delicious tasting, a nice dark fruitiness, cherries, plums and raisins, a candied molasses sweetness, nutty and earthy bread, chocolate covered with caramel, spicy alcohol that provides a warming presence in the back of palate, and a dry yeasty, spicy, malty finish. Definitely a sipper, but can be dangerously quaffable, an old stand-by that is well worth trying.

Dirty reddish color with a mild aroma. Taste of spiced raisins. Good medium body but I’m just not a big fan of the flavor. Still an Ok beer.

Bottle. Fruity-sweet nose. Caramal malt. Appearance is a cloudy carbonated light brown with a steady white head. Extremely sweet opening. Cherries and caramel, other fruit notes and a hint of alcohol. Mouthfeel is intense, sharp, into a nice smoothness.

Got some fruit and yeast in the aroma.Pours brown with red highlights.Had a larg,foamy off white head.Caramel malt and yeast stood out in the flavor.Mouthfeel was full with a swet finish.

The color was ruby/brown with a lot of floating sediment. The head was very thick and foamy. The aroma was yeast, alcohol, citris, and tart. The flavor was alcohol, citris, bitter, and yeast. The palate was wonderful. It was smooth, yet had just the right amount of carbonation. The finish was wonderfully warm and long lasting.

Poured a nice red brew with lots of sediment. The head was annoyingly profuse. After I poured a glass the bottle kept overflowing so I had to distribute all of it. Thick, tan, creamy. The aroma is sweet candied fruit, alcohol, sour Belgian yeast, and some spice. The flavor was sweet, spicy, aged wood, alcohol, aged fruit (wine?). The flavor was more aggresive than the Triple. The alcohol was more apparent and it wasn’t as mellow. The palate was still dry and carbonated and the finish was warm. Delicious.