Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru

Somewhat opaque reddish-bronze, lots of sediment, and a nice, long-lasting foamy yellow-white head. The nose is very yeasty with copious almond, dark fruit and figs, orange, and pepper. Flavor is yeasty and sweet with some dusty malt and woody pear. Palate is large but a little fizzy which seems overbearing given the already aggressive pepper and yeast in the beer, but this is still a good one.

33 cl, bb 14/02/2011. Opaque, dark copper-brown with a gushing head that settles to a lasting half-inch of creamy cappuccino-like foam. Aromas of nutmeg, brown sugar, dates, plums, cinnamon and bread pudding. Flavor is all the same, plus some caramel, wheat, apple, chocolate, oak, light citrus and rum. Medium-heavy body is smooth and amazingly well-dried for all the big malt flavors.

Brown pour with huge white head. Visible particles floating around. Grapes, brown sugar, chocolate and caramel in the nose and flavor. Very full bodied and rich mouthfeel. Amazing brew.

750ml bottle thanks to Glouglouburp. Pours cloudy dark brown with red highlights with a very fizzy offwhite head. Lots of fine, offwhite floaters, I was prepared for that so it was cool. Smells sweet malty with some slight dark malty ripe fruitiness. I smelled some hops as well. Tastes sweet and ripe fruity, malty of course. I didn’t think it was all that complex or anything. Full body, fizzy carbonation.

330 mL bottle. Pours slightly red brown with tons of large debris and an off-white head that dissolves into a thin foam. Aromas of sweet caramel, tart apple, dark fruits. Taste is an excellent mix of caramel and raisin with some breadiness and tartness coming through afterwards. But wow is the mouthfeel creepy with all that big debris. Still it’s not too hard to get over with this kind of flavor.