Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde Altitude 6

Bottle, 33cl. (from festival Hotton) It was a fieuw years ago that i’m taste this beer. Golden colour with small short-lived white head. Aroma is bitter hops, fruit and a little sweet honey. Medium body. The taste is full of hops, good bitterness, yeasts, also little spice and a fruity touch. Very drinkable.

33cl bottle from Dranken Geers. I was in the Kulminator on the Saturday of Zythos 08, and sat next to me.... you know what? I have no idea. A good beer drinker who ordered... no it wasn’t it was Rick Gordon who the one who ordered this or another Abbaye des Rocs beer, so it got me onto this one. The first time I went to the Kulminator I had Abbaye des Rocs Noel on tap and I liked the brune, but my history with this brewery is either up or down. The grand cru floaters were stupidly huge, but they clearly know how to brew good beer. Clear orange gold but with a viscous feel, thin off white head. Very fruity aroma, stone fruit, some orange spice. For a 6% blond, quite an aroma. Doesn’t quite live up to it in mouth, bit thin to be honest. but then a similar burst of fruit on finish. Even 20 mins later the aroma is stunning. Like juicy crystalised tangerine fruit. Rather a good beer, which I think is excellent and something I would seek out again.

Cloudy golden colour with some sediment. The head was rather thin and didn’t last or leave lacing. Not a great deal of aroma - perhaps a bit of caramel. The taste reminded me of the Seville oranges they use to make marmalade - a hint of sweetness but dryness too, and plenty of lemon as well as orange.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Dark blond with white head. Aroma of spice, curacao, biscuity malt, peardrop. Medium body. Dry finish. Good stuff.

honey colour, deep lemon and spicy aroma, smooth, full bodied, some pleasant acidity