Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde (Ambree)

Careful pouring or you'll have a glass of foam (thick, small bubbleed and white) Beautiful orange color and hop-spiced aroma. Lots of cotton-candy throughout the middle (they must use a lot of beet sugar) Alcohol is high, but I think well hidden by the other flavors of lighter malts and premium hops.

Pours hazy orange with a thick white rounded rocky head. Sweet, fruity nose. Sweet, fresh, acidic peach flavour. Extremely rounded with hints of yeast.

Ok, this is not a hammering brew in the slightest but I absolutely love it. Is my age showing? A well-displayed, polite, complex and mature brew. Yes, I got the immediate brett fix but the aroma is more complex with high grassy notes and sweet malty hues. These are subdued by a small bursting start of light caramel malt and citrus that slowly descends into a courteous soft sour finish. A huge hit.

Rerate! Hazy orange colour. Sweet malt nose, apricot, choriander and a little alcohol. Flavour is fruity(apricot) and has a nice malt sweetness. A hoppy bitterness is also there. A wonderful beer!

(Bottled, 0.75l) Very hazy reddish orange color with a very large, foamy, lasting and lacy head. Very yeasty (De dolle/Fantome-like), slightly tart, grainy-malty, perfumy-lemony-hoppy aroma. Grainy-malty, smoothly bitter, perfumy-lemony flavor with an acidic finish. Hides the ABV excellently. Medium to full-bodied, refreshing (but warming at the same time), sticky-slicky and slightly foamy-carbonated palate. Like a blend of Orval hoppiness, De Dolle yeastiness, and a hint of refreshing, triple-like, malty sweetness. A very enjoyable, balanced, refreshing and characterful brew - a true work of art, and a Belgian Strong Ale at its finest! (Rated 11/28/2003, was 6-3-7-4-14=3.4) Fresh, fruity, citric aroma. Light, sweet, refreshing taste with some hops. Quite blonde-like beer. Not bad.