Abbaye des Rocs Triple Impériale

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

Bottle. Hazy orange body with floaters. Medium, short lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet malt, dry fruit, candy sugar, caramel and alcohol. Flavor as aroma. This is nice, a bit to sweet and quite hot (warming alcohol.) Somehow a feel this is not exactly as complex as a few other great brews from this brewery. It’s no trippel for sure and I feel the brune is a lot more complex. Not bad, just not fantastic.

a little mixed on this one... yes it’s delicious, but too sweet. Heavy on caramel, carmelized onions, sweet ripe fruits, and the finish is very interesting. However, too sweet for me, would love with creme brulee!

Poured a dark reddish brown with a tan head. Aromas of dark fruits and sugars. Flavors of raisins, figs, sugar, caramel and yeast. Very sweet. Creamy mouthfeel with mild carbonation. I was slightly disappointed, expected more.

12oz bottle, pours dark reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma of dark fruits and yeasts. Taste is the same. Finishes sweet with taste of yeast

Provided by and tasted with ilovedarkbeer. Aroma is seeded fruits (dates) with clove and cinnamon and some dark sugar. Moderate yeasty smell out back. Creamy, light brown head upon pouring covering an dark amber body. Good lacing. Some pretty large particles floating around too. Taste is excellently well balanced with some nice sweetness. Very yeasty finish. Creamy mouthfeel, but fizzy carbonation. Very nice, but light, alcohol presence on the finish. Good beer!

Finally a beer for Abbaye des Rocs that lives up to its hype. Pours a deep dark brown reddish color with a medium to large sized brown cream colored head. Nose is sweet and mostly of dark fruit and belgian candi sugar. Taste is sweet, fruity, yeasty, acidic, green, and has a great lasting warming finish. A really great belgian ale.

Dark amber pour with plenty of sediment and off-white head. Huge beautiful aroma: lemon, grapefruit, lime, raisins, clove, plum, apple, brown sugar, strawberry, candied sugar, molasses, and a bit of alcohol. Flavor contains sweet dried fruit, strawberry, belgian yeast, candied sugar, lots of cola notes, and not much bitterness. Still, the flavor is dreamlike. Palate is smooth and creamy, slightly sticky, with a dry finish. I’m halfway through the bottle, and I can already say that this ranks as one of the top Belgian Strongs I’ve had the pleasure of drinking.

Sept. 2006 - Beautiful dark brown pour with a centimeter thick head which lasted and laced the glass. Aroma was sweet candy and dark fruits...very strong. The mouthfeel on this was superb...creamy and thick. The flavor was maybe a tad overly sweet from candied sugar, plums. Very warming beer, just maybe a tad overly sweet without any real hoppy bitterness to balance.