Abbaye des Rocs Triple Impériale

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

Pours brown with a tan head. Very nice aroma of dark fruit and Belgian yeast. Nice sweet and slightly tart flavor. Alcohol is well hidden. Very good stuff.

Poured into a Chimay goblet. Burgundy body and a creamy tan head. Classic Belgian lacing. Dozens of yeast chunks are floating around, as is expected from Brasserie Des Rocs. Aroma is very Belgian with lots of yeast and dark fruity esters. Taste is of dark fruits, a certain spiciness, doughy yeast, toffee, apple. Some booziness that mellows out with time. Great carbonation, prickly and fine. Rich but easy to drink. Drinkability takes a bit of a hit from all the big yeast floaties.

Had this at Joe’s farewell tasting at the Cellars. Dark coppery brown pour with with a light mocha colored head. Dark fruit on the nose along with some sweetness (maple or molasses). Toffee and maple as well as dates and other sweet dark fruits in taste.

I generally don’t like Tripels, but this is far from a normal one. Instead of the light, citrusy flavors like most Tripels, this one is much darker with more malts and darker fruits flavors. Immensely complex, and amazingly flavorful. Amazing! This beer is a must-drink for fans of any dark beer.

Mmmmm delicious!!!! This beer has been one of my all time favorites for quite some time. Instead of the overpowering corriander and orange peel most tripel or beers of this style exude, this boy exudes chocolate, brown sugar, anise.....lots of anise and a hint of smokiness. Great beer.

[Bottle] Pours dark amber with a big light tan head. Aroma is quite sweet, chocolate, liquorice and malt. Taste is chocolate, grape, some malt with a slight bitterness on the finish. Medium-thick mouthfeel. Pretty good stuff.

[1002-20071224] 1pt9.4floz. Mild tomato and beef aroma with a bit of fruity Belgian yeast, almost like Classico pasta sauce. Murky, dark brown amber body with a big medium-lasting foamy yellow head. Flavour has a little smoky fruit and mild tobacco leaf. Medium-full body is smooth. Very interesting, alcohol is hidden.

Out of the bottle. Poured a brown color. Nose of dark fruit, sweet and inviting. Taste was rich, full of perfumy sweetness, ripe fruit, brown sugar. Almost caught some berry essence at times. Had this and the Brune at the same time. I was shocked by how similar the taste was. Both good, but almost interchangeable.