Abbaye des Rocs Triple Impériale

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

The beer after its release from the 750ml bottle sets in the chalice a beclouded burgundy color an off white creamy head that towers over the luscious body, as it slowly decomposes; the lace forms a thick blanket upon the glass. Nose is rich with the aroma of black cherries, walnuts, sweet malt, hints of alcohol, and fresh toasted bread, what a treat to just smell this beer. Start is sweet with malt and cherries, touch of spices, and the top medium to full. Finish has a stern acidity, the hops delectable, the cherries and malt last to the dry ending, the alcohol warms the innards, and all I can say is “Woo Hoo”!

Hazy deep amber colour with an off white head. Malty, caramel and alcohol sweet aroma with fruity and light herbal notes. Caramel, fruit and alcohol sweet flavor with notes of yeast. Light dry and spicy finish.

Tap at the Fort Worth Flying Saucer Octoberfest. Cloudy brown pour, quick fading head. Nose is scipy and fruity. Light to medium bodied with very active carbonation. Spicy, peerery flavor with a slightly tart finish. Very nice.

Kings and emperors... YES. I thought this would be a tripel, due to the name of the beer, but I guess IMPERIAL Tripel = BSA. At any rate, real good.

Pours a dark brown red color, slight tannish head, somewhat lasting. Dark grape aroma, very strong & wine-y. Very strong aroma. Strong dark fruit taste. Sour aftertaste. Malty grapey taste. Odd but not really my style.

This beer pours a deep amber/brown with a medium tan head. The nose has sweet coke, plums sugars and when you take a sip, WOW! All teh flavors meld together make this a lightly carbonated and semi sweet beer! This beer has that classic belgianale/trappistale flavor! and boy does it do a good job of mixing the flavors together. Wondefully complex and good, It hides the 10% abv very well! I think I’ll have some more later! Cheers!

Taster at the fall beer tasting at the Flying Saucer in Fort Worth. Brown in color with a mediocre head, very cloudy. Taste is malty sweet and has fruity flavor and has some alcohol taste. Seems like a lot going on but it did not really work for me.

Print is a little smudged, but I think it says best before 2010. After wrestling to pour the geyser I am left with a beautiful ruby brown ale with a small but fluffy light tan head. Strong and semi-sweet aroma of apricot, flat cola, and an earthy/musty undertone. Kind of weird, but interesting and pleasant. Flavor is almost syrupy sweet, and kind of what I expected from the aroma, but not necessarily what I really wanted to get. The fruity notes are pleasant although a bit too sweet for my taste, but I also taste a good bit of that flat cola I got in the aroma. It’s not all that bad, but doesn’t balance out the sweet fruity flavors that are so prevalent. There is a really nice undertone of cinnamon though. The palate is medium/full, semi-sweet, with a long finish, and some slightly sharp carbonation. I am missing the huge yeasty chunks though (although I admit I found the huge gobs of yeast a bit much the last time I had a des Rocs)