Rochefort Trappistes 10

Brewed by Brasserie Rochefort
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Rochefort, Belgium

Aroma: Plums, dark fruit, caramel, yeast. Appearance: Dark murkey reddish-brown, thin lasting head that leaves lacing. Flavor: Rich dark Fruit, chocolate, sweet caramel, yeast, a little spice. Palate: medium body, creamy, lively, astringent, with some alcohol. Overall Impression: This beer is the best out of all Rochefort 6/8/10. It is full of the flavors that make the 6 good, and the 8 better, but I don’t have to struggle to try to taste the goodness b/c there is so much there.

The best trappist beer i’d ever tasted! Love the city of Rochefort too..

beautiful dark body with a tan off white head which sticks around and does not disappear. its lacy and stick to the edges of my tulip glass. great maltiness across the tip of the tounge with almost a hint of sweet candied chocolate in the back of the palate. co2 level is excellent for this style of beer and is not filling and wish i could drink more. sip slowly and enjoy every bit of this beer on your tongue before consuming. this is a great beer and i think a lot of people would really get into this one.

First impression is a very positive one as a very nice thick white head forms. It is controlled, and not the head bomb I have seen in several belgians. Liquid is a very dark and murky, muddy brown. A little backstory, out of the big three quads, this is the only that I have never tried. I much prefer Bernardus to Westy, in this style anyway. Let’s see where this one stacks up. In the aroma department, we are looking complex. Dark fruit, floral characters, grapes, banana, and light breadiness over booze. A good scent that reminds me of something in between the Westy 8 and 12. Extremely complex, but very welcoming. Taste is surprisingly good, already ahead of the overly clovey Westy in my book. Not overpowering but immense and complex in it’s own right, Rochefort 10 starts clean with a lot of the characteristics of the aroma dancing around the palate, most notably dark fruit. This isn’t as heavy as the Westy, but no less complex. Palate is medium to thick in body, medium to high in carbonation. Extremely impressed with this one. I’ll have to do a side by side with Bernardus 12 to see which I prefer in the end, though initial thoughts is that Rochefort is the more fulfilling beer.

Bottle pours murky brown in color with a thin beige head. The nose has a lot going on, but what mainly stands out is raisins, brown sugar, bubblegum and a slight bit of alcohol. Flavor follows with the same, but also adding notes of black currant, apples, and a certain "yeasty" quality. The overall body is full and well rounded. Top class beer for sure.

Pours balck with a tall beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malts, yeasty and slightly alcoholic. Great flavour with notes of fruit, yeast, I taste bread in the mid palate and chocolate in the finish. Rather dry and very alcoholic really nice, but too alcoholic tasting.

33cl bottle poured into a Rochefort Trappist glass. Very dark brown with half finger tan head. Aroma is very strong bubblegum and slight alcohol. Flavor is complex. Begins with bubblegum/candy. Earthy, toasty malt notes. A lot going on there I don’t know how to describe. Finishes equal parts sweet and bitter with some warming alcohol. Very interesting beer. Almost too sweet for me though. Definitely a "special occasion" beer.

(Bottle at Great British Beer Festival) Dark with tiny off white head. Smell was dark chocolate malt with coffee and burnt toast. Big, rich. Taste is strong dark roasty malt, super saturated mouthfeel with a little alcohol aftertaste. Warming. Wine and brandy notes with more grapes, chocolate - brilliantly balanced. Some coffee too. Excellent. Perhaps served a little too cold, but not the beers fault.