Rochefort Trappistes 10

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

Pale brown head. Dark reddish brown colour. Malty and syropy nose. Strong alcohol and malty taste with some medicinelike taste. Also some syrup in the taste.

Bottle, pours very dark brown with a huge off white and tan head. The aroma consists of hop, coffee and caramel malts. The initial taste is a wonderfully rich slightly sweet vinous prune, plum and almost cherry taste. Then followed by a dry malt smokey flavor that leads to a savory smokey aftertaste coupled with the initial sweet vinous taste. This is all happening while the alcohol warms your stomach. This beer is amazing, I do not know how a beer could get much better than this.

Bottle from Wilmer Liquors (New Lenox, IL). taken from the fridge after a snowy commute. Pours an opaque dark brown, dark leathery hue with a moderate light brownish head. Aromas are belgian candy sugar, brown sugar, light belgian yeast, vanilla, caramel, nice fresh cake and bakery aromas. Initial taste takes on a touch of bitterness up front followed by nice belgian yeast with fainy spciness, vanilla, candy sugar, some darker dried fruit sweetness, and touches of caramel. Creamy sweetness with a very complex flavor profile. Quality mouthfeel and body. finishes very nicely. Flavor is great. Cheers!

A strong opaque dark brown brew with a persistent one finger tan head, clear plum notes in the aroma and palate. Excellent layered flavors - sweet malt, molasses, raisins, and the high ABV can be tasted but on the whole a super quad.

One of my favorites. Pours quite dark with a very thick head, fruit and malt aromas abound. Very smooth flavor, despite the high ABV, with a pleasant palate. The real downside to this beer is that its flavor is so strong that you have to be careful what foods you eat with it or it can go from beauty to beast in a heartbeat.

Bottle: Pours dark chocolate color with a thick creamy tan head. Smells of roasted malts and luxurious fruits. Very complex taste of raisins and sweet alcohol. Leaves the palate tingling feeling and asking for more. One of the better brewed beers I have ever drank.

Great aroma and appearance, but way to sweet for my taste...the 8 % is much better. One recurring theme in the ratings is how well it drinks for an 11% and I wholeheartedly agree...it will sneek up on you and you never see it coming.

When I saw this brew available at a local restaurant I just had to get it! Poured a very syrupy dark brown with a small tan head. Pretty nice aroma of dark fruits like raisins and figs. Very complex flavor - strong on the malts, with hints of figs, raisins, plums, molasses, and a nice bit of alcohol. Thick on the palate, but simply too easy to drink at 11% abv! This is one mighty fine beer!