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Rochefort Trappistes 8

Rochefort Trappistes 8 - Belgian Strong Ale

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100
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Brewed by Brasserie Rochefort
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Rochefort, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
18244.11/5.04.11/5.09.2%99.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
The lower gravity cousin to Rochefort 10.
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 bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Mar 27, 2009    Updated: Sep 23, 2009
Pours a hazy brown (sometimes chunky). Yeasty aroma with burnt sugar.Taste is yeasty with rum-raisin, fig, caramel/burnt sugar, a bit of grape nuts. Nice hops balance and dry finish. A good brew. (rerated 9/09)


 Dervock (178), Emu plains, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 27, 2009  
Bottle - pottles a very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of sweet fruit and yeast. Cherry and alcohol flavours with a dry finish.


 l1br4r14n (274), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Mar 25, 2009  
Pours very dark with a thin head. Flavor was surprisingly hoppy with a very dry after taste. I felt like I needed a drag of water after every sip.


 drjay44 (758), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/516/20
Mar 25, 2009  
330 ml. bottle. Pours a thin head of good duration over a murky brown (SRM 20) body with much flocculated yeast....nose of fruits, fig, cherry, spice, clove coriander, bread, yeast....tastes initially of heavy carbonation, then sweet, then multiple fruits especially cherry, finishing slightly tart...mouth feel is quite light, partly carbonation, partly alcohol. The finish is the best part of this ale.


ChapelThrill (26), California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/519/20
Mar 25, 2009  
Bottle - in the actual abbey in Belgium, and here as well from local retailer. I initially tried the beer in Belgium with out knowing much about trappist beer - just a lucky connection with a friend who knew a monk at the abbey. The initial experience was amazing. Dark brown pour with a nice head. Complex aroma with caramel and malt. Great mouth feel, and great finish. At the time, the best beer I had ever tried, hands down. Bottles here have not produced the same "nirvana" feeling, but a great beer nonetheless.


jaghana (92), Strasbourg, France
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Mar 24, 2009    Updated: Nov 6, 2009
Botle 33cl. A very good trappist beer. It smells quite the same as the Rochefort 10 but with less alccol. Personally I prefer to get them young, more sweet. Once old the taste is more acid. Very complex aroma, taste is sweet with fruits and a bit of caramel. Anyway it’s a great beer.


 dmschefke (371), Eastpointe, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Mar 22, 2009  
Pours a dark brown with lots of sediment and thick tan head. Aroma of dried fruits and roasted malt. Flavor is strong with a warmth, almost too complex to describe, but I’ll try. I taste the raisins and dates, the chocolate, and a slight sweetness with a lot of alcohol warmth, but no alcohol taste. Definitely a beer worth having again.


 Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 22, 2009  
Bottle at Café Gollem, Amsterdam, 14th March 09. Cloudy reddish amber. Rich, warm malts and a lovely finish.



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