Rochefort Trappistes 8

Brewed by Brasserie Rochefort
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Rochefort, Belgium

(Belgium) Pours a med-brown color with a lingering med-white head. Tons of sediment and some carbonation in this ale !!! The aroma is of dark fruit and brown sugar, taste has a creamy malt / spicy flavor. The finish is robust, and the 9.2 % for the most part is hidden. Overall this is a good beer..... Get some !!!

Bottle. I’ve been waiting to try one these beers for awhile. It did not disappoint. It pours dark caramel brown with a think head and a lot of carbonation. The sweet flavor of dark fruits is well compliments by the high alcohol. Smooth and complex, with an excellent mouth feel. This is the perfect Belgian Strong Ale....I’ve tried so far.

Poured to a murky brown color with a thin tnnnish head that lingered thru mid glass and left okay lacing. Aroma is dark fruit overwhelmed by alcohol as the beer warmed. Taste was a semi-sweet malty dark fruit, again with a lot of alcohol, whcih carreid over into the finish as well. This was a good quality beer, but the alcohol was a little too dominant for my liking in a beer.

Cloudy carmel brown colour with a light tan head. Faint malt aroma. Tastes like an old musty building when cold. As it warms the malt, spice and nut flavors come forward. A realy great beer.

Alcohol content nicely hidden, very easy to drink and quite flavorful, i meant to buy the 10, but accidentally bought the 8. Nevertheless for 3-4 bucks a bottle quite an excellent beer. I’ll be trying the 10 in a few days.

Bottle from 2004. Average size, nice creamy light brown head. Hazy brown body. Aroma of banana, raisin, ficus, port, brown sugar, earth and vanilla. It has a full body, creamy with a soft carbonation. The flavor has a long duration is heavy sweet and light bitter. A very, very good beer!

This is definitely a cousin to the Rochefort 10, not a sibling as so many people try to compare them as. I initially caught a huge cherry whiff as I poured but as it opens I am left with more dried fruit, herbs, and hard timbers. Body flavors are interesting... I’m getting a lot more bitter candy than I expected. Some robust copper and brass pipe is coming through, not quite as complex as I had come to expect. Palate is a bit hot (alcohol) but good carbonation and a long finish makes up for that. There is also some serious mouth-watering acidity that I think would pair very well with various cuisines, definitely a high-class brew.

Great palate and mouthfeel. Not boozy at all. With that being said. Not too flavorful. A bit of dark fruit and sugar rings through on the flavor. ABV is hideen well.