Rochefort Trappistes 8

Bottle at PIB. Cola brown pour with light tan head, light lacing. Aroma is bready and full of fruit: grapes, apples, plum. Flavor is much the same, slightly vinous and with a nice roast to it. Full bodied mouth and very pleasing all the way down. Can’t wait to try the 6 and 10!

This beer has a very sweet and fruity aroma with hints of flowers and herbs. It has a sweet, spicey flavor of dried fruits, herbs and hops.

Huge foamy light colored head. The actual body of the beer was an opaque dark brown. I was actually surprised at how grapey and wine like many of the beer’s characteristics were. There were a multitude of aromas of sour and astringent fruit, soft malt, grapes, and dankness. Flavors were of fruit punch, malt, cola, and bitter spices. Creamy smooth mouth-feel. Alcohol like its big brother is impeccably balanced. Not really my style of beer, but there’s no denying its pedigree. This is a classic that isn’t quite as good as Rochefort 10. However, it stands apart on its own legs as a amazing brew. Salud!

Pours a lacing beige head with a hazy brown body like cola. Smells astringent and a little fruity. Flavor is roasted malts, dried fruits, toffee, and yeast.

Love those Belgians. Murky brown swill-looking ale with sediment pours into Trappist glass with speckled tan head. Aroma is sweet bread, light baked apples, chocolate, licorice and earthy undertones. Taste is plum and figs, dark malt, licorice and spice, brot, with a long finish. Starts complex and bold, gets smoother the more you sip. A true classic.

Pours dark brown with a 3 finger head. This beer looks good. Aroma is bready, pears & other fruit. Taste is fruity, bready, chocolate. & very smooth. The alcohol is hidden well & silky smooth. I want more to age.

33cl bottle, dark brown with creamy beige head, strong aroma of dark chocolate, licorice and fruits (plum, peach), roasted notes, spiced flavor, medium body, finish with spices and some alcohol, not as expected but really complex