Rochefort Trappistes 8

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

bottle read 19-08-08.the "8" was brown in appearance with an off-white head that left some webbing when it sat down.an aroma of bread,spice,and caramel greeted my nose.the flavor was much of the same.this is yet another great brew from rochefort.

12oz Bottle Pours out a hazy brown topped with a nice tan head. The aroma is GREAT. This was a very nice Belgain strong.

Plumb color with a rather large & persistent beige head. Aroma has lots of dark fruits - raisin, prune and plumb. Also picking up some brown sugar, sweet malts, and floral scents. Flavor is pleasantly sweet with dark fruits, molasses, and yeast. Lots of thick sugary flavors with the taste of sweet, overripe raisins. Smooth and delicious. The 10 is still an overall amazing experience, but I’m quite a big fan of anything Rochefort.

Like the Doobie Brothers song goes (minus the Jesus reference), "This one is just alright with me". While I didn’t find it mind-blowingly fantastic, it is a nice beer to drink but IMO, there are better Belgian Strong Ales out there. I know that might seem a bit sinful to say, but the cat’s already out of the bag. Aroma was dark fruit but very withdrawn for my liking. It didn’t reach out and grab my nosehairs like I thought it might and twist them into a knot. Instead it sort of wafted about like a stroll thru the park, minding it’s own business. Appearance was a dark read in color, nice head with good lacing. Mouthfeel was a bit carbonated for my liking, full bodied and strong with a nice alcohol bite. Flavors are dark fruits, a bit woody and slightly chocolately but just not enough to make me stand-up and take notice. It’s a good beer, but just not great.

A re-rate. First bottle courtesy of Joey Capps a couple years ago. Original score is 3.8. Sweet minty aroma, with cassis, spices, and lots of floral notes. Dark brown pour, frothy mocha head. Tons of lacing. Sweet yeasty fruity flavours dominate. Plum, cherry, berries, wood. Good great grand. Bitter sweet finish, smooth and creamy, and very enjoyable.

Opaque medium/dark brown. Big beige head fades a little, but lasts the whole beer. Nice yeasty banana and chocolate aroma. Hints of spice. Initial flavor is chocolate malt. Flavor is everywhere though, bread, yeasty banana, spice, grape or other dark fruit. No sip taste the same. uummmm!! good beer!!

Brown coloured with an average off-white head. Rather sweet yeasty alcoholic aroma with some distinctive dark ripe fruity hints and some roasted caramel touches. Full body, creamy. Finish is more bitter, with a slight touch of sweet fruity and alcohol. This is a top beer.

(Bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Pours dark red/brown with a light brown head. Smells marzipan. Alcohol. Malt. Plums and liquorice. The taste is sweet. Soil and smokey tobaco. Salty. Marzipan. Almonds. Brown sugar and some milk- chocolate. 8/3/6/4/15 Second try: (Bottle, 2 to 3 years old) Pours dark mahogany brown. Creamy, pale nougat coloured head. The aroma holds earthy and fruity tones up front. Mild tones of figs, prunes, ripe dark cherries, green raisins, rum, brown sugar, mild burned cookies, tobacco, chocolate, liquorice and maybe a touch of blackberries and black currant. Bit Belgo-spicy as well. A tiny touch of herbs and citrus acid. The flavour is light to medium sweet, light bitter and tiny acidic with tones of dried/dark fruit, cherries, spices, earth, tobacco, dark sugar, chocolate, cookies and liquorice. The mouthfeel is round and velvety with that typical, playful Rochefort carbonation. Complex but subtle finish. Medium bodied.