Rochefort Trappistes 8

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

This is my favorite beer I’ve drank to date. Wonderful aroma that you can smell from five feet away. Great full bodied beer.

Rochefort, Belgium Bottled Complex with yeasty fruit and roasted malt Drinkable but with so many notes Unique

This beer is also great as 10. I actually see no difference or just a little bit in flavor but it’s great and those two are definititely the beers I could drink every day, 10 of them or more :)

Pours dark brown with a strong cream color head. Rich aroma of fruits, cake, caramel, roasted nuts, figs, chocolate, and light spices. Malt flavor is amazingly complex, bursting with flavors, one minute fruit, the next sweet cake flavors, next roasty chocolate. The alcohol never shows, leaving with a sweet, but not cloying, after dinner beer.

Bottle, 33 cl. Dark brown color, with a werry nice creamy foam. Aroma of dark chocolate, and alcohol. Tasty, sweet dark chocolate. Complex and full body. Nice round finish with maltyness.

This is as close to personal compatibility/perfection as I’ve seen thus far. I love all the Rocheforts but this is my fave in terms of flavor and drinkability. Pours a dark, opaque black/brown color which reveals big, yummy chunks when held to the light (where it belongs!). Much like my ChrisTania, proof that there is indeed a heaven...Nice, diminishing head with sticky lacing. Can serve cold right out of the fridge with little or no bitterness or bite. Head diminishes but never completely. Each swish of the glass reveals a complex, heavenly bouquet of light bananas, sweetbread, spices, friuts, and caramel. Flavor follows suit and is quite incredible - if this doesnt make you smile then I can’t say what would...Mouthfeel is silky and drinkability is top notch. All the Rocheforts are outstanding but I think this mid-gravity is my fave. It’s tough to distinguish perfection from perfection though...

My assessment might also be biased, because this is the first true Trappistes beer that I ever tried. With that said, I nearly cried when the high-quality liquor store in town told me that it was no longer available for purchase in the state of Texas. Apparently the type of bottle that it ships in is now illegal in Texas. I can’t imagine how that’s possible, but that is what the manager told me, and a second store confirmed it.

Colore marrone scuro con la schiuma marrone chiaro.Gusto potente,al palato percepisco un sentore di caramello e frutta,e ha un buon equilibrio di dolce e di amaro.Una belga superiore alla media che è già altissima e una birra tra le mie favorite di sempre.