Spéciale Noël
Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs in Montignies-sur-Roc, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.48
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
29 December 2018. Christmas beer evening; shared with Anke. Bottle from Dranken Geers. Pours hazy dark brown with a big, lasting, foamy, tan head; lots of lacing, some sediment. Quite intense aroma of licorice, caramel, candied orange, lemon zest & plum, pear syrup, walnut, clove, cookie dough, aniseed, earth (weirdly 'modeling clay' comes to mind), 'orangettes', rather strong hint of alcohol (tequila). Taste is medium to heavy malty sweet, notes of caramel & dough, candied orange, a bit nutty, which counters the sweetness; light to medium herbal bitter middle has green tea, spicy licorice & an earthy note. Dryish, herbal hoppy finish, slightly earthy, lingering dough, caramel & candied fruit, dash of warming alcohol to top it off (liqueur, triple sec perhaps). Medium to full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. A big Belgian Quad as we like it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2019
at 10:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle. Slightly hazy, nutty brown with a very fizzy off white head. Candy aroma, flavour is candy, some orange, some grassy hops and a little spice. Decent but not the most complex
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2019
at 23:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottiglia 75 cl, schiuma beige fine persistente, colore marrone torbido, al naso lieviti caramello uva passa frutta matura, in bocca caramello prugne sciroppate spezie zucchero di canna, corpo strutturato, carbonazione decisa, molto dolce con amaro accentuato lungo nel finale. Non mi ha entusiasmato (forse perché avevo bevuto troppo?) Riproverò. 25.12.18
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2018
at 17:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Aroma: Fruity sweet with dried fruits and yeast. Flavour: Fruity sweet with dades and prunes. A good bitterness and an tangy fruity aftertaste. Colour: Orange brown with an offwhite head. From: Bottle @ Salling Aarhus Dec. 2018.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2018
at 14:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Frothy beige head stayed on a dark oak coloured still body. Malt, cream, demerara & spice aroma. Medium to full bodied, super smooth & chewy in the mouth with a light tingly clean finish. Caramel, brown sugar, spice, milk chocolate & dried fruit tastes with a slightly citrus & berry back.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2018
at 17:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Murky reddish brown beer a malty, boozy, caramel aroma. Taste has all that with a nice fruity tang to it and a bit of zingy, bitter citrus hop in there too. A touch of spice too which lingers into the aftertaste. This is really good.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2018
at 22:56
6/10
Tried
on 23 Nov 2018
at 13:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
F: big, pale tanned, long lasting. C: brown with coppery touch against the light, hazy. A: dark malts, banana, chocolate, caramel, spicy, herbal, bit ginger. T: malty, brown sugar, caramel, banana, spicy mix, dry on the palate, BE yeast, herbal, bit alcohol, BSA in a way I like it, fully enjoyable, full body and medium carbonation, 33cl bottle from Carrefour market – St. Michel @ Etterbeek, Brussels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2018
at 19:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
33cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours reddish brown with minimal carbonation. Aroma is wonderful of caramel, grapes, nuts. Body is average with moderate carbonation. Taste is intensely sweet with good bitterness. Finish is long and sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2018
at 19:34