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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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 33 cl shared with vinivini. Dark brown color. Aroma: esters, caramel, wine, a little spicy, dried fruits, prunes and raisins. Taste: toffee, port wine, dried fruits (figs), a bit spicy, warming, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2018
at 19:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle kindly shared by alex_leit. Thanks a lot. Hazy brown ale. Aroma: caramel & toffee, massive dried fruit. Medium body. Mediym minus sweet taste. Fruity. Feels very classical. A nice still rather faceless BSDA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2018
at 06:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 750 ml from Pivoljub. Shared with others. Pours orange brown with medium white head. Caramel, malty, some dried fruit, spices, brown sugar, medium carbonation, sweetish. Bit thin. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Pivoljub - The First Beer Shop in Slovenia
on 18 Mar 2018
at 21:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the Grumpy Goat, Reading. Dark brown with a beige head and a light fizz. Up front there's the (to me) unpleasant foam banana sweets taste that characterizes so many Belgian brews; fortunately here it's offset by a decent brown bread maltiness. On a second swig the banana sweets are left behind as other flavours rush in one after the other; coriander seed, chocolate, ginger, raisins, dark brown sugar, malt loaf, prunes, leather and figs. It's sweet, very spicy and lightly dry. A delicious, decadent and interesting brew that goes a little way to restoring by long-departed faith in Belgian brews. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2017
at 17:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from the Ale Taster, St Neots. Chocolate brown, translucent and generally clear. Spicy pumpernickel and hazelnut scent. Sweet taste, hot and boozy with a sour nutty finish. Highly carbonated and very alcoholic aftertaste. Simple but delicious. What a beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2017
at 12:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Aus einer 0,33 Flasche von 2014. Ein klassisches dunkles Belgisches Starkbier wie es sein muß. Lecker!
Tried
on 03 Jun 2017
at 05:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Gusher. Pours hazy dark ruby with sediment and airy beige head. Clear aroma of malt, caramel and yeast, with notes of fruit. Sweetish flavour of caramel malt and yeast, with fruity and hoppy notes. Hints of cinnamon. Estery and malty aftertaste with acidic hints. Decent. Very decent, indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2017
at 13:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home, 2nd January 17. Pours dark brown. Aroma is dark fruit, molasses, caramel, fig, dates. Taste is molasses, dark fruit, not too sweet, a little bitterness. Pretty tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 15:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle at home. Gusher. Dark, murky ruby-brown pour with a tan head. Notes of caramel, toffee, caramelised fruit, dried fruit, light sweet spiced and a bit of metallic bitterness. Medium to full body, tons of sugar in the post-taste, but other than that this beer is exactly what you’d expect to find in a Belgian winter ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 13:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
hazy brown colour, dense beige head (I assume it would have been large if a half of it had not exploded from the bottle after opennig); aroma of walnut liqueur, cocoa, dried figs and cherry; taste is the same with burnt sugary notes; great christmas beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2016
at 14:09