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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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ O.B.E.R. Kerstbierfestival 2014, Essen. Dunkel rötlichbraun, geringe beige Schaumkrone. Geruch röstmalzig, süß, Karamell. Geschmack süß röstmalzig, Zucker, Karamell, leicht alkoholisch.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2014
at 09:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled at Kerstbierfestival Essen 2014. Nice dark red color, full sized beige head. Aroma is malts, sweetness, brown sugar. Taste malts, sweetness, brown sugar, slightly herbs and some alcohol. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2014
at 07:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33 cl. bottle poured in to a Trappist glass. Dark amber colour with a lightly tanned creamy head. Sweet aroma with dark, dried fruits, rich caramel malts, yeasts, candid sugar, earthy and floral hops, some spiciness. Taste is sweet. Medium to full body with a creamy texture and an average carbonation. Long lasting slightly dry finish with dark, dried fruits, yeasts and spices. Nice Belgian, lacks a bit superior complexity compared to the best trappists.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2014
at 17:34
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle: Nose is yeast, cloves, brown sugar, a little not , cinnamon and spice; perfect for the style. Taste is brown sugar, belgian yeast, brown bread, rich plums, leading to light cloves and cinnamon and spice. It’s quite dubbel like and very sippable, but it lacks in the finish a bit. Moutfeel is sticky. A very nice festive beer which is quite dubbel like in nature. Edit has it really been 8 years
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2014
at 14:51
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
29/11/2014 @WBF, 33cl bottle Hazy brown with creamy head. Aroma is malty, dark fruits, caramel. Taste is plum, caramel, malt, cake all moderate and ballanced. Very nice but somehow I expected even more or maybe I am getting spoiled
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2014
at 22:17
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml @ home
Pours hazy deep amber with floaties and a off-white head. Aroma has notes malt, caramel, dried fruits, yeast, alcohol and a hint of chocolate. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long warm, dried fruity and caramel finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy deep amber with floaties and a off-white head. Aroma has notes malt, caramel, dried fruits, yeast, alcohol and a hint of chocolate. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long warm, dried fruity and caramel finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2014
at 15:46
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Classical Belgian Christmas ale, with mousse- to rocky, off-white head and a dark amber to copper colour, clear but cloudy after adding the ’fond’, as it should be. Rich and appealing aroma of banana, pear, strawberry, passion fruit, dark chocolatey and caramel malts, aniseed, floral hops, brown rhum, cloves, ginger powder, coriander, sometimes regrettably also a hint of red cabbage (DMS). Full and deep maltiness in the mouth, caramel candy and dark fruits, leading to a gingerbread-like effect in combination with the spices, slowly increasing in bitterness towards the finish, mouth-filling toasted malts (coffee touch), gentle floral hops and some warming, vinous but never astringent alcohol. Not overspiced like several other Wallonian Christmas ales, this one manages to find the right balance. Love it.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2014
at 09:55
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from Henderson Wines. Murky brown body with a thin beige head that fades. Light lacing. Aroma of raisin, wood, prune and yeast. Flavour of earthy, flowery hops, dried fruits, dark malts and spices. Medium body with a smooth, slightly foamy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A complex, warming Belgian Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2014
at 06:53
10/10
Tried
on 06 Jun 2014
at 06:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Mai ist ja nicht die passende Zeit für ein Weihnachtsbier, aber ich wollte nicht bis Dezember warten ... - Flasche (75 cl; MHD: 5/2014) vom Bierzwerg. - Schönes Rotbraun, klar. - In der Nase Datteln (mit leicht säuerlichem Stich), Pflaumen, dunkles Malz, Bayrisch Blockmalz, Ingwer. - Antrunk überraschend schlank mit deutlichen Gewürznoten, die an Früchtebrot oder an einen Obstgarten erinnern: Vanille, Zimt, Birne, ein Hauch von Minze ... Mild rezent, eher schlank im Mund; ohne schwere malzige Süße. Auch im Abgang überwiegen Gewürznoten, Hopfen ist kaum zu schmecken. Der Nachtrunk fällt denn auch etwas kurz aus, mit schwach holziger Herbe und einer kühlen Note. - Originelles, nicht zu schwer gewürztes, schlankes und etwas untypisches Weihnachtsbier. Hier waren echte Könner am Werk.
Tried
on 20 May 2014
at 12:13