Grand Cru
Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs in Montignies-sur-Roc, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.69
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This beer is a very dark red in colour. It has a very complex, yet very powerful soul. The hops and spices involved in its brewing process only add more zing to its flavour. Despite its density, this beer is easy to digest.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
150 cl bottle (10%) @ Gastropub Tuulensuu, BBE 12/2011. Rated on 15.01.2011
Aroma is sourish, but has also sweetness from aged fruits. Flavour is the interesting part here. It is sweet and sour at the same time with some aged fruits and spices. Very good, but not as good as Brune.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2011
at 09:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A reddish copper ale with a thin moka head. In aroma, pleasant creamy dark fruits, warming alcohol, quite nice. In mouth, a smooth creamy spiced malt, sweet candy sugar, light vanilla fudge, orange peels, medium bodied. Tasted Nov. 11 at l’Autre Oeil, with Sammy, Radek and Probstk.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2011
at 06:00
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
First let me start out by stating that I am not worthy enough, nor expert enough to rate this beer. Had it on tap at the Vintage Estate, very nice place with great eye candy. Nice big roacky head. Creamy alabaster. Nice sour or tart aroma makes my taste buds water. Smells like fermenting fruit. Candy and alky greats my tongue initially. Feels much stronger than the 9.5% listed here. Leathery and bery complex fer sure. Wew, rotting ruit and leather that matches the smell. Nice amount of CO2 for a big beer and I like that. Big weird personality, what a big beer experience. Glad I had the chance to taste this monster. You self considered beer experts; don’t bother looking at my humanistic numbers. I guess overall, this stuff aint bad considering its high alky contnet, wew, I think I’m gettin dizzy. Smell and CO2 help it out alot.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Oct 2010
at 04:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very good Belgian. Unfortunately, my little bottle gushed a bit when I uncapped it and I have a good deal of yeast floaties in my glass. Not such a big deal but it would be a gorgeous beer without them. The liquid is reddish brown with a small ecru cap. The aroma is caramel, mint, malt, clove, Belgian earth and lots of candi sugar. The flavor is rather sweet with a fair bit of sugary raisin flavor. It’s a nice strong Belgian, but I was expecting a bit more with such a high review score. Feel is just on the right side of sticky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2010
at 00:07
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Imported from my RateBeer account as Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru (by Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
8/04/2010 33cl bottle @ home - BB: 6/08/2013
Little cloudy dark brown beer, light beige creamy head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: clearly milk chocolate, dried fruits, banan, caramel, raisins, prunes. MF: lots of carbon, full body. Taste: very fruity, refreshing, citric hops, raisings, milk chocolate. Aftertaste: citric acidity, caramel, little bitter, very refreshing.
previous rating of vintage magnum:
15/10/2010 - 2008 vintage 1.5L bottle @ Klaas' place Thanks to Klaas for the bottle!
Ar: 7, Ap: 4, T: 9, P: 5, O: 18, Total: 4.3 Pours a somewhat clear dark brown beer with ruby glare. Little red flakes floating around. Beige head dissipates quickly. Aroma holds caramel, dark chocolate, port, orange peal, cinnamon. MF is soft and creamy, full body. Taste had caramel, oranges, spices. Aftertaste roasted malts, gingerbread, caramel, orange peal and citrus. The beer is, despite it's young age, already portorising a lot. Inspection of the cork showed some mildew, so most likely the cork was not entirely air tight.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
8/04/2010 33cl bottle @ home - BB: 6/08/2013
Little cloudy dark brown beer, light beige creamy head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: clearly milk chocolate, dried fruits, banan, caramel, raisins, prunes. MF: lots of carbon, full body. Taste: very fruity, refreshing, citric hops, raisings, milk chocolate. Aftertaste: citric acidity, caramel, little bitter, very refreshing.
previous rating of vintage magnum:
15/10/2010 - 2008 vintage 1.5L bottle @ Klaas' place Thanks to Klaas for the bottle!
Ar: 7, Ap: 4, T: 9, P: 5, O: 18, Total: 4.3 Pours a somewhat clear dark brown beer with ruby glare. Little red flakes floating around. Beige head dissipates quickly. Aroma holds caramel, dark chocolate, port, orange peal, cinnamon. MF is soft and creamy, full body. Taste had caramel, oranges, spices. Aftertaste roasted malts, gingerbread, caramel, orange peal and citrus. The beer is, despite it's young age, already portorising a lot. Inspection of the cork showed some mildew, so most likely the cork was not entirely air tight.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2010
at 08:03