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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
A gusher on pour. Sweet fruit esters and yeast with flowers, spices and some rotten berries in the aroma. Pours with a large, creamy, off-white head covering a murky amber body. I am a bit worried as there are LOTS of HUGE particles floaring around, even staying on top of the head. The taste is metallic and I can feel the particles on the tongue which kind of ruins it for me. I don’t know if this was stored badly before I bought it, because it has not exceded the sell by date. Dissapointed.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Mar 2008
at 19:54
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pours dark reddish brown with light tan head. Aromas of dark fruits, raisins, figs, caramel. Taste is sweet, same as the aroma with belgian candy sugar. LIvely carbonation, slightly syrupy mouthfeel and medium body make this very easy to drink. The alcohol is not noticable at all. Excellent beer, but pehaps a little too sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2008
at 20:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (1500ml). Hazy brown colour, huge beige creamy head. Aroma is malts, caramel, some yeast and spices. Flavour is caramel, yeast, some spices and alcohol. Also quite much nuts and mild earthyness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2008
at 02:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From 1½ L bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours deep brown and still golden with a light orange lacing head. Aroma is caramel malty with a nice light spice note. Flavour is mild spiced with a solid malt flavour. Lovely yeasty note lingering in between the malt flavours. Very mild note of dried fruit into the finish. Nice solid caramel malt note lingering far into the finish as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2007
at 13:12
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle: First of all I have searched high and low for this all over Belgium with no luck finding. Then I find it in the first place I stop in Tallahassee. Okay on to my rating: It pored a chocolate brown with reddish tint, the head was a thick creamy beige that evaporated fast but left a nice top cover. The aroma is fruit with hints of sweet caramel and chocolate. Each sniff brought out more to my nose than before. The taste dive on the taste buds and forces you to hold on for the ride. I could intially taste the fruit similiar to my smell but it quickly turned into sweet candy caramel that finished with that spicy numbness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2007
at 13:20
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
33cl Bottle from Bottle Barn! Nose of prunes, spices, brown sugar, and caramel; a slighly hazy dark amber color with a medium beige head; flavor of caramel, a little toffee, dark fruit, and cloves; finishes with a combo of sweetness with a hint of tart!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2007
at 22:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Beer Brothers’ Festival 2007, Mechelen, Belgium
Hazy amber-brown-reddish body with a creamy off-white head. Quite sweet, malty (caramel) aroma with a hint of hops. Well balanced flavour which is moderately bitter, lightly sweet. A lot of caramel in the flavour which even becomes quite sticky. Nice complexity for this very nice triple beer.
Hazy amber-brown-reddish body with a creamy off-white head. Quite sweet, malty (caramel) aroma with a hint of hops. Well balanced flavour which is moderately bitter, lightly sweet. A lot of caramel in the flavour which even becomes quite sticky. Nice complexity for this very nice triple beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2007
at 16:30
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottled. A deep red beer with a long lasting brown head. The aroma is powerful with a strong spicy note, cloves and cinnamon amonst others, but also with strong notes of brown sugar, fruit both fresh and over ripe, oranges, peaches, as well as notes of cherries and raisins. The flavor is also very powerful with strong notes of brown sugar, caramel, a complex spice combination, including coriander, cloves, and cinnamon, and strong notes of fruits; fresh peaches and oranges, and dried apricot, prunes, and raisins. And the mouthfeel is very filling. The alcohol is only felt until You swallow, where it leaves a slight burn in the throat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2007
at 15:38