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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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is brown and dark malt with caramel, candy sugar, yeast, spices, dried red fruits, raisins, cognac, hint of cola and liquorice root. Flavour is big candysugar sweetness, body is just a little above medium. Very sweet and sugary, not as good as the Brune for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 11:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Аромат пряника, немного кофе. Цвет невзрачный, мутно блекло желтый. Достаточно хорошо пенится. При первых глотках , хорошо чувствуется кофе и его зерна. Сам напиток очень пряный. Также отчетливо ощущается вкус разных сухофруктов включая курагу. На послевкусие имеется легка кофейная кислинка и пряности. Но самое любопытное это то, что данный эль является очень питким пивом. Едва ли не единственное с такой большой крепостью.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2025
at 06:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
bottiglia 33 cl, schiuma fine cappuccino media persistenza, color ambrato carico torbido, al naso uvetta sotto spirito ciliegia sotto spirito vino Porto esteri frutta matura caramello leggero vaniglia leggero legno, in bocca malto tostato marsala secco ciliegie sotto spirito leggere note erbacee con una lieve acidità, corpo strutturato, carbonazione moderata, amaro moderato, ben attenuata, secchissima. Molto complessa. Da sorseggiare con calma. Ottima c. Cantina della birra 09.02.24
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2024
at 19:16
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Aus der Flasche (bbe 08.02.2020) im 2023-11 getrunken. Bei diesen dunklen Belgier hat die ürsprüngliche Süsse komplett abgebaut und es wirkt irgendwie Körperlos bzw. unstimmig. Sicher kein schlechtes Bier aber es hat die lange Lagerung nicht so gut überstanden. Komischerweise schaffen andere Belgier eine solche lange Lagerung und werden so deutlich besser als frisch abgefüllt. Nun ja das Gran Cru gehört nicht dazu. Schade!
Tried
on 14 Jan 2024
at 14:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(bottle 0,33l from topvino.cz online shop) Overall: Nice spicy and fruity with some fruity sour notes. Interesting, good. Aroma: Dried fruits, some fruity sour, berries, sweet dark malts. Appearance: Brown color. Quickly done beige head. Taste: Medium sweet, spicy, light fruity sour, dark malts. Palate: Medium body. Bitter, spicy, warm finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2023
at 07:44
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Fles 33cl thuis. Dried fruits, caramel, pruim, noot, licht droog, zoeten, bittertonen. (29-12-2021).
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2021
at 21:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy brown. Aroma is dried fruit cake dough raisin slight lime caramel dark honey some chestnut... let's say complex. Taste is slightly sweet cake dough with more dried fruit melasses and complex yeasty stuff. Overall pretty malt forward. Drinkable. Good balance. Long finish of slightly fizzy caramel and dark malt with more cake dough. I really like it.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2021
at 21:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown with a creamy, beige head. The optics are off-putting: „floaters“ would be an understatement. Looks like half liquid, half sediment. The beer is expired by a few months, so I‘ll cut it some slack here. Still, I felt the need to filter this one. Aroma of brown sugar and prunes. Taste is mildly sweet with lingering toffee and cherries. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, surprisingly slightly watery texture given the optics. Really can’t make up my mind about this one.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2021
at 17:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle, online from Etre Gourmet. Pours dark chestnut brown with a decent tan cap. Aroma: yeasty, caramel, dark fruits, light spicy. Taste: moderate sweet & light to moderate bitter, dark malt, dried fruits, chocolate hints, brown sugar, spicy yeasty. The ABV is well hidden. Medium+ body with frothy carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2021
at 10:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Belgiuminabox. Pours a murky chestnut brown colour with a large thick creamy beige. Nice looking beer. Aromas of dry dark fruits, caramel, spices and brown sugar. Taste has the same notes as the aroma. Full body, lively carbonation on the palate and a sweet, fruity and spicy finish. Maybe a bit too sweet for me but still pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2020
at 21:06