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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7/10
Tried
on 23 Nov 2018
at 13:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle. Pours a murky red-brown with lots of yeast particles that settle in the bottom of the glass and a medium, creamy, long lasting, tan head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, toffee, raisin, prune, plum, dried apricot, Belgian yeast and spice. Sweet, complex flavour of caramel malt, bread, chocolate, molasses, brown sugar, cherry, prune, raisin, plum, overripe apple, spice, earth and Belgian yeast with a dry, mild, booze warming finish. Medium body with a creamy, smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. Excellent, ABV is well hidden. A great sipping beer, lots of complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2018
at 23:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 0.33l at One Pint Pub, Helsinki. BBE 13/01/2018. Color is brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Mint, fenkol, spruce, ripe fruits, bread and malts. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2018
at 14:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Roodbruin bier met weinig schum. Smaak is warm en krachtig, licht bitter hoppig en licht zoet met iets van karamel, port en chokolade.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2018
at 14:44
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.33 l bottle from 'Belgiuminabox.com', best before January 2019. Slow Gusher. Clear, very dark red with a medium large, dense and slightly creamy, slowly diminishing, off-white head. Sweetish, malty, rather fruity and moderately yeasty-spicy aroma of strawberry jam, figs, some molasses and a touch of oak. Quite sweet, moderately bitter, malty, quite fruity and slightly yeasty-spicy taste of strawberry jam, figs, candied cherries, some molasses, dessert wine and some marzipan, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, slightly yeasty-spicy, minimally tart and a bit boozy finish with hints of oxidation. Over medium-bodied, smooth, slightly creamy and quite effervescent mouthfeel, sparkling carbonation. Quite complex, superbly balanced, lots of fruitiness, appealing appearance and a pleasant mouthfeel. Pretty good but not outstanding.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2017
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours unclear, murkey, dark brown. muddy? or milkchocolaty ? pick what sounds best, i'd say, so lets call this milkchocolaty. Good and rather stable, creamy white head. Smell is sweet, caramelly, toffee. taste is sweet, but very complex. very earthy, caramelly, port-notes, but not due to age. Very silky and smooth. fall-leaves, a walk trough the forest pops in my mind. mild milkchocolaty notes as well. Very, very nice ! Decent mouthfeel and carbo, too. Awesome. Earlier Rating: 4/10/2014 Total Score: 3.7Bottle at kulminator . 75 cl , 2007 vintage Pours dark brown , almost no head Smells very liquorish , not really port though . Rather low carbo . Much carbo , wood , faded chocolate , intense and complex , bit portorized .
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2017
at 18:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From 33cl bottle, from Grand Cru, Santarcangelo, Italy. Drunk in plastic cup in the street. Pours dark intense brown with limited whitish foam. Aroma is malty, honey, dried fruits. Body is medium-dense. Taste starts rather sweet, although some pleasant spiciness comes up over time. Finish is long.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2017
at 10:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen - Dark Amber to brown with off white head. Sweet malty with some caramel toffee malty notes, some nice dark dried fruit, some sultana, brown sugar, some spice into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2017
at 07:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Fermentoren. It pours hazy deep red - brown with a small beige head. The aroma is rich, sweet, loads of sours fruits, raisin, sultana, dried apricot, wood, toasted almonds, stollen and wood. The taste is rich, sweet, boozy, leather, wood, raisin, sultanas, fig, dried apricot, toasty, cherry, cocoa, caramel, vinous and some warming alcohol through the finish. Medium - full body, fine carbonation and slick mouth - feel. Rich and filthy. Nice classic Belgian strong.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2017
at 11:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Home. Pours dark brown with a creamy tan head, lacings. Aroma of malt, caramel, little chocolate, dried fruit, riasin, light wood. Flavor is fairly sweet, rich malty, caramel, dried fruit, plums, raisins, wood, light tartness, little alcohol. Medium body, average carbonation, light sweet finish with warming alcohol. Nice one. 030117
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 11:26