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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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Again a very good one of Abbaye des Rocs. Dark brown colour, very complex aroma. Chocolat, coffee, banana. Bitter and sweet. Very balanced.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2012
at 08:19
6/10
Tried
on 18 Sep 2012
at 06:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Delirium Monasterium, Brussels, 21 July 2012) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of dried fruit, caramel, spicy hops and a touch of candy sugar. Malty, fruity taste with caramel, dried fruit, raisins, brown sugar and a mild spicy bitterness. Almost full body, with chewy malt and a certain sweetness. Tasty, complex, well balanced and very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2012
at 14:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 75cl corked. From trade with Dedollewaitor. Lots of chunks of yeast or protein or whatever in this one, dark reddish brown in color and with a small, off-white to beige head. Dried fruits, caramel and some sourness in the aroma. Full body, smooth and actually chunky on the palate. Dried fruits, caramel and some sourish notes in the flavor. I hope it was only this bottle, as this was certainly not satisfactory. Lacking depth and complexity, certainly far from what to expect looking at other ratings. 111229
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2012
at 05:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a murky chunky brown with an off white head. Thankfully it gets a lot better from here on with an aroma of dark fruits, raisins, caramel, sugar and a little alcohol. Flavour is medium to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2012
at 14:04
3.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
11.2 fl oz bottle from a mix pack. BB 24/11/2013, consumed on May 29, 2012Huge amount of particles, lumpy protein even though teh bottle has been standing still for a long time, looks vile. Lumpy moldy looking copepr to brown color, the lumps really don’t make me want to taste the beer at all, looks disgusting. Tan head. Acidic to sour, slight bit roasted scent, also alcohol and solvents. Sweet, alcohol, sugary taste. Alcohol, harsh, warming, sweet aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness. All I can think of is those huge lumps and how I don’t want to feel them in my mouth, other than that huge warming alcohol, and not in a good way. Sampled this, rated it, didn’t enjoy it, didn’t finish even a third of the bottle, I regret getting any of the beers from this brewery that as in the mix pack, most of them had this huge chunky disgusting sediment in all of the bottle, will not look for beers from this brewery again. Have two other bottles left, do NOT look forward to opening them, I guess it’ll be for beer ticks and rates, then drain pour them as well. Not even worth opening with mates, why should my poor friends have to suffer through this as well?
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2012
at 14:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Clear brown with a beige head and loads of big floaties. Aroma is sweet, mlaty, caramel, dried fruit, yeasty and dark sugar. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. Soft and very smooth. 230412
Tried
on 23 Apr 2012
at 12:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber colour with floaters and a small off-white head. Aroma is sugar, alcohol, malt, yeast. flavour is sugar, dried fruits, alcohol, malt, cherry, peaches, caramel, yeast. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2012
at 01:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2*330 ml bottles bought in a mixpack and shared at tasting. Gusher! Pours hazy reddish brown with a huge creamy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with wet earth, mushrooms, cellar, orange peal, unripe pineapple, honey, dark grapes, red wine, wood and alcohol. Taste is sweet and spicy with wet earth, leather, black pepper, banana, brazil nuts, wet leaves, earl gray tea, funnel chanterelle, vanilla and hints of alcohol. Mouthfeel is tiny tart, slightly sticky sweet and full bodied. Finish is sweet and herbal with wet leaves, green herbs, nuts, dark sweet bread and alcohol. Interesting how a rather strange smell and taste combines into a really good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2012
at 00:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
En kraftfull och väldigt fruktig stark belgisk ale. Smakbild mellan karamell och kärnfrukter som plommon och körsbär. Lätt beska so drrar åt vermouth/malört.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2012
at 05:23