Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs Triple Impériale - Cognac Barrel-Aged

Triple Impériale - Cognac Barrel-Aged
(has 2 batches)

 

Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs in Montignies-sur-Roc, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating
Score
7.29
ABV: 10.5% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 22
Triple Impériale 4 month aged in old emptied Cognac oak barrels.
 

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at home, Espoo. Bottle no: #099. Batch #2. Color is murky dark orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Ripe fruits, raisins, cognac, some alcohol, malts... Mixed feelings.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2023 at 16:31

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Bottle, 0.5 l - batch 2 - no 99, thanks VastActiv, at VastActiv, 20230105) The beer poured dark brown and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, prunes, raisins, wood and rum. Palate was medium bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, wood, alcohols, rum, raisins and bitterness. Aftertaste had raisins, booze and bitterness. A too boozy and too thin brew.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2023 at 16:31

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Limited edition, 952 bottles. Batch #02. 12 months aged in oak barrels. Bottle nro. 262. 11.0% ABV. A dark brown beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has fried fruits, raisin, prune, barrel. Taste has raisin, prune, sweetness of dried fruits, some barrel. Medium bodied. I love the original version and it feels the barreling is hidden some nuancees and this is not so good anymore. Maybe not so fresh anymore. Anyway, good beer.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2022 at 11:54

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle picked up at Etre Gourmet webshop Grez-Doiceau Belgium consumed at Dad and Paulines, Rawson Green Nr Belper, Derbyshire after a 13km hike up near Bakewell Tuesday 5th October 2021. Pours dirty brown with a hazy, sugary, malty, soft moutheel, oaky, a little dusty, some oxidation, papery, it's fine.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2021 at 21:00

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at tasting. Aroma of caramelised malt, raisin, grapes, dates, candi sugar and yeast esters. Taste has caramelised malt, raisin, yeast esters, oak, candi sugar, boozy grapes and a malty boozy finish. Like it, good flavorful and elegant.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2021 at 20:12

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Batch 2, Bottle # 264. It pours clear deep ) dark brown with a frothy beige head. The aroma is rich and unctuous, bitter - sweet, dried fruits, sultana, Eccles cake, plum pudding, black grapes, nutty, cacao, touch of spice, oak and slightly vinous. The taste is dry and toothy upfront, yet soft and fruity after a while, black grape, blackcurrant, plum, prune, date, dried fig, jammy fruits, warming alcohol, cognac, oiliness, spice, light tannin, cacao nibs, oak and brown bread. Fulsome body, fine carbonation and oily mouth feel. Nice depth of flavour. Rich and fruity. Quaffable.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2020 at 21:23

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled as Babbelaar 2 ( Le trappiste exclusive) . I was given the word by Regnier (Le Trappiste) this is the same beer. There were 2 barrels, 1 of them became the exclusive botteling for both Le Trappiste and Cambrinus, the other was sold as it's entered here. The beer pours unclear, darker amber to brown. Medium sized, very stable and creamy white head. Smell is mild caramel, BE yeast, gingerbread. Nice. Taste is medium thin, nice cognac touch, over the BE yeast. Bit sweet, caramel, tad chocolaty. Mild barrel. very balanced ! rediculous drinkability for a 10 % beer.
Tried on 13 Oct 2020 at 12:21

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Nous allons dire qu'il s'agit ici d'un premier essai...pas totalement raté, mais pas totalement réussi non plus. Ce qui étrange c'est qu'à la fois le cognac n'est pas très présent mais que la base de Triple Imperial est elle-même altérée, moins intense et complexe. Mais c'est en forgeant que l'on devient forgeron. On ne peut qu'espérer que l'Abbaye des Rocs persévère car ils ont réellement des bières adaptées au vieillissement en fût. Le visuel est sur un bel ambré limpide avec une mousse blanc cassé nappant la surface. Le nez est appréciable sur la prune de légères épices, le cognac et le chêne. Le cognac est beaucoup plus discret à la dégustation, avec une attaque sur une dominante raisin, prune, épices avec un soupçon de cognac et de bois. La deuxième bouche manque de punch, bien qu'un peu plus intense. L'alcool, pourtant à 10,5 % est quasi transparent, et des arômes de bois mouillé ne sont pas des plus percutants. Heureusement que nous retrouvons un peu plus la triple impériale sur l'arrière bouche avec un peu plus de caractère et un léger cognac qui a des difficultés pour s'affirmer. Le final est également un peu plus puissant avec un alcool qui s'affirme légèrement et des arômes de prune. Si elle est globalement plaisante, on ne peut être que déçu à la vue du potentiel. Vivement les prochains essais.
Tried on 28 Sep 2020 at 14:54

7/10
Sweet caramel malts, oak, spiced. Smooth. Well done.
Tried from Bottle at Brouwerij Kwartje HQ on 11 Sep 2020 at 23:56

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at THT September. Clear mahogany with beige head. Figs, raisins, sweet malts, light boozy, earthy, soft cognac, bready, toffee, dead leaves, nutty. Over medium sweet and medium bitter. Almost full bodied. Tasty but a bit boozy.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2020 at 21:49