Trappistes Rochefort 8
(has 18 batches)
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy - Rochefort in Rochefort, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.95
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The lower gravity cousin to Rochefort 10. Nicknamed "Spéciale" (’The Special’), this beer is the most recent production. The Rochefort 8 has a more tawny colour and a more pronounced aroma, with an even richer fruitiness (a slight undertone of fig?) and a little more spiced dryness, like that of a cake, which gives a balanced finish to the final notes.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle pour into tulip glass from Total Wine & More, Burlington. Appearance is cloudy (lots of fine dark particulates) brown/dark red/orange with tons of sparkle, 3-finger width foamy beige head with excellent retention and trace lacing. Aroma is caramel, candied sugar, dark fruit, milder citrus. Taste is strong, sweet caramel, candied sugar and fruit. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin, frothy texture, initial fizzy blast of carbonation, then soft until a lively zing at the swallow, mild numbing of the lips, and sweet fruity finish. Overall, perhaps a tad too sweet, a bit overcarbonated and a bit murky. Those are the flaws on a pretty strong brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2019
at 04:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
At a tasting, many thanks, medium fizzy bubbly head, cloudy lightish brown color, aroma of candy and light dried fruits with a hint of oxidation, flavor of cakey maltiness, some oxidation and dried fruits, not overly heavy. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2018
at 16:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Ein angenehm weiches, samtiges Bier mit malziger Basis. Dabei sind auch gute Gewürznoten zu finden, welche ein schönes Zusammenleben entwickeln. Ein Bier das schon nahe an flüssigen Lebkuchen mit Schuss kommt, aber nicht abstrus sondern wunderbar ausgewogen schmeckt.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2018
at 07:57
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Poured from 330mL bottle (best before 09/05/17 - was trying to age it, but forgot about it). Near clear medium-dark auburn brown with full beige head. Still very full bodied with notes of plum and fig with dry belgian yeast and spice. Very well balanced flavours. I prefer this slightly over the Rochefort 10.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2018
at 02:41