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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8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2019
at 18:19
8/10
Tried
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Clear mahogany colour towards ruby. Full head. Raisin aroma. Taste of dried fruit and malt.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2019
at 20:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours dark red to light brown, looking almost black as it fills the glass. A couple of finger of the slightest off-white head; quite dense with good enough retention and excellent lacing. Rich aroma shows a caramel malts base with the slightest roasted malts hint, slight sugar, dark and dried fruit notes and a delicate, warming alcohol presence. Taste notes the aroma closely: obviously sweet but nicely balanced by a relatively dry finish that leaves a dried fruit reminiscence. Dense bodied with average carbonation, in a quite full mouthfeel. An excellent example of what a belgian strong dark ale should be.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2019
at 14:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours dark hazy brown with a small offwhite head. Aromas of dark ripe fruits, some vinous notes, caramel, alcohol, raisins, malty notes. Taste is dark dried fruits, some ripe dark fruits aswell, vinous, chocolate, caramel, dark malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,33 l bottle. Pours hazy amber brown with a finger of lasting, dense off whit head. Aroma is fruity, dried plums, dates maybe, caramel, candy, malt and yeast. Alcohol is well hidden. Rich and complex. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter. Body is full, carbonation lively and mouthfeel sticky. Finish is long, quite dry, fruity with spicy bitterness. Excellent!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2019
at 11:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
2019 bottle. A true classic that I've been wanting to revisit for a while now. Pretty fresh, I prefer it with some age. Bit high carbonation. Sweet, Belgiany, candied sugar. Lots of dried fruit / raisins.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Beer&
on 15 Oct 2019
at 22:00
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2019
at 20:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rich dark brown colour, with small golden head. Aroma is rich maltiness, sweet caramel, bit of booze, dark fruit. Taste is nice, smooth, roasty malt, bit beefy, not so much floral herby as with the 10. Touch of creaminess. Very nice and smooth, and easy drinking. I love the 10 but the 8 is still pretty damn good.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53