Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs

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

Established in 1979

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Chaussée Brunehault 37, Montignies-sur-Roc, 7387, Belgium
Description
Established in 1979, Belgian brewery Abbaye des Rocs is a family-run business which was founded by Jean-Pierre Eloir and his wife Marie-Jeanne Bertiau. Now managed by their daughter Nathalie Eloir and her partner Georges Levecq, the brewery launched the micro-brewery movement in Belgium and the rest of the world.

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8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
330 mL bottle. Pours slightly red brown with tons of large debris and an off-white head that dissolves into a thin foam. Aromas of sweet caramel, tart apple, dark fruits. Taste is an excellent mix of caramel and raisin with some breadiness and tartness coming through afterwards. But wow is the mouthfeel creepy with all that big debris. Still it’s not too hard to get over with this kind of flavor.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2008 at 00:20

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Hazy orange colour, white head. Aroma has a lot of artificial esters, wheat and bread. Very unpleasant. Flavour has wheat and fruits. Bitter finish. The aroma ruins everything.
Tried on 31 Aug 2008 at 10:14

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours gold into a tumbler. Fizzy soda pop head quickly recedes to nothing. Wheat and coriander aromas. Crisp with cereal and malt upfront and a lasting citrus finish.
Tried on 24 Aug 2008 at 18:43

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
11.2 fl oz bottle purchased at Royal on 103rd in Kansas City, Missouri. Best before end of 2008 on bottle. Pour is orange ruby with tons of chunky floaties. Two inch head is clear white. The huge chunks of yeast or protein or whatever were odd because the bottle was not disturbed at all and I left the last 1/3 in the bottle on the initial pour. Aroma of dirty sweetness, some rock candy sugar and Belgian yeast. Taste is sharp sweetness. Honey, cloying. Palate is chunky and chewy. Aftertaste is lasting, and sharply acidic with some alcohol heat. This one didn’t do it for me, not a bad beer, just not my type of thing.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2008 at 10:25

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
chiara schiuma non abbondante mediamente persistente sentori speziati lieviti erbaceo in bocca un lieve malto poi speziatura finale piuttosto amaro non molto aromatico
Tried on 10 Aug 2008 at 09:22

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. Dee couleur rouge-brune et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (raisins, prunes, agrumes, petites notes de dates, de pommes et de bananes), malté de caramel toffee sucré aux notes rôties, léger de sucre bonbon et de pain avec des notes de chocolat, d’épices (cannelle, clou de girofle), de houblon herbeux et d’alcool doux. Ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse. Goût de levures fruitées (raisins aux notes vineuses, moyen de prunes, léger d’agrumes, notes de dates et de cerises, traces de pommes et de bananes) accompagné d’un moyen goût épicé (clou de girofle, léger de cannelle) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel toffee assez sucré et aux notes rôties, léger de sucre brun, de sucre bonbon, de pain et avec des notes de chocolat noir puis en finale on note également la présence d’un léger goût d’alcool un peu réchauffant ainsi qu’une moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux et de levures épicées (petites notes de poivre doux) aux notes boisées et terreuses. Post-goût long et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux, de levures fruitées (moût de raisins vineux et de prunes, notes de zest d’agrumes et de moût de cerises) avec un léger goût d’alcool.
Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2008 at 23:18

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
(Bottle, 0.75 l, at Kaisla on 2008-08-06) Golden. Hazy. Largish white head. Syrup, caramell and honey in nose. Full sugary palate. Finnish Easter pudding, syrup, light bitterness, liquorice, dried plum and hint of boiled cabbage in taste. Way too sweet.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2008 at 06:19

6.6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle, 7.5%. When opened, the sediment is whirled up into the beer leaving large and small bits of gunk float around in it. Slimy-looking mixture of white yeast and orange beer. Refreshing citric aroma, hint of yeast. The flavour has a distinct teaish note with a good maltiness from light malts. Good alcohol level balancing the beer well. 7 1 7 3 19

Bottle, 7.5%. The same happened with the sediment in this beer. The aroma is rather dull, but a little citric. The flavour has some orange notes, but less sweet. Hint of yeast. Less flavourful than my old rating suggests. 6 1 6 3 17
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2008 at 23:31

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
33cl Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Dark brown appearance, disappearing head. Smell of dark fruits, raisins, chocolate, malts, alcohol. Flavour is chocolate, brown sugar/caramel, raisins, a bit sourish. Rather sweet beer, but because it’s so soft it’s very enjoyable. Very rich in taste and smell, a very nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2008 at 06:41

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Cracked Kettle, @ home. Golden orange appearance, big disappearing head. Aroma of yeast, sour apples, some malts. Dry and prickly palate, lots of carbonation, flavour is sour apples, sweet peach, yeast. Average.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2008 at 06:33