Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs

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

Established in 1979

Contact
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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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle: Light murky with a thin white head. Aroma is fruit and spice. Taste is a rusty nail with malts.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2008 at 12:16

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Poured a hazy copper color with an off white head. Aromas of malt, yeast, almond and caramel. Moderate sweet flavor of carmelised sugar and malt with some yeast. Medium body with meduim carbonation and a smooth creamy mouthfeel. Not their best but still very good.
Tried on 15 Feb 2008 at 19:42

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle: Hazy, deep orangey coloured, some floaties visible, smaller off-white, persistent foamy layer; distinctive almondy-nutty aromas, backed by some caramel and a shy sourish fruitiness; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, medium to full bodied, creamy MF; solid almondy-bitter finish with an increasing bitterness in the aftertaste. Can’t help, but this reminds me a bit of a diluted cough-syrup..............
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2008 at 00:59

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Poured a hazy amber, orange color with a medium off white head. Aromas of dough, banana, bread, and some sweetness. Slightly sweet and bitter taste with some malts and hops but nothing really stands out. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Easy drinking. Not bad but there are much better tripels that are widely available.
Tried on 10 Feb 2008 at 20:06

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 8 Feb 2008) Dark amber colour with frothy beige head. Slightly hazy with big lumps of sediment floating around. Malty nose with notes of dark and/or dried fruit, prunes and orange peel. Malty taste with dried fruit, caramel, prunes, liquorice and a spicy finish with hints of coriander. Candy sweetness throughout, with burning embers of alcohol fire. Full body, very tasty and very complex beer. Very nice and warming.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2008 at 13:45

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a little and lacing white head. Aroma is mild cornish and lemonish, slight wheaty. Fresh fruity wheat flavour with a solid level of coriander. Medium sweet and light citric. Ends smooth yeasty mellow yet fresh lemonish too. Nice brew.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2008 at 14:49

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
33 cL bottle, trade with DeDollewaitor. Pours clear orange to amber with lots of huge yeast sediments, not really an inviting look of a beer. Huge off-white to orange head. Light caramel and slight metallic aroma. Malty, slight metallic and vaguely pepperish flavour. Ends with a mild pepperish note. Interesting, but I’m not impressed :(
Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2008 at 12:10

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Copper colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, cellar notes, sirup. Flavour is alcohol, cellar notes, dried fruits, sweet, fruit, hop, yeast, caramel. I think this is a beer in world class.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2008 at 03:37

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled (1500ml). Hazy brown colour, huge beige creamy head. Aroma is malts, caramel, some yeast and spices. Flavour is caramel, yeast, some spices and alcohol. Also quite much nuts and mild earthyness.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2008 at 02:20

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow to orange with a huge white head and large yeast sediments, which I had to filter out. Slid coriander and mild malt aroma, slight yeasty dough and spice note too. Smooth yeasty, mild caramel and subdued citrus fruity note. Smooth lingering caramel and towards dry finish. Nice, but not thrilling.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2008 at 13:32