MiP (20366) reviewed Grand Cru from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Magnum bottle. Spicy aniseed aroma. Dark red/brown colour, OK head. Malty aniseed flavour. Soft and full-flavoured. Pleasant. Tea-like aftertaste.
omhper (44752) reviewed Grand Cru from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Cloudy amber, small head. Dryish and almondy upfront, sweeter in the finish. Rich in flavour, lighter in mouthfeel then expected. Lightly yeasty, some caramel, very complex and well balanced.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
It appears this beer has slipped under the radar a bit. Hazy red body with abundant suspended rather nefarious-looking floaties (something I’ve come to expect from this brewer), medium-thick tan head. Here’s another brewer with a distinctive house yeast character, this time becoming apparent immediately in the aroma with its strong perfumey (yarrow?), petaly character. Also a bit caramely and leathery. The flavor is quite sweet, with dark candi sugar, strong herbal and perfumey yeast flavors, a touch of pepper and a spoonful of plum. Finishes with a rather dirty bitterness. Not all that different from the original Abbaye (now Brasserie) des Rocs.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled in celebration of my summitting the 3900m Ala-Kol pass. Hazy dull tan colour. Sweaty, bready aroma with lemon, lime and bubblegum. Palate is slightly watery, quite yeasty with lemon, banana, perfume. Straightforward Belgian session ale - perhaps a bit too yeasty for my tastes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Clear ruby toned brown with a nice head that laced well. Aroma is sweet malt and mellow wine. The flavor is faintly sweet with a nice bitterness to it. Light on the tongue and somewhat thin in the body. Good, but over rated. Good Belgian for the price however.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle Hazy, blond body. Off-white, rocky head. A lot of particles floating around (might be my own fault). Spices, sweet caramel, oranges in the well balanced aroma. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour of oranges, hops, honey, spices. Very well balanced flavour with a nice (but not extreme) complexity.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
At Belgianbeerweekend, Brussels Creamy, off-white large head. Excellent lace. Murky, orange body. Moderately bitter initial flavour, but what a heavlily bitter finish. I like it. Medium bodied and an average carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Red-chestnut brown; slim, pinkish-amber rim. Superb herbal nose: laurel, laurelcherry. At first sourish, fruity and herbal, again laurelcherry (a berry, often used in medicinal recipes for taste correction) It works (if it is added, of course, which I doubt, cassis is more reasonable) in this beer. Light bodied, but the alcohol is obvious. I couldn’t imagine a more surprising beer - from this brewery, and it’s far from bad. Quite good fruit beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Orange-gold beer, very carbonated to irregular, slightly cream-coloured head. Great fruity nose - like mandarine peels, general impression as Mandarine Napoléon, but without the alcohol attack. Citrussy and spicey taste, grains of Paradise, Laosroot, touch of ginger, Curaçao peel. If there’s coriander, it remains hidden. Retronasal, there’s a bit phenolic flavour. Medium-bodied, bit dry-out effect, slightly slick. Very nicely spiced beer, no spice overreaching itself: excellent balance.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Deep, nearly clear red body topped by a medium cream/tan head. Very nice aroma of grapes (red and white), raisin, apple peel, candi sugar, spice (including a hint of cinnamon), sweet bread and lots of caramel. Smooth, complex flavor profile that begins very bready/yeasty with dry chocolate highlights, leading to layers of caramel, fruit (cherry, raisin), and candi sugar, finishing with perfect carbonation that enhances the bitter finishing touches and ethanol notes. Alcohol is superbly hidden for 10% ABV. This beer is chewy, bready, sweet, dense, and incredibly rich. Blows the regular Abbaye des Rocs out of the water- perhaps that sample was past its prime. Reminiscent of Gouden Carolus Grand Cru.