7.4/10
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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.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2004
at 09:26
7.3/10
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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.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2004
at 04:54
7.8/10
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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.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2004
at 14:40
9/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2004
at 20:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle: Poured a dark brown beer with a huge foamy head with good retention. Incredible amount of yeast is contained at the bottom of the glasses and I decided to pour those in my glass. Aroma of roastiness mix with some nice fresh sweet fruit (Apricot/peach) creates quite an incredible combination. Taste is quite complex as it start with some sweet flavour and then roastiness come aboard and ends with a subtle bitterness coming straight from the hops. Wow! Almost up there with the Rochefort/Westy 8.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2004
at 09:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a hazy light copper beer with a huge foamy head with great retention. Incredible amount of yeast is comprised in this drink. Aroma is great with hint of sweet fruit (apricot? Orange?). Taste is also quite good with a refreshing sweet taste reminiscent of summer fruit (again apricot?) and a good mix between the malt and the yeast. Overall, a more complex wit then what I’m used to drink and, in my opinion, a underrated beer in this category.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2004
at 08:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Keg at Delirium’s Café
Cloudy golden color; creamy head. Nice malty aroma, with some hop and spices. Very good taste, which combines the maltiness, quite sweet in the front, to the late bitterness. Aromatic and spicy. Good, as always by Abbaye des Rocs.
Cloudy golden color; creamy head. Nice malty aroma, with some hop and spices. Very good taste, which combines the maltiness, quite sweet in the front, to the late bitterness. Aromatic and spicy. Good, as always by Abbaye des Rocs.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2004
at 07:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy golden color. Balanced Belgian Ale, well brewed, everything is in the average, with a quite evident spicy character; ends quite dry.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2004
at 10:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured a hazy copper-red with tons of rather nasty-looking yeast "floaties" and a dense, puffy light tan head. Very perfumey aroma with pepper and anise; the combination is reminiscent of a Saison. Perfumey notes are carried over into the flavor as are licorice and pepper. The body is floral and spicy, with a somewhat muddled fruitiness and leathery quality. Ethanol and apple peel finish the beer on a somewhat bitter note. This was certainly not what I expected, and a bit disappointing following the great Midnight Sun La Maitresse du Moine.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2004
at 01:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (Helsinki Beer Festival 2004)
Dark hazy red color. Huge brown foamy steady head. Aroma is quite close to "standard" Abbaye des Rocs: sweet, alcoholic, prunes, yeast. Taste is earthy, woody, dry and sweet. Very close to normal Abbaye des Rocs totally.
Dark hazy red color. Huge brown foamy steady head. Aroma is quite close to "standard" Abbaye des Rocs: sweet, alcoholic, prunes, yeast. Taste is earthy, woody, dry and sweet. Very close to normal Abbaye des Rocs totally.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2004
at 07:41