Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Draught) Orange-hazy; yellowish head. Citrus, slight nutmeg in the nose. Taste is spicey - bitterish; again nutmeg or galanga, coriander. Quite some malt underneath, but spices reign. Medium to well-bodied. Reminds me a lot of Montagnarde Altitude 6. Not bad, but not spectacular.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Cloudy amber body. A dense concentration of small yeast-particles in the body. White frothy head, fully diminishing and virtually not lacing. You can smell the aroma when pourring it out. Hoppy (pine-orange) aroma and also some yoghurt in the aroma. Heavily acidic and lighlty bitter initial flavour. Moderately acidic and moderately bitter (long) finish. You can also sometimes feel the yeast-particles, slipping trough your lips. Oily texture, lively and moderately alcoholic mouthfeel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(9% ABV) Ruby coloured, medium head. "Belgian" yeast-fruity aroma with notes of red currants. Very (too) sweet, malty flavour, with notes of black currants and toffee.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Hazy dark-amber; dark cream head, evenly collapsing. Very fruity nose (grapes, plums, figs); liquorice, faint chocolate and lavender. Taste is estery (banana, fig), yeasty and spicey (coriander, galangaroot). Bit of orange liqueur. Very full-bodied, oily & slick mouthfeel. Nice, satisfying, but the coriandertouch is a touch too exaggerated to be really great. For those who like perfumey, thick malty beers, it has to be a must. But to qualify this amongst the Belgian top...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5
Cloudy golden, huge lasting white head.Spicy yeasty nose.Heavy yeast flavor which is slightly acidic.
caesar (10848) reviewed Grand Cru from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dutch ratebeer meeting. Large head, clear orange-brown coloured. Very spicy aroma, fruity, butter, orange. Spicy and malty taste, bit chocolat maybe. Sharp alcohol burn in taste and palate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Totally hazy orange; little or no head. Sweetish nose like pancakes or waffles, at the same time spicey. Spicey, bitterish taste, unrefined. A little wheat. Pharmacy-like finish. Medium-bodied, not fully attenuated. Ho-hum. I prefer the Blanche des Honnelles.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
0.75 l bottle, one year old bottle - best before 2004, 9% ABV. Aroma of Raisins in rum, caramel, yeasty wood, port, a bit lemon. Dark chestnut brown coloring, impressive creamy tan head. Flawors are dark and wooden: A bit brown sugar, christmas spices, a bit citrus, cedar notes. The spicy aftertaste peters off nicely, but a little bit too quick. Body could be a little bit more powerfull. Very nice - this is really what a christmas beer should be like. Reading the other reviews it seems like lagering this beer for a year does it a lot of good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
A cloudy amber beer with a fantastic light brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel, yeast and cloves. The flavor is great; sweet malty with notes of cloves. If I should come up with one negative point, it would be, that the beer is a little too sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dense creamy head, brownish; deep dark brown with reddish shine. Extremely powerful punch of fruit, alcoholS and esters (plums, grapes, blueberries,raisins, chocolate/mole, orange, pears...) in the nose. Gingerbread - or hot fruit punch. Sweet taste, with a mild-bitter edge; gingerbread, spicey. Citruszest finish, pepery, ginger. Very creamy mouthfeel, velvety. Loads of alcohol & fusels, alcoholburn, warming. Aftertaste of brown candi-sugar & orange brandy. Typical - liquid X-mas pudding and the rest. But definitely satisfying and complex enough.