Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
A deep red beer with a fantastic head. The aroma is sweet and fruity - a very complex aroma. The flavor is very fruity and very complex with a good sweetness and plum-notes. Only slightly bitter. A really good tasting beer. The beer also helps a great sauce.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2012-08-30, bottle, 8-4-8-4-16=40
L102114982 bb 2013-09-16, possibly 2 years old
The bottle is slowly gushing; the color is dark brown, with large head, more frothy than usual, and too many pieces of sediment in the glass. Mellow and complex aroma of malt and caramel, with delicate esters and alcohol. Good body strength, although the extra fermentation in the bottle may have eaten some sugar; good malt and caramel flavor, with a chocolate hint; moderate residual sweetness; the bitterness is quite low, but enough for this beer; mild alcohol perception in the end, and possibly a trace of oxidization.
Perfectly mature, very good.
2003-10-26, bottle, 10-5-9-4-17=45
Beautiful amber color; generous rocky head. Wonderful aroma, deep, of malt, wood, cellar, spices… vinous. Good body structure, malty, balanced by a pleasant sour note, and a late light sweetness. Very good final as well, balanced.
2003-01-12, draught, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Red-amber color. Walnut, malt and caramel nose; slightly spicy. Balanced, powerful, well malty, a lot of caramel. Missing some originality, just an interesting light fruitiness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 6
Malt nose. Terribly lactic malt flavor......................................
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Hazy amber color.Tart yeasty peppery nose.Medium alcohol heat,peppery malt yeasty flavor I guess I really don''t care for the style
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Re-rate draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Deep ruby and cloudy with creamy head. Banana aroma. Sweet and soldly malty. Estery with flowery hoppiness. Syrupy finish.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
This is the best belgian ale I've tried in a long time. A moderate head that becomes a light lacing sits atop a dark ruby beer that looks quite inviting. There is a cornucopia of fruit going on in the aroma, which makes the salivary glands work extra hard before you even sip. There is so much going on in the flavor: cherries, raisins, caramel, honey...everything the commericial description claims and more. And the finish, my oh my, chocolate covered cherries dance across the palate for a considerable amount of time. For comparison, this is much like Trois Pistoles, but with more body, and a substantial malt charactaristic that is quite pleasant. An outstanding beer!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cloudy brown color. Heavy foam development. Sweet spicy fruity aroma, orange-like. Tastes like the normal Abbaye des Rocs, fruity malts. Nice finish. However, it's not a typical x-mas brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled draught at Stockholm Beer Festival.
Pale yellow. Coriander and curacao aroma. Light bodied, sweet and very drinkable. Very interesting experiment to brew a non-wheat beer with witbier spices.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Amber colour, thin collar of foam, persistent; original whirlpool of thin bubbles in the middle of the glass. Sweet aroma of malt, alcohol, very light phenol, apricot almonds. Good body structure, malty, warm, winy, light caramel, light liquorice, apricot almonds. Strong palate, with a bitter-sour note, evident apricot almond bitterness.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2013-02-11, L820 02324, bb 29/07/2011, 6-4-6-2-12=30
It pours a beautiful amber color with medium sized head, but also a lot of floaters. The aroma and flavor are vaguely honeyish, sign of the age; the mouthfeel is round, sweetish, and it has low bitterness. Interesting but old.
2002-09-09, 9-5-8-4-16=42
Golden-amber colour, thin persistent collar; original whirlpool of thin bubbles in the middle of the glass. Wonderful, fresh aroma, fruity, spicy. Dry taste, enough malty, a bit alcoholic, coriander, wood. Strong palate, aromatic. Excellent brew, strong character: don’t expect a classic wheat beer.