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.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Grand Cru from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs 23 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2002 bottleExtremely meaty, like going to a rain forest and having some papayas, guavas, oranges, passion fruit, malted barley (ok so thats not much of a rain forest item) and some roasted monkey meat with a really rich barbecue sauce. This beer had a dark, almost purple-orange appearance. Wonderful body on this beer as well.
On draught, 6/8/2005 at Redbones. Pretty fantastic to see this stuff on draught here. Man, my old reviews are bad. Roasted monkey meat??? What? Anyways, this was sweet, velvety and richly malted, with prunes, raisins, light chocolate and a hint of vinousness. Yeast is strong and chewy. Dry spicing on the end, seems to give some respite from the maltiness. Low carbonation. Aroma of nutmeg, caramelized sugar, earthy yeast, thick doughy malt and soft, cherries soaked in cointreau. Dry Belgian chocolate as well. Great stuff, perfect mouthfeel. My sample seemed a tad bit loose on the end.
On draught at Redbones, July 2005 Hazy brownish-raisin with some light tan notes and darker mahogany hues swirling about. The head is small, but well-retained and a light, tan-oatmeal color. Very fine bubbles rise in the glass, on the edges. Aroma has delectable brown sugar, raisins, caramel and a beautiful yeast, characteristic of this brewery (I think that’s the key to these guys’ success, their incredible trappist-like yeast). The flavor brings forth succulent notes of dates, figs, raisins, toffee and brown sugar, with lightly tart fruitiness on the finish and a dry, almost wood-like note. Alcohol is not present here and the body is big but fluffy. It’s decadent but it’s not, somehow. Like falling back in to a plush, silk and down bed. Yeast caresses the palate and sticks to the sides of the mouth, with light chocolate and more dry roastiness or woodiness. Hints of vanilla and creme brulee on the end. Tiny bubbles pack in the mouth and tickle the tongue. The carbonation is low but scintillating. Ah, what a wonderful beer. Score is for this rating (I didnt have a clue what I was talking about in my previous review).
caesar (10841) reviewed Brune-Bruin from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
I admire you who can distinguish all those flavors in all those great beers, but i'm not a homebrewer myself. Maybe that's the problem why i cant smell or taste all those different flavors. But ofcourse, perfect beer: i would say malty...
omhper (45152) reviewed Brune-Bruin from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Burgundy. Dry, butterscotchy, malty, bitter, complex. An outstanding beer.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Grand Cru from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bright and amber. The aroma - big, yeasty, malty, peppery, hints of anise, pears, and almost everything in between. This is big stuff - a heady dose of alcohol, smooth, peppery malt and yeast weaving in and out, and easing off just enough to make this beer a little too drinkable for its size.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Strong, unspiced witbier, which emerges yeastier, maltier, and drier than most.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Brune-Bruin from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs 25 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Light brown, with a rich head. One of the best aromas in beer - plum, fruity hops, alcohol, mandarin orange, light cocoa. Alcohol, sweet palt malts, orange, mango, pear, peach - sweet, fruity, long flavours.