Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs
Microbrewery
in
Montignies-sur-Roc,
Hainaut,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs
Established in 1979
Contact
Description
Established in 1979, Belgian brewery Abbaye des Rocs is a family-run business which was founded by Jean-Pierre Eloir and his wife Marie-Jeanne Bertiau. Now managed by their daughter Nathalie Eloir and her partner Georges Levecq, the brewery launched the micro-brewery movement in Belgium and the rest of the world.
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle at home. Gusher. Dark, murky ruby-brown pour with a tan head. Notes of caramel, toffee, caramelised fruit, dried fruit, light sweet spiced and a bit of metallic bitterness. Medium to full body, tons of sugar in the post-taste, but other than that this beer is exactly what you’d expect to find in a Belgian winter ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 13:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle, shared at home. Dark murky ruby-brown pour with a thin tan head. Notes of dried fruit, prunes, raisins, red grapes, caramel, sugar, dark cherries, port wine. A very well made Belgian strong ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2016
at 13:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown colored, unclear, medium beige to tan frothy head. Aroma is of brown sugar, caramel, spices with some apple candy. Taste is very sweet malt and brown sugar, caramel, dried fruit, fruity candy, apple, spices, medium bitterness but a sweet finish, alcohol well hidden. Full bodied, average carbonation, sticky. Too sweet and sugary and bit cloying for me... (bottle, Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte)
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2016
at 04:17
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
hazy brown colour, dense beige head (I assume it would have been large if a half of it had not exploded from the bottle after opennig); aroma of walnut liqueur, cocoa, dried figs and cherry; taste is the same with burnt sugary notes; great christmas beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2016
at 14:09
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
"Ici tout n’es qu’ordre et beauté, luxe, calme et volupté". Baudelaire sied à merveille à cette abbaye des rocs spéciale Noël. Tout est justesse et équilibre dans cette bière qui révèle des arômes intenses et complexes. De quoi passer un réveillon au chaud. D’un beau brun limpide et profond, notre bière est surmontée d’une mousse beige d’un centimètre d’épaisseur. Le nez est un poème à lui tout seul : pruneau, café, cerise, girofle, porto, boisé, épices...une alliance magnifique. La dégustation est tel un poème en alexandrin sur un équilibre parfait et une fluidité totale dans la succession des arômes tout en conservant la spécificité et la force de chacun d’eux. L’attaque est ainsi douce, sur des arômes de cerise et de poire juste relevés par des notes de whisky lui procurant la pointe nécessaire de caractère. L’amertume est intense avec un alcool (9 % Abv) très bien intégré et au niveau juste pour conférer à la bière de la force sans en écraser les arômes qui sont d’une grande richesse : pruneau, café, girofle, réglisse et whisky notamment. Le final, très long permettra au mieux de laisser s’exprimer l’amertume sur des notes épicées. Quant à la corpulence, elle permet de bien soutenir les arômes sans pour autant que le taux de sucre soit trop important (les bière de l’abbaye des rocs sont brassées sans ajout de sucre). En conclusion L’abbaye des rocs spéciale Noël fait dans le sans faute ce qui mérite largement le 5. Cependant, de façon surprenant, ce n’est pas la bière que je citerais spontanément comme une référence de bières de Noël, celle-ci n’étant pas autant suave que d’autres de ses comparses de la nativité.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2016
at 09:28
7/10
Tried
on 24 Dec 2016
at 21:45
7/10
Tried
on 21 Dec 2016
at 20:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Nuit Étoilée (by Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
14/XII/16 - 33cl bottle from the brewery @ Syntra Gent - BB: 15/IV/18 (2016-1472) Thanks to Steven for sharing the bottle!
Little cloudy beige to amber beer, small aery irregular head, unstable, dissipates quickly. Aroma: sweet, lots of caramel, ripe banana, pretty oxidized, dried fruits, vanilla. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, malty, caramel, some vanilla, pretty oxidized. Aftertaste: some alcohol, malts, ripe banana, yeast, caramel, more alcohol, dried fruits.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
14/XII/16 - 33cl bottle from the brewery @ Syntra Gent - BB: 15/IV/18 (2016-1472) Thanks to Steven for sharing the bottle!
Little cloudy beige to amber beer, small aery irregular head, unstable, dissipates quickly. Aroma: sweet, lots of caramel, ripe banana, pretty oxidized, dried fruits, vanilla. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, malty, caramel, some vanilla, pretty oxidized. Aftertaste: some alcohol, malts, ripe banana, yeast, caramel, more alcohol, dried fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2016
at 16:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, Hazy orange color with white head. Aroma is spicy, peppery, orange peel, some esters. Taste is wheat, spicy-peppery yeasts, again some orange peel, a bit bready as well. Rather dry finish, fizzy carbonation. Quite heavy for a Wit (as advertised), but it really has character. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2016
at 12:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0.75l bottle. Dark brown body with a lasting beige head and huge chunks of sediment. Aroma of chocolate, dark sugar, caramel, licorice and roasted malts. Taste of cocoa, licorice, floral hops, brown sugar, toast and some booze. Very nice holiday beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2016
at 14:43