8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Update (Mar 2022): This is still excellent after 13 years. It exudes notes of dark dried fruits, Belgian yeast, candi sugar and alcohol. Moderately complex, but a shadow of a beer that Rochefort 10 is. My rating today is identical to what I gave it in 2009. A solid 4/5. Original rating (Nov 2009): 330mL bottle - pours dark brown with a big beige head. Fantastic aroma of chocolate, raisins, plum. Flavour is plums, malt and yeast. Medium-bodied, though no where near Rochefort 10.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2009
at 20:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchant, Brockley. Pours dark brown with a beige head which leaves some good lacing around the glass. Aromas of chocolate, raisins, plum pudding, slightly nuttly. Flavours of raisins, dark fruits, bitter chocolate, demerara sugar, vanilla. Finsihes sweet, smooth with a gentle hoppiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2009
at 09:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle at pub in Belgium. Wow, this made my trip to Belgium worth it. This was an awesome beer. From the pour which was dark brown color with a nice creamy head with lots of lace left in the glass. The aroma was bold with plenty of malt. The taste was well balanced with malts and hops with Belgium sugar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2009
at 09:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Pours a cloudy brown with an off white head. Aromas of caramel, roasted malts, vanilla,toffee,some wood. Flavours of caramel, sour cherries, raisins,dark fruits. Finishes malty, hoppy and slightly sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2009
at 08:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours like dark mud into a chalice, nice foaming, nice bubbling. The aroma doesn’t have much on it, however - just some coriander and alcohol. The tase is still divine, however, with lots of malts, caramel, and hops. Very drinkable but not as complex as its bigger brothers, but makes a good session beer. Problem is that it will likely cost you as much as the other two as well.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2009
at 09:52
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle from Utobeer market stall. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aromas of bananas, toffee, vanilla, juicy fruit, caramel. Flavours of toffee, caramel, dark fruits, coffee, chocolate. Wow! Finishes big, bad and bold with a wonderful sweet warming finish. Holy smoke! This was a fine brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2009
at 10:12
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Very dark copper pour, large head fades quickly.Very perfumy aroma: citrus fruits, apples, doughy yeast, candi sugar, plums, rose-like alcohol, peach blossom, woody honey.Flavours are quite sweet: candi sugar, caramel, golden syrup, figs. Silky alcohol merges with a light bitterness to create an impressive finish that builds up in the first few seconds after swallowing.High carbonation (too high in my opinion). Some alcoholic tingling on the sides of the tongue, but not harsh in any way.Superb.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Sep 2009
at 06:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark murky brown pour with a decent beige head on top. Dark fruit aroma. Taste is dark fruit, caramel, hint of chocolate, quite sweet. A nicely balanced easy drinking version of Rochefort 10. Belgian beer at its best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2009
at 08:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark cloudy brown body with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, yeast, caramel, toasted, dark fruits and plume. Flavour is malt, caramel, yeast, toasted, dark fruits, plume, sweet, oak, wood, sweet and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2009
at 15:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Murky dark brown pour with a big thick beige head. Boozy, malty, fruity aroma. Sweet, malty, dark fruits, complex, slight chocolate taste. This is a rich filling beer but it is also a classic. Probably one of the best beers in the world.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2009
at 10:30