8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle - Pours murky brown with a fizzy, two finger head. It has a substantial and very pleasant yeast and dark fruit aroma. The taste is quite sweet with plenty of dark fruit notes. It’s almost too sweet. Medium bodied and lively on the palate, this is a very good brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2007
at 19:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Caramel with orange highlites and a medium light tan head. Bready, spicy, yeast, wine-like grapes, and sweet malt. Flavor is spices, dark fruits, malty sweetness, and alcohol. Finishes with noticeable alcohol. Medium, rather carbonated body. Great brew, I prefer the 10 but this is in no way a sub-par beer. Keep up the good work, Rochefort.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2007
at 05:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 14 09 10, Trappist tasting at my place, savoured on March 9 2007; eye: dirty brown, hazy, no effervescence, brown head; nose: roasted malt, alcohol, candied fruits, caramel, lightly acrid roasting, bitter and astringent finale, creamy texture, mildly bitter and sweet; overall: really good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, 9,2 %, meilleure avant 14 09 10, soirée Trappiste chez nous, savourée le 9 mars 2007; oeil : brune sale, voilée, pas d’effervescence, mousse brune; nez : malt torréfié, alcool, fruits confits caramel, alcool, tabac; bouche : sirupeuse, tabac, malt torréfié, caramel, fruits confits, caramel, légère torréfaction âcre, finale amère et astringente, texture crémeuse, moyennement amère et sucrée; en résumé : très bonne
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2007
at 16:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy dark copper body with large, foamy and long-lasting off-white head. Moderate aroma is malty and fruity — plum, pear, raisin and a note of citrusy lemon — along with doughy yeast. Flavor is sweet to start, but turns tart like sour apple and slightly bitter. There is a light mustiness in the finish along with a raw dough flavor. Texture is slightly watery alongside a medium body. Fizzy carbonation. Nice palate. The alcohol shows up at the end.
Tried
on 27 May 2007
at 21:01
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
11.2 oz Bottle. Pour is cloudy orange amber is a big thick off white tan head. Aroma is sweet malt, lots of fruit, I even got some strawberry. Taste is really smooth, starts with the big malt presence, some bright sweetness in the middle and a nice bitter hop finish. Towards the very end of the finish, I pick up on a touch of alcohol. This is a beautiful beer with tons going on throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2007
at 12:25
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Creamy off-white excellent fully lasting head. Dark amber-brown colour. Powerfull malty and hoppy very complex aroma. Fantastic powerfull flavor. Lpong finish. Truly one of the best beers. Creamy perfect palate. Price: 3 euro. Fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2007
at 10:54
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
11/13/2012
Pours brown with fairly thick Café au lait kind of head that slowly left beautiful laces and circles revealing a beer still alive. Very vinous aroma and among many lovely scents - figs, dates, tobacco, cake, overripe plums, caramel and chocolate were most dominant. But what stroke me most was that lovely spice I’ve never been able to fully pinpoint. I could smell this for hours! The flavor is rich and though 11,3% it’s never near boozy. Extremely well balanced with a high complexity. Sweet but no overly so. The esters gives it plenty of dark overripe fruit like plums, dates and figs and the roasted malt together with the brown sugar left me with thoughts of nuts, caramel and chocolate cake. I’m happy to report: Though it’s been more than 10.000 beers since I last did this one properly. It’s still one of the all time greats. It’s a masterpiece. It warmed up my cheeks and put a big smile on my face. What a great beer. Boy I have missed it without being aware of it!!!
Original 5/8/2007
Nothing above this. Simply the best ever made...
Dark brown with floaties and tiny off white head leaving fatastic laces. Aroma has spices, overripe fruits, plums, dates, prunes and figs. Taste is rich with spices, raisins, plums and dates. Smooth and very complex with fantastic depth and the alcohol is so well hidden.
10, 5, 10, 5, 20 = 5,0
Pours brown with fairly thick Café au lait kind of head that slowly left beautiful laces and circles revealing a beer still alive. Very vinous aroma and among many lovely scents - figs, dates, tobacco, cake, overripe plums, caramel and chocolate were most dominant. But what stroke me most was that lovely spice I’ve never been able to fully pinpoint. I could smell this for hours! The flavor is rich and though 11,3% it’s never near boozy. Extremely well balanced with a high complexity. Sweet but no overly so. The esters gives it plenty of dark overripe fruit like plums, dates and figs and the roasted malt together with the brown sugar left me with thoughts of nuts, caramel and chocolate cake. I’m happy to report: Though it’s been more than 10.000 beers since I last did this one properly. It’s still one of the all time greats. It’s a masterpiece. It warmed up my cheeks and put a big smile on my face. What a great beer. Boy I have missed it without being aware of it!!!
Original 5/8/2007
Nothing above this. Simply the best ever made...
Dark brown with floaties and tiny off white head leaving fatastic laces. Aroma has spices, overripe fruits, plums, dates, prunes and figs. Taste is rich with spices, raisins, plums and dates. Smooth and very complex with fantastic depth and the alcohol is so well hidden.
10, 5, 10, 5, 20 = 5,0
Tried
on 08 May 2007
at 16:31
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
11.2 oz bottle. Dark brown, with a really thick tan head. Aroma is that of darker fruits, with a little hint of chocolate and spices. Flavor is a great mixture of fruits, roasted chocolates and a subtle kick of warm alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2007
at 22:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Redish-brown pour. Heavy fruit and malt aroma. Flavor has noticable alcohol presence, and a thick malt flavor. Aside from that it is very drinkable.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2007
at 23:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours a deep reddish brown with a large tan head. Aroma is fruity, yeast, spice, lightly tart cherries, molasses, and sweet malt. Very inviting. Medium, well carbonated, body. Flavor is spicey, dark fruits, yeast, tart, and semi-sweet. Finishes with a little alcohol and a nice bite. Complex and well belended. Fantastic.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2007
at 06:40