7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle. Hazy dark brown/ruby beer with thick lasting beige tight head. Lots of chocolate and darkish fruits. Really lovely dubbel, a cut above the others. Not as intense as the 8 or 10 but still a class beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2005
at 06:36
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
33cl bottle from Utobeer. Hazy dark brown/ruby beer with thick lasting beige tight head. Lots of chocolate and darkish fruits. Really lovely dubbel, a cut above the others. Not as intense as the 8 or 10 but still a class beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2005
at 14:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Dark brown colour, big beige creamy head. Sour grapefruit and earthy notes in aroma, very bitterish. Sweet plum along with grainy/mouldy earthy notes. Extremely complex, though still I find it quite boring. Some yeasty notes in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2005
at 07:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber-brown beer with a nice beige head. Yeasty, earthy, sweet malt, and stone fruitiness all in the aroma. Malty, earthy, yeasty flavor with some fruitiness. Not as complex as the bigger Rocheforts and lighter in body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2005
at 23:26
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Big, tan, creamy head, red-black opaque body, with some yeast sediment at the bottom. Subtle aroma of nameless spices, perhaps some anis, perhaps coriander. Very harmonic aroma, and surprisingly subdued. Powerful, dark, spicy taste of malts, coffee, and again spices; very complex, almost burns in the mouth, but still with some harmony. Very dry. Well, what I can say? Beer does not get much better than this. This has to be in the top ten.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2005
at 16:52
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Very dark brown with lasting beige head. Nose of raisins and brandy with dark fruits and dark bitter chocolate. Warming alcohol as well. Candy sugar and toffee. Good in mouth with toffee and chocolate, but the burning alcohol I find too much. Like the difference between the Westy 8 and 12, by having less it gives you so much more. Rum and raisin finish is excellent, but I certainly think that the 8 is overal l a better beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2005
at 18:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Cloudy, dark amber coloured, thin, steady foamy layer; fruity nose (vinous, also liquorice, plums) with a tinge of hops; dry fruity taste, ending with a slight dry bitterness; creamy texture; astonishingly "light" and easily drinkable. Rochefort, the name of quality !
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2005
at 11:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours dark brown with a small ,firm off-white head; strong fruity nose (plums, bananas), also traces of roasted malts and a tinge of bitterness (resin?); quite dry, fruity, spicy taste, ending with some bitter-chocolatey notes. Creamy mouthfeel; very well rounded. Good old Rochefort !
Tried
on 11 Sep 2005
at 05:30
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
A great beer !! Such a smooth beer, great coffee, cacao, spicy aromas. Hides the 11+ % real well. The flavor balances excellently many different tastes, chocolate, plums, coffee, caramel among others.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2005
at 06:12
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle. This is my highest rated beer and for good reason. Hazey reddish brown colour with beige head. Aroma is stunning. Bitter choc with sweet black cherry and dark fruit nose some raisin/sherry/whiskey. more choc in mouth with sweetish dark fruit and again the same cherry/raisin/sherry flabours but on the end a burst of spicey hops. Never gets too sweet. Some orange as well. Unbelievably good with a slight alcoholic warming kick at the end
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2005
at 15:19