Name
Abbaye des Rocs
Place of Origin
Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium
Style of Beer
Belgian Beer
Brewery
Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs
www.abbaye-des-rocs.com
Alcohol/Volume
9.0%
Description
Abbaye des Rocs is a pure malt beer, with no added sugar.
The entire range of tastes is directly linked to the double
fermentation, the precise quantities of malts (7 types)
as well as the mixtures of three kinds of hops (Belgian,
German and Czech). Its colour is a striking deep and majestic
red. Its taste is rich and full of subtlety. It is tasted
like a red wine with which it shares the ruby colour without
having the tannin. It develops a strong sweet smell. It
confirms the initial impression in the first mouthful, with
a sharp body that is balanced with a certain fruitiness.
It frees itself on the palate and develops an impressive
depth of taste. Some traces of burnt wood are detectable,
but never scorched even if it contains this kind of malt.
The foretaste is very prolonged because of its rich and
unctuous development throughout the mouth. The bitter and
sugar tendencies (even though there is no sugar in its composition)
compete and come back together to the taster's great satisfaction.
It is a deep, mystic and extremely mature beer to be classed
among the great products of our soil.
Comments
BBC » I don't
know what people see in these kinds of high alcohol content
beers. Not exactly thirst-quenching.
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