Abbaye des Rocs Brune

Abbaye des Rocs (9% alcohol vol.) 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.

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Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

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3.4 Kobber uklar skum brun tæt Lys malt gær korn sukker Bitter lidt sød Modrate Oile Blød

3.5 Absolutně nerozumím zdejšímu hodnocení. Dobré pivo to bylo, ale naprosto průměrná Belgie.

3.9 Dark amber pour, powerful light tan head. Nose is spicy and malty. Middle shows caramel, spice, dark kilned malt, little earthy funk. Finish is spice and a little ABV.

3.1 Iets bitter noodachtige smaal

3.8 Bevuta in bottiglia. Birra rosso scuro. Bell'aspetto. Equilibrata e molto buona.

3.5 Very alcoholy aroma but the malty taste is quite pleasant and all. Ok one but nothing amazing

3.3 Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Het is een donkerbruin bier met een beige schuim. Het heeft een fruitige caramel achtige geur. De smaak is nootachtig en wat zoetig.

3.9 Earlier Rating: 12/13/2019 Total Score: 4

3.1 Abbaye des Rocs Brune 1979 @abbayedesrocs Belgique 🇧🇪 Style : Brune - Strong Ale Teneur en alcool : 9° Arômes : caramel, prune, notes d'alcool et de chocolat Saveurs : malt grillé, sucre roux, chocolat, notes de fruits rouges et d'épices

4.1 Il est indéniable que la « pâte » Abbaye des Rocs est reconnaissable sur cette Brune 1979, mais c’est une version bridée de leur brune classique qui nous est proposée ici. Intensité, puissance, caractère et expression aromatique ont été ici atténué. Et j’en reviens à ma réflexion sur leur blonde 1979 qui était très nettement axée sur une augmentation du volume au détriment du gustatif (chose que je ne dénigre pas forcément, l’économique ayant toute sa place dans une réflexion de gamme, et ce d’autant plus que les prix sont très nettement inférieurs à beaucoup de brasseries françaises, néerlandaises, estonienne et autre qui font in fine de la bière artisanale une boisson élitiste alors qu’elle a tout pour se démocratiser). Cette Brune 1979 me donne la même impression. Le visuel est sur un brun limpide avec une mousse beige nappant la surface. Les nez est sur un cocktail caramel, prune, alcool, chocolat, appréciable, mais manquant d’intensité. L’alcool ressort de trop également, et cela encore plus à la dégustation avec un alcool qui est dissonant, à la limite du déséquilibre. Ceci est d’ailleurs le cas sur l’attaque où celui-ci est sur les devants, ce qui donne du caractère, mais au détriment de l’expression aromatique qui est en retrait. LA deuxième bouche gagne heureusement en complexité et en intensité. Caramel, prune, chocolat et réglisse sont présents sur une belle alliance. De la part de la brasserie, on se serait tout de même attendu à plus de caractère et d’intensité. L’arrière-bouche revoit l’alcool reprendre l’ascendant, donnant du tonus, mais perdant en richesse aromatique. Le final est également plus sobre avec moins de variations. Si en tant que grand amateur de la brasserie, je reste quelque peu déçu, cette Brune 1979 peut être une bière intéressante pour les palais encore peu habitués aux grandes intensité et richesses aromatiques et être en cela une bière passerelle les amenant vers d’autres cieux. Earlier Rating: 10/15/2016 Total Score: 4.8 La simplicité est la clé de toute véritable élégance » disait Coco Chanel. C’était avant. Lors de son défilé, l’Abbaye des Rocs présente sa miss Belge éponyme. A peine l’escarpin posé sur le tapis que la nouvelle brune l’aura démentie. Chevelure fine et disciplinée, elle porte une robe de couleur brun foncée, tirant sur le rubis par l’effet des jeux de lumières. Le défilé est millimétré : 7 sortes de maltes et 3 types de houblons (belge, allemand et tchèque). Ses matières premières, de grande qualité, permettent d’oser la corpulence dans l’élégance. A premières vues, notes chocolatées, caramélisées et de pruneaux. Sentiment de puissance et de force pour cette dame au parfum aromatique complexe. Nullement potiche, la verve qui l’anime est à son image : richesse et finesse se développe au fil de la discussion, plutôt dense. L’adage voulant que ces dames choisissent leur parfum à leur image a prouvé sa justesse : son léger caractère brûlé complète ses traits de personnalité de maltes sucrés et caramélisés. La douceur chocolatée ne fait qu’adoucir la puissance sans pour autant lui enlever sa force. Dame onctueuse et riche, son côté pétillant lui permet de persister à briller sous la lumière. Cette dame a donc démontrée qu’il est tout à fait possible d’allier élégance, profondeur et puissance, en toute complexité. Preuve que les brunes ne comptent pas pour des prunes, la brune pur malt s’impose aujourd’hui en haut du podium. Special Guest : Mme Jybi

3.1 Couleur brun/thé, liquide trouble. Nez : malt, caramel, fruits genre prune, raisin. Bouche : malts, sucre candi, quelques fruits comme prune avec un petit côté métallique et une certaine acidité. Pas trop réussie cette brune. Earlier Rating: 2/11/2017 Total Score: 4.1 Bottle 75. Robe rubis et mousse beige éphémère. Nez : caramel, fruits (prune, pêche, raisin surtout), alcool. Bouche : douce, veloutée, saveurs fruitées comme les arômes détectés et le côté alcoolisé "type porto" ! Rondeur, finesse, céréales et en fin, une discrète amertume. Bonne bière qui réchauffée fait penser à nos meilleures trappistes belges !

3.4 Bottle from High Point, Vancouver Beautiful dark brown colour, unclear, with compact head. More candi sugar than malt, hence not getting particular depth; it's sweet, but the body is weaker than expected; hint of dark fruits, figs, dates, and traces of acidity. Ok, but not complex. Earlier Rating: 9/9/2002 Total Score: 3.9 2011-08-29, bb 15/10/2013, 7-2-7-3-14=33 Overly carbonated, slow gusher; it pours with a lot of foam. The aroma betrays some sourness, together with the Belgian character. Good body strength; it has caramel flavor, with moderate sweetness and a nutty edge; no sourness, just a shade of vegetables. The bitterness is medium-low, with some alcoholic component in the end; the final is also very nutty. Good but strange. 2008-05-03, 8-5-7-4-15=39 Cloudy red-amber color, with floating particles, with a rather fizzy head, reducing quickly to a creamy thin layer. Strong malt aroma, mature. It has a good malt and caramel aroma, some sweetness, but possibly some overfermentation ate out some of the body. Not much bitter; the alcohol warms the mouth at the end. Good for lovers of the style, but not complex enough as it is today; gimme more body and more hops. 2002-09-09, 8-5-8-5-17=43 Hazy red-amber colour, persistent collar of creamy foam. Malt aroma, candi sugar, caramel. Rather dry malt taste, hides very well the alcohol content, well balanced by a strong bitterness of hop and burnt sugar. Light liquorice when warmer.

3.9 33cl bottle from hopt.it. Pours brown, elegant, with fine cream foam. Aroma is intensely malty, also nutty and dry fruits. Body is average, like carbonation. Taste is medium-high sweet. Final is fairly long, malty, sweet.

3.9 Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso alcolico e sottobosco. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera è elevata e l'esistenza olfattiva è apprezzabile. Il cappello di schiuma resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il colore è scuro impenetrabile. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è contenuto. La forza gustativa è molto elevata e la durata è persistente. Il gusto è molto piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è intenso. Al gusto vengono donati toni di caramello, miele, frutta secca, luppolo, resina, agrumi, castagna, erbe aromatiche, frutta passita, uvetta bagnata nel rum e alcol presente.

3.9 Ramata carica riflessi rubino, schiuma beige grossolana e poco persistente. Aroma intenso e complesso. Fruttato, marmellata di fragole, zucchero di canna grezzo, lievito belga, vaniglia, pane appena sfornato. Gusto abboccato, quasi amabile, fruttato di fragola e ciliegia, impasto dei biscotti, tostata di frutta secca, leggero acidulo, caramello finale luppolato di arancia amara. Calda, rotonda, leggerissima astringenza. Carbonatazione intensa. Equilibrata ed armonica. Earlier Rating: 4/4/2013 Total Score: 4.5 bottle @ delirium cafe, Brussels. WOW! profumo di caramello, frutta candita e zucchero di canna. incredibile dato che non c’è alcuna aggiunta di zuccheri! sottofondo di malti tostati, ma quasi impercettibile. la schiuma è color capuccino molto vaporosa e fa dei bellissimi merletti di bruxelles. frizzantezza perfetta, solletica la linga e non disturba. corpo quasi oleoso. il gusto è incredibile. praticamnete un vino rosso, con note di liquerizia, cioccolato fondente e luppolo solo sul finale. Il retrogusto p lungo e oleoso, quasi da sciroppo. Diventa una droga, ordinatene già 2.

3.2 330mL bottle, pours a hazy dark amber / chestnut brown with a medium beige head. Nose is very effervescent on the Belgian yeast, floral notes, fruity esters, and candi sugar. Flavour is gently tart and very malty, with sweet candi sugar, Belgian yeast, and sweet caramel. Much sweeter on the palate than the nose suggests, and the tartness is a little bizarre. Not a big fan of this. Earlier Rating: 4/4/2012 Total Score: 3.8 750mL bottle, pours an opaque dark red with a small beige head. Aroma of dark fruits, syrup, caramel malts and yeast. Flavour of maple syrup, caramel, dark fruits (especially berries, prunes and dates), and yeast. Quite complex and full-bodied, with medium-high carbonation. Delicious.

3.7 330 ml bottle. Pours a copper color with moderate head . More muted that the original. Aromas of spice, oranges, raisins and sweet toasted malts. Flavors follow same with additional light toffee. Earlier Rating: 6/8/2012 Total Score: 4.8 330 ml bottle. Pours a deep cloudy, rich red/brown with huge head that dissipates slowly leaving thick lacing. Aromas of warm spice, dark roasted malts, dark pitted fruit and raisins. Very complex, creamy, and warm but alcohol is well hidden. Flavors of toffee, dark cherry and dates, spice, and bit of woodiness. Beautifully balanced. Easily one of the top ten beers.

3.7 33 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 14.10.2020 Aroma is malty with chocolate, Belgian yeast and ripe fruits. Flavour has strong malty tones, belgian yeast, some harsh metallic off-flavour and chocolate. Not as good as the Brune used to be but good still. Earlier Rating: 10/6/2011 Total Score: 4.4 33 cl bottle @ home, BBE 20.02.2012 Aroma has lots of ripe fruits and some sweet toffee typical to aged belgian ales. Also some hints of candi and brown sugar. Flavour is slightly sourish with ripe fruits, some toffee, raisins and spices. Becomes syrupy after some sips. Warming alcohol feeling at the end. Brilliant belgian ale! Gets rather strong on toffee and orange when aging (BBE 2010 on 2012). I like this one best just before the BBE date.

3.5 Complex malt aroma with light spice, pepper esters and toast. Amber color with a slight light brown head. Malt on the palate, with a moderate dry finish. High carbonation, soft mouthfeel. The body is average. Earlier Rating: 9/21/2019 Total Score: 3.3 The aroma is saturated with caramel, esters. Saturated red color, transparent with a little foam. On the palate, there are few toasts, caramel and a flimsy alcoholic aftertaste. The body is medium, carbonation is high.

3.7 Fresh, 3 weeks in a bottle, but I really want to try it. Brown in color with a lot of yeast flakes. Good foam. The flakes are so large and slimy that they had to pass through a sieve ... Epic Fall .. Nose. Red wine, dried fruits (Prunes) caramel, ethers. Taste. Wine notes, dried fruits, fruits, shades of malt. There is some wood and malt in the aftertaste. This beer has everything you need for an evening. except for yeast flakes, of course. Earlier Rating: 12/3/2020 Total Score: 3.8 Excellent!! Appearance brown with reddish otenkom. Muddy yeast. Aroma (Chic !!!) Dried fruits, red wine, yeast. The taste is malt, dry red wine, lightly spiced, wood. The finish is malt long.

3.4 Flasche 0,33l: Kastanienbraun, dunkles Mahagoni, deutliche Trübung, mäßig stabiler feinporiger Schaum; sehr würzige + süße Nase, dunkle Fruchtigkeit, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Backpflaumen, kräftig Malz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, deutliche Hopfennoten, Röstaromen, dunkle Schokolade, etwas Kaffee, kräftige Hefearomen, trocken-würzige Bitterkeit; würziger + fruchtiger Körper, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Hopfennoten, leichte fruchtige Säure, kräftig Malz, Malzzucker, etwas Karamell, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, kräftige Hefearomen; fruchtig-würziger Nachgang

4.2 Color marró, espuma beige. Aroma maltos, amb un munt de caramel. Bon cos. En boca dolça, sense ser empalagosa. Caramel, prunes, figues...

3.8 APARÊNCIA cobre avermelhado, nebuloso creme bege de boa formação e retenção moderada AROMA caramelo, malte tostado e mel. SABOR dulçor médio-alto e baixo amargor. biscoito, caramelo, malte tostado, com toques de frutas escuras e mel. SENSAÇÃO corpo médio e boa carbonatação.

3.1 Bottle. Hazy ruby body with a load of chunks beneath a thin beige head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of caramel and fig. Flavour of toffee and stewed apple. Medium body with a frothy mouthfeel... plus chunks. Soft fizz. One to revisit... and pour very carefully.

3.5 Adding in my 300 Beers To Try ticks because I want to see how they impact my stats and some of them I will never see again. Will however re-rate them when practical. Beers of Europe.

3.6 Flaska 33 cl. Disig brun med ett beige skum. Dofter av choklad, karamell och kryddor. Smakinslag av karamell, kryddor, torkad frukt, sötlakrits, portvin och choklad. Medelkropp. Alkoholen döljs väl i smaken och doften.

4.0 0,75l bottle from biab. Pours dark brown with light brown head. Lots of malt, caramel, dark fruits. Soft mouthfeel. Bitterness in the finish.

3.8 330ml bottle from RusBeerShop in Moscow. Pours opaque brown with a thin light brown head. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, dried fruit, coriander. Taste is medium sweet, malt, dried fruit, brown sugar. Light sweet finish.

4.4 Love this Abbaye, so delicious. So much caramel in the malts, but no cloying sweetness, rich depth of smell with prunes and candied fruits, what a character. Taste has so much bread crust malts and a light sweetness, caramel and toffee, rich rich rich very fully bodied, a bit of a warming alcohol note in the finish, some very subtle roasted notes in the finish. Hop character blends with the malts to balance out the beer. Such a killer big body brown ale. Big props to all the monks who made this possible, just love these beers.

3.9 Bruinrode kleur, troebelig, en met een lichte beige schuim. Neus medium intens. Volle mondgevoel, zoet met een klein bitter en weinig carbonatie. Smaken rijp fruit, bruine suiker, chocola, karamel, vijgen, daten, mout. Lange afdronk, zoet en bitter mooi gebalanceerd.