Grand Cru. Abbaye des Rocs. Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium.
Winter 2010/11.
My review on RateBeer:
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
AHTOH (20) - San Diego, USA - JAN 2, 2011
0.33 L bottle. Poured into Bruery tulip. Fluffy and creamy light beige head with decent duration retention. Inexistent Belgian lace. Deep opaque ruby amber tone of reddish brown. Heavy sediment seen at normal light (ie, without holding it up to bright light), although this beer is far from translucent. Vinous funk. Caramelized dried fruit on nose. More caramel notes. Notes of dried sour cherry. Overall, like sour caramel – very interesting. Pleasantly mild, slight vinous taste. Palate is a bit grainy. Vinous front palate, caramel maltyness mid palate, and lots of grain and cereal on back of palate. Generally, a bit sweet. Mouth feel is creamy with a somewhat grainy texture to finish. Was somewhat surprised when read on back of bottle abv is 9.5% – alcohol covered up quite well. Had a glass of Triple Imperiale by this brewery on draft at Blind Lady Ale House yesterday (NYE), which was absolutely phenomenal with its tart and fruity taste as well as its very similar color (ie, instead of golden like most triples), so had high expectations for this beer. Unfortunately, expectations only partially met. Though enjoyable, liked the Triple Imperiale much more.
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