Probably not the best beer to have on the beach. Really well made, just not my style or the wrong place to try for 1st time. Dark, heavy, very well integrated, sheer quality.
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Full bodied, smooth, almost silky on the palate, delivering balanced bread and subtle hoppy flavors. This is really singing. Almost no heat despite of the high alcohol-%. Incredibly good.
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Surprisingly enough, I didn't care for it. I was nonplussed and underwhelmed. A waste of $7. I'd prefer a straight Flemish red ale. Will wait a while and try again. Maybe it was a bad bottle.
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Dark amber brown; lots of dark fruit on the nose: plum, raisin, prune, bread pudding, anise, clove and nutmeg; very complex, rich, filling, but what great balance without being rummy or too fruitcakey or sweet. Seems to be the pinacle of this style (dubbel or maybe tripel?). Great stuff.
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A considerable 11.3% ABV; L.15.01.2019, so a recent bottling. Complex aromas and flavours, coffee and chocolate, molasses, floral topnotes and a hint of estery fruit; big and rich palate, malt, yeast and hops, velvety and vinous but does not lack freshness; flavoursome and very long. Birra da meditazione...
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BB Feb 2014 (bottled Feb 2009) Another very fine example of aged beer from Rochefort. The ABV is evident with plenty of peaty boozy notes, milk chocolate, heat and sweetness on the finish. Good length but not at the obvious power of younger examples. Should drive well into 7 years.
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One of the finest Belgian Quads widely available. Presents a dense wall of sweet, aromatic florals over a dark, dry body of chocolate, coffee, molasses, sassafras, and hazelnuts. Hits a sweet spot after 3 years' aging, and is optimal for up to 6+ years of cellaring.
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(Dinner at Mich&Bo w Werns) At a whopping 11.3%, this dark golden malt beer is exploding with dark florals (lavender, violets, rose) on the nose, hint of lemonalong with lychee and gumdrop candy. The palate is equally complex and fine, with generous floral sweetness, malt chocolate, toasted barley, gumdrops. Sweet and bitter, the taste is both elegant, firm and focused, generously fruity, with spot-on focus on the significant finish. Velvet glove. Special - how can this even be beer??
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When drinking this 11.3 alcohol beer after a Rochefort 8 with 9.2 alcohol, the differences are bigger than I thought. There are molasses and caramel in this beer as well, but also coffee and chocolate. Clearly in both the nose as the mouth. This "10" is less elegant, but even more tasteful and sweet and with an enormously long finish. Drink it as a wine.
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8/12/2021 - Vinomazing wrote:
Probably not the best beer to have on the beach. Really well made, just not my style or the wrong place to try for 1st time. Dark, heavy, very well integrated, sheer quality.
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11/18/2018 - JNebs Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark brown. Carmel, malt, buttered toast slight fruit esters longish finish with very slight hops.
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4/28/2018 - Henman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Full bodied, smooth, almost silky on the palate, delivering balanced bread and subtle hoppy flavors. This is really singing. Almost no heat despite of the high alcohol-%. Incredibly good.
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12/2/2016 - peternelson wrote: 90 Points
Rich, caramelly, dark roasted notes, not too sweet, quite a nice sipper for this style.
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10/12/2015 - Ombibulous wrote:
Surprisingly enough, I didn't care for it. I was nonplussed and underwhelmed. A waste of $7. I'd prefer a straight Flemish red ale. Will wait a while and try again. Maybe it was a bad bottle.
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8/21/2015 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points
Dark amber brown; lots of dark fruit on the nose: plum, raisin, prune, bread pudding, anise, clove and nutmeg; very complex, rich, filling, but what great balance without being rummy or too fruitcakey or sweet. Seems to be the pinacle of this style (dubbel or maybe tripel?). Great stuff.
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10/5/2014 - JerM wrote: 95 Points
(Brunner:3Bdays&Farewell) [parallel Belgians] Generous, bitter leaf, rounded with good linear clarity. All rounder! Well done monks!
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4/14/2014 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
A considerable 11.3% ABV; L.15.01.2019, so a recent bottling. Complex aromas and flavours, coffee and chocolate, molasses, floral topnotes and a hint of estery fruit; big and rich palate, malt, yeast and hops, velvety and vinous but does not lack freshness; flavoursome and very long. Birra da meditazione...
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3/30/2014 - StewartWent wrote:
BB Feb 2014 (bottled Feb 2009)
Another very fine example of aged beer from Rochefort. The ABV is evident with plenty of peaty boozy notes, milk chocolate, heat and sweetness on the finish. Good length but not at the obvious power of younger examples. Should drive well into 7 years.
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1/28/2014 - professordoktor Likes this wine:
One of the finest Belgian Quads widely available. Presents a dense wall of sweet, aromatic florals over a dark, dry body of chocolate, coffee, molasses, sassafras, and hazelnuts. Hits a sweet spot after 3 years' aging, and is optimal for up to 6+ years of cellaring.
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9/7/2012 - JerM wrote: 96 Points
(Dinner at Mich&Bo w Werns) At a whopping 11.3%, this dark golden malt beer is exploding with dark florals (lavender, violets, rose) on the nose, hint of lemonalong with lychee and gumdrop candy. The palate is equally complex and fine, with generous floral sweetness, malt chocolate, toasted barley, gumdrops. Sweet and bitter, the taste is both elegant, firm and focused, generously fruity, with spot-on focus on the significant finish. Velvet glove. Special - how can this even be beer??
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5/27/2012 - Zweder Likes this wine: 94 Points
When drinking this 11.3 alcohol beer after a Rochefort 8 with 9.2 alcohol, the differences are bigger than I thought. There are molasses and caramel in this beer as well, but also coffee and chocolate. Clearly in both the nose as the mouth. This "10" is less elegant, but even more tasteful and sweet and with an enormously long finish. Drink it as a wine.
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