Trappistes Rochefort 10 | Brasserie de Rochefort

4.23/5  rDev -6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

5/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

4.93/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Exceptional beer. Haven't had a better one in this style and I can't imagine I will. What sets this beer apart is a truly exclusive bite/burn with even small sips. Really excites the palate. This, combined with the molasses rich flavor and modest spice (tastes and smells like clove and maybe even coriander) makes this an unforgettable beer.

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4.3/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

4.17/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pouring from an 11.2 oz bottle into a chimay goblet. This beer pours out the color of a cola and has light tan bubbles forming throughout the entire pour. Forms in the glass dark brown with Ruby and mahogany highlights. The smell has sweet notes that if I have ever detected in beer, I honestly don't remember. Very unique. I really don't know what to call it. Almost similar to a Carmel apple maybe but that's definitely not all. Has a little bit of an alcohol smell. The taste brings in that same sweetness along with some fruit notes. Alcohol is present with a slight burn in the mouthfeel. I think this is where it could find more balance. Overall, I enjoyed it but do feel like it could balance the alcohol out better (even for being 11%) and I feel like I have had more complex quads. Or maybe I'm just upset I'm too basic to identify the sweetness coming through. Maybe both.

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4.34/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

3.19/5  rDev -29.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

4.5/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

3.78/5  rDev -16%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

4.19/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A - Pours a dark brown with a one finger fizzy tan head.

S - Aroma is rasins, figs and caramel.

T - The taste is brown sugar, caramel, raisins, figs and cherry.

M - Medium body with low carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a soft dry finish.

O - A classic beer. Nice slow sipper.

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4.28/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

4.77/5  rDev +6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

4.36/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

5/5  rDev +11.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

4.38/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

4.22/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

It’s very flavorful but very strong. Like others have said, fruit, brandy, molasses, clove, honey. I can see why some people love it as the favor is very nice. But it’s too strong to be really drinkable to me. It tastes halfway to liquor.

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4.53/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.25/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Look: Deep mahogany red, surprisingly less opaque than expected. Head was relatively small but I may have been too careful pouring it.
Smell: Malt, caramel/toffee, some plum.
Taste: following the mouth. Sweetness of malt, caramel, and dry fruits. Honeyed. Alcohol is present but smoothly so. I'd describe it as brandy-like, for some reason.
Feel: bodied and alcoholic. Carbonation is medium to high and "prickly". Not strongly astringent but the aftertaste is not too sweet as well.
Overall: extraordinary. Enjoy every sip of it... with care.

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4.25/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.39/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

4.02/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

4.4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.5/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.56/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

4.77/5  rDev +6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75