Montagnarde Altitude 6
Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs s.a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

pale-ish blonde colour slight grainy nose with little else,light carbonation,fruity spiced taste dry finish that lasts

pleasant mouthfeel body thin for gravity...
overall a pleasant enough beer but not an outstanding one but I would drink it again and worth trying if haven't already

 

The beer is bright copper has tons of flakes in it, a white head that leaves little lacing and has small curtains.

The smell is fruity, peaches, pears, oranges, and sour sweet, some yeasty spicy wibes.

Starting sweet white bread, then mango chutney and old cheese.

Little carbonation, soft, slightly sticky, a modest dryness.

The looks of it where worse than the smell, taste and feel. That's good. I tried to handle the bottle with care, but the segmentation where too easily disturbed and very noticeable.

 

 

A: Pours murky dark orange with a large airy white head that takes some time to dissipate. Nice lacings.

S: Kind of sour, yeast and spices. Some faint corn (must be wrong)? Green apples and lemons.

T: Sour, dry and spicy. Green apples and lemon sezt. Rather mild taste.

M: Aftertaste lingers, but with sourness. Thin body and low carbonation.

O: This is boring; like a poor excuse for a Belgian Pale.

 

I bought this bottle three weeks ago in Adegem at The Bierloods. Vacas, the owner, opende the shop for us in the evening so that we could buy some beers.

I had never seen this bottle and i am always curious how the label and the beer go together.

The best before date was march 2011, over the top for a blond but hey, open it and see what happens.

Poured in my Struise glass this beer starts disappointing. Floating parts (sediment???) in this beer. Smell in not spectacular. Should i trow it away or drink it? I decided to drink it.

Smell and taste some watermelon and citrus. A light and watery taste. The triple fermentation did not made me happy.

Picked up a bottle from the Hopduvel beer warehouse. Like every des Rocs beer I've ever had, this one poured with floaties, which aren't bad once you're used to them. This beer stood out for it's nutty malt flavor that's uncommon in Belgians (at least in my experience). Otherwise it hits a lot of the classic Belgian pale marks of light caramel malt, a slight hop note, and Belgian spice. Certainly worth trying if you can find it.

Bottle mail ordered directly from Belgium.

Poured a hazy, darker amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of yeast, breads, spices, and fruity smells.

Starts of sweet with kinda of a sour and spicy finish. Peppery. Watery body. Overall a decent Belgian Ale.

Notes from and tasted on 10/15/04

Bottle: Poured a light orange color ale with a nice foamy white head with standard retention. Aroma is a mix between yeast and malt with some subtle spices. Taste is quite enjoyable with again the yeast coming on top. Floral aspect of this beer is very enjoyable and body is medium. Overall, this is a good standard Belgian Ale.

Nice foamy head, silky and creamy, lasting on a very pale yellow golden color body that shows a high level of carbonation. The smell is very fresh and spicy, with lots of citrus and interesting notes of ginger, very floral. The taste is roundly fruity and sweet with an enjoyable doughy yeast character but also some graininess that I didn’t enjoy. Notes of peach and alcohol. Light hints of wood maybe, with some cherries and apricots. Mouthfeel is quite round but gets a bit annoyingly tart with an overripe fruitiness. Nicely carbonated. Not exceptional, but drinkable.

Takeing the whole range of Abbaye des Rocs this one is the first one to be sampled revieuwing at BA. Started with this one for tonight cause I didn't have to great memories about he altitude. Don't like lardge amounts of koreander so this one fails. Doesn't fail on just that. Pooring it in my glas showed one of the most unimpressive beers I had recently. Hardly any foam and a blizzard in my glas thats unbelivable.
Smell of koreander and for the rest nothing great in the nose and shurely not fresh. Taste is empty with a lot of koreander, rest to be searched for. Aftertaste lilte chemic and litle bitter. Love most beers of the Rocs brewery but this one keeps on failing.

really like this brewery's beers on the whole. altitude 6, however, is at the bottom of the pile. considering its got at the same price as the others, this is not something id drink unless offered. pretty nondescript belgian ale if ever there was one.

unexciting gold/orange color with no head to speak of. lacked the sort of aromas id expect to find here, and way too subdued as well. a little bit zesty, a little bit spicy, but nothing with any kick. the body and taste of the beer followed suite. had the usual suspects going around in there but nothing to hit home. lemon/ orange citrus tones, some coriander and pepper, sweetness but all very very subdued. the hop dryness that goes hand in hand with belgians was nowhere to be seen. bit of a downer really.

i thought long and hard about why they'd bother brewing this when their other beers are so much better. the only thing i could think of was that they wanted something at an entry level so drinkers new to the style could get a starting point on which to progress from. apart from that im stumped.