La Montagnarde [Brasserie Des Rocs Ambree]
Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs s.a.

La Montagnarde [Brasserie Des Rocs Ambree]La Montagnarde [Brasserie Des Rocs Ambree]
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From:
Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs s.a.
 
Belgium
Style:
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Ranked #74
ABV:
9%
Score:
89
Ranked #12,174
Avg:
3.97 | pDev: 10.58%
Reviews:
87
Ratings:
141
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 10, 2023
Added:
Sep 19, 2002
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  16
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Ratings by CaptainPiret:
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Reviewed by CaptainPiret from North Carolina

4.28/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Poured into a Super des Fagnes glass. A deep bronze color with a thick, white head that slowly shrinks.

Smells of maple, cinnamon, and yeast, and thus has similar tastes, though the alcohol is present at first taste.

What a rich flavor this beer has -- very pungent, but not overpowering.

As for drinkability, I'd be hard-pressed to ever drink more than two back-to-back, and one might cut it. This beer is bursting with flavor, not one to take lightly, but definitely one to have on reserve whenever you need something with kick.
Sep 30, 2010
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.75 by myterpsr1 from Maryland

Apr 10, 2023
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Rated by Sigmund from Norway

4/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
RBESG 2006, shared bottle. Hazy amber colour. Lovely vinous aroma with notes of barnyard. Funky and moderately oaky flavour. A very good beer.
Jul 08, 2022
 
Rated: 3.58 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Feb 21, 2022
 
Rated: 3.85 by Dazka from Italy

Nov 24, 2020
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

3.36/5  rDev -15.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
L- Deep amber, a tiny amount of haze (some accreted sediment left in bottle). Pours with 2mm white head.
S- I don't get any smell, very odd esp. for a 9%! Weirder still neither did my wife who invariably notes things where my nose struggles.
T- Curiously 'blah' for a 9%, an ABV which should be a foundation stone upon which to build a 'beer of splendour'. It comes over as pungent, high ABV, maybe a small liquor-ish% note now and then, but the individual elements to the Taste are hard for to divine.
F- Heavy, pungent, a slow-sipping beer.
O- There isn't anything unpleasant I note, just it doesn't seem to be a shadow of what it could be. I mean come on a 9% Belgian beer (think an old school Tripel) should knock your socks off. This has impact but any unique character seems harder to find.
330ml bottle BB: 19/02/2022 Bought from BelgiumInABox (Antwerp/BE) for home delivery to me in London/UK.
ps. the lable has been updated from that pictured (as most beers from this brewery have) from trad style, to outright urban/gritty/graffiti/stencil-art etc...
Apr 25, 2020
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain

4.26/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
De Belgiuminabox. En copa Teku. Jugando a Crimson Lilly. De Belgiuminabox. Perfil belga facilmente discernible con ricas notas a frutos secos que la dotan de bastante personalidad
Feb 27, 2020
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Rated by Dentist666 from Russian Federation

3.88/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A whole lot of yeast sheisse in the glass. WTF?
Otherways, nice nutty belgian strong ale.
Apr 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.9 by Eltrandos from France

Dec 13, 2018
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Reviewed by cyrenaica from Canada (ON)

3.45/5  rDev -13.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
330ml bottle
7.5% ABV (as marked on the bottle)
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
March 7, 2014
The beer pours a light copper colour, murky, with a very thin white head. Aroma is tart fruit, funk, yeast, and some fruit notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is sweet, yeasty, with some tart funky notes in the mix. Not on par with the better Abbaye des Rocs BSAs.
Jun 07, 2017
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Reviewed by janubio from Spain

4.49/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Amber colour, medium head and retention, good lace.
Aroma of hazelnuts, caraml, fruits.
Medium body, creamy palatae. Good carbonation.
Taste of hazelnuts, chocolate, dark fruits. Kong alcoholic finish.
May 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by steverx8 from England

May 01, 2017
 
Rated: 2.93 by eric5bellies from Australia

Jul 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.14 by Dzu from Russian Federation

May 13, 2016
 
Rated: 4.03 by stephenlee from England

May 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

May 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4.21 by Antyk from Belgium

Oct 14, 2015
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Reviewed by Bruno74200 from France

4.3/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This is, as I recall, the first beer I've enjoyed that I could definitely discern a particular candi sugar character. The beer is a very good example of a balanced Belgian Strong Dark Ale and shows how good this brewery is
Oct 03, 2015
 
Rated: 5 by Alenichel from Italy

Aug 31, 2015
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Rated by Rivoire from France

3.13/5  rDev -21.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Amber beer with a taste of chestnut. Good taste but disappointed by the aromas
Apr 01, 2015
La Montagnarde [Brasserie Des Rocs Ambree] from Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs s.a.
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 141 ratings