Trappistes Rochefort 8 (2016)
(Batch of Trappistes Rochefort 8)
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy - Rochefort in Rochefort, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.33
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The lower gravity cousin to Rochefort 10. Nicknamed "Spéciale" (’The Special’), this beer is the most recent production. The Rochefort 8 has a more tawny colour and a more pronounced aroma, with an even richer fruitiness (a slight undertone of fig?) and a little more spiced dryness, like that of a cake, which gives a balanced finish to the final notes.
8.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Vintage bottle poured in even more vintage Rochefort chalice. Clear mahogany with thick beige head that seems to last a lot longer get than fresh versions. After almost exactly 4 years the head is strong here! Quite fruity, but still some chocolate milk like the fresh versions, figs and raisins are coming on, soft berries. Over medium sweet and medium bitter. Almost full bodied with boozy finish. It is still very good, but I think this doesn't hold up to a fresh one from the same batch. This one tastes way older than it's actual age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2020
at 23:54
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Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2016
at 18:44