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Trappistes Rochefort 10



Sweet, nutty smell. Powerful scent of sweetness and alcohol, like rum. Taste has sweet maltiness, bitterness, nuttiness. Alcohol warms as the beer goes down. This has 11,3% ABV, so very strong and powerful stuff. Very complex and interesting. Not for easy-drinking, that’s for sure. Dark brown, misty ale with quite long lasting head, though it’s not that thick.

Winelike strong Belgian trappist beer tastes like history of beermaking. It opens up slowly and gives many sensations of ripe fruits, mainly plum. It has sharpness of alcohol, but also nutty softness. Very complex and kinda difficult. I wouldn’t recommend this to someone trying to find new tastes after just basic bulk beers. This is for beer enthusiasts and people who enjoy beer over any other drink.

For me this works just ok, because sweetness and alcohol push too hard over the other sensations. I prefer modern hoppier beers that are a mix of sweet and bitter, dryness and softness. This is too sharp and heavy for me, even with some nice evening food with halloum cheese. I don’t actually find this very pleasant, but still this is somehow intriguing.

*** OK

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