Trappistes Rochefort 6 - Brasserie de Rochefort

Augustiner719

Connecticut

4.18/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 33cl ml bottle into a chalice.

This is my first of the Rochefort series. This beer pours a nice mahogany reddish brown color with some nice carbonation streaming from the bottom. The head is off white, fluffy with big bubbles but recedes very quickly and leaves a few spots of bubbles on the top of the headless beer. Aroma is of nice caramelized figs, a bit of dark stone fruits and some nice raisin spicy like notes. Pretty complex and interesting. Perfect with my short ribs i prepared earlier. The taste is very similar to the aromas, a tad thin for me but very true to the style. The plum, fig and roasted caramel notes play nicely but its a touch thin for me so this feels a little fake. I also get a touch of grape, maybe some red wine like flavors. The mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, maybe a bit too over carbonated for me actually, but refreshing with each sip. The best part of this is that you can drink it slow and it will flatten out so it does get better. Overall this is a great beer. Nice addition of red meat dishes, grilled pork and even with some ice cream this would work. I would avoid fish, shellfish and poultry at all costs with this as its a strong flavored brew.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2012 18:29:41 | More by Augustiner719

BelgianBeerPope

Belgium

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-21-2013 11:29:12 | More by BelgianBeerPope

bobbyr5

Michigan

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-21-2013 01:58:38 | More by bobbyr5

johntfox

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +2.4%

05-21-2013 00:56:11 | More by johntfox

Blindpigbiz

California

3.81/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Style/abv: Trappist dubbel/7.5%

Smell: milk chocolate, peanut butter, malts, and mild cloves

Taste: malt-rape: salted dark chocolate caramel covered pecans...red peppers, ginger and cloves are in the foreground

Pairs well with smoked cheeses and green grapes along with smoked duck and/or goose

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 22:14:11 | More by Blindpigbiz

BurnMeInMyBar

Florida

5/5  rDev +20.5%

05-20-2013 14:38:58 | More by BurnMeInMyBar

kwkdmk

Louisiana

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-20-2013 13:37:17 | More by kwkdmk

Kmat10

Alberta (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +2.4%

05-20-2013 04:44:12 | More by Kmat10

hotsudge

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-18-2013 01:52:56 | More by hotsudge

eulerthegrape

California

4.25/5  rDev +2.4%

05-16-2013 17:42:46 | More by eulerthegrape

AOShabaz

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -9.6%

05-16-2013 00:04:24 | More by AOShabaz

In_Control_Mike

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +2.4%

05-16-2013 00:01:21 | More by In_Control_Mike

shehateme

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +2.4%

05-16-2013 00:00:39 | More by shehateme

Hallertau

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev -9.6%

05-14-2013 02:00:43 | More by Hallertau

LeeryLeprechaun

Colorado

4.5/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Beer pours a very cloudy medium brown color with a very strong head that fills the upper finger of m Rochefort tasting glass. Bubbles surge to the top of the glass keeping the head creamy and somewhat rocky.

The aroma is very complex. Malt, alcohol, slight rum like aroma, hard to single out what all is making up the aromatics and what is coming from yeast, ingredients, or maybe spices.

The first thing that hits you is a caramel like sweetness followed by flavors of toast and biscuit. Finish is a little milk chocolate like with a very subtle hint of orange. There is some alcohol on the palate. As the beer warm I can start to taste raisin, rum, burnt sugar.

Mouthfeel is creamy, the head on the beer really helps with that along with the giant rim on the glass. Little bubbles tickle you tongue as you drink.

This is an excellent beer, the appearance is probably the low point just because it is so murky, not to mention the yeast on the bottom came right off and most of it ended up in the glass. The biscuit and bread go well with the raisin and rum that start to show as the beer warms.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 01:08:05 | More by LeeryLeprechaun

SSEngelbrecht

Louisiana

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-12-2013 21:29:13 | More by SSEngelbrecht

HarmonMW

Michigan

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-12-2013 00:55:16 | More by HarmonMW

capnjack78

Pennsylvania

1/5  rDev -75.9%

05-10-2013 16:55:54 | More by capnjack78

twenty5

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-10-2013 15:32:25 | More by twenty5

Stugotzo

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +2.4%

05-10-2013 12:58:35 | More by Stugotzo

justforrazors

Missouri

3.5/5  rDev -15.7%

05-10-2013 01:47:00 | More by justforrazors

Vinicius

Brazil

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-09-2013 21:49:40 | More by Vinicius

dalepryor

Kentucky

4/5  rDev -3.6%

05-07-2013 21:45:51 | More by dalepryor

joemacangel

Belgium

3.75/5  rDev -9.6%

05-07-2013 18:25:30 | More by joemacangel

Kyrojack

Indiana

3/5  rDev -27.7%

05-06-2013 11:37:36 | More by Kyrojack