Comments on: Tasting Notes: Abbaye St-Remy Trappistes Rochefort 8

By: Ed Ashby

Ed Ashby — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:32:05 +0000

I finally got round to trying this the other week, along with the 6 and 10 which I must write up to compare. The 8 has a warm fruity flavour, dried fruit, pears, raisins, and picked up on your figs reference (or possibly prunes). Just enough brown sugar added to sweeten things up without being overpowering. Very nice indeed.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:25:11 +0000

I had one of these on Sunday, at the Pembury Tavern in Hackney. Went very nicely with banana and toffee pancakes. Reminds me of dairy milk, with No. 10 as Bourneville.

By: Darren Turpin

Darren Turpin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:09:21 +0000

Howdo other Darren – With a sales pitch like that, you should work in Belgian Beer Marketing, mate :)

I had a couple more on Friday, with mixed results. I think I’m being won around, but then I still haven’t found anything that really competes with a good, interesting pint of strong stout… maybe one day though. Sounds like an excuse to keep doing the research in the meantime.

By: Darren (another one)

Darren (another one) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:24:08 +0000

About time! Belgian beers are the nectar of the gods, my friend. If anyone ever put a gun to my head and told me that I could henceforth only drink beer from a single country and I had to choose, there and then, which one, I’d have answered ‘Belgium’ before he even finished speaking. They have lagers, wheat beers, fruit beers, dark beers, red beers, blonde beers, strong beers . . .

Mmmmm. . . Belgian beer . . .