Before I write anything else, I want to just say “Please don’t shoot me”. Alright, here goes…
Rochefort 10, one of the best beers in the world according to Beer Advocate, is an authentic Trappist Quadrupel. It pours a deep brown with a thick fluffy light tan head. Smells of malty sweetness and some fruit (a little banana and something else I’m not sure of). Flavor isn’t really overwhelming. Again, it’s lots of malt, some alcohol, a slight hint of banana as the beer warms, and some other fruit flavors. It’s good, but nothing special to me. The first few sips were overwhelming with lots of tiny carbonation bubbles. It was a bit much and really drew away from the experience that this beer should be. I’m not going to officially review it on BA because it may not have been 100% ideal conditions, but if I were to score it, it’d get something in the B range, not the A that it has on BA.
I have had this one before and felt the same way about it then as I did now. Perhaps I just don’t like this beer that much. Other quads I’ve had include St. Bernardus Abt 12 and Koningshoeven Quadrupel (another Trappist, but from the Netherlands, and I have a 750 of this sitting at home that has already been aged about a year and a half). I liked those much better (St. Bernardus is a lot less expensive and was a lot smoother, easier to drink, and had a lot more noticeable flavor). I imagine I would like the Rochefort 10 after it’s been aged a bit. Unfortunately, I can’t decipher the code that was printed on the label. If anyone reading this knows how to read that code, I would appreciate it.
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