Karl finishes one of his big finals tonight (one of several this week) and we're celebrating with the best. Rochefort is one of the seven Trappist ales and it makes three ales of varying strength from essentially the same recipe. Tonight we start at the bottom with Rochefort 6 which is 7.5%. Rochefort 10 is 11.3% alcohol and is the second highest rated Belgian Strong Dark Ale on BeerAdvocate.
David is disbelieving that I've never had Rochefort (his favorite beer) but Karl only had it for the first time within the last couple months. For me, the best is still to come.
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| Rochefort next to my Belgian IPA and Belgian Red home brews |
Rochefort 6 represents only 1% of the Abbey's production and it's relatively hard to find. Like all Trappist breweries, the monks only make enough to support the Abbey and a few charitable causes, so they never feel the need to increase production to meet demand.
Biscuit road and chocolate malts, this taste is interesting. I feel these are elements you find seperately in Belgian Pale and Belgian Dark ales, but rarely combined. The sweetness is keyed down and it's very drinkable. Overall I find even the littlest brother to be very different than other trappist beers. It's a rich and dessert-ish beer. The #8 and #10 are bigger and badder and I'm really looking forward to them. THE ROCK rating.
Karl feels that drinkability is the key characteristic of the 6. If he could make money rain, he could drink this all day. Karl also told us about some research he did, which is to pour what little you leave in the bottle after your initial pour, the yeast and sediment (etc), into a shot glass and drink it. I think it's supposed to aid in something, maybe digestion? I forget. Monks are shamans for Jebus though, so I'll take their word for it and shoot it back!
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