Rochefort 6 (red cap, brown beer, 7.5% ABV). Reddish colour, brewed only about once per year, representing approximately 1% of total beer production. This beer begins with a density of 16.5º Plato is 7.5% ABV. “Rochefort 6” is the oldest Rochefort Trappist beer and was brewed empirically until the end of the Second World War. Until 1958, this was the only Rochefort beer that was bottled in both 33 cc bottles and 75 cc bottles. It has a strong malt taste and is slightly bitter.
The lower gravity cousin to Rochefort 10. Nicknamed Spéciale (’The Special’), this beer is the most recent production. The Rochefort 8 has a more tawny colour and a more pronounced aroma, with an even richer fruitiness (a slight undertone of fig?) and a little more spiced dryness, like that of a cake, which gives a balanced finish to the final notes.
The Rochefort brewery is located inside the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy, near the town of Rochefort, and has been brewing beer since 1595. The Rochefort '10' is a world classic beer. Brewed with water, malt, other cereal grains, hops, yeast and sugar to a sufficient high gravity to be called Rochefort 10. Deep red-brown colour with a compact head. The huge profile is a major component in the flavour, the Fig, honey and stone fruit, of this rich ale