Monk's Brew

Belgian Strong Dark Ale

Monk's Brew aka Monk’s Elixir is a heavy dark Belgian ale inspired by the Trappist monasteries of Rochefort and Westvleteren. The beer style, characterized by its high content of alcohol, distinguishes itself by its dominant yeast character, delicious malt background and balanced hop notes.

ABV

10.0

Rating

3.859

Rating count

20,182

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Andreas F

BBF 19/1 2021.

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Per-erik Tanderyd

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Gavin Fury

Post-garage work beers officially commence. Something about the intersection between the caramel malty notes and Belgian yeast character is presenting as cotton candy and root beer to me. Lots of candi sugar.

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Reese Simoneau

Super clean with notes of dark stone fruit and a nice spice, sweet caramel maltiness.

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Jesper Grahm

Hittat ett nytt grymt ölställe på ren slump och denna fångade min blick på den långa flaskmenyn. Kraftig med toner av torkad frukt som det ska vara, russin, och fikon. Något skarp spritighet i smaken så den hade nog behövt något år i källaren 🍻

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Schinken Frau

susz owocowy super

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Adrian Ardian

suszone owoce, belgia, w zapachu pralinka, ciekawa sprawa, calkiem fajne

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August H.

Nose is boozy and spicy. Taste is sweet yoghurt, dark caramel malts and hoppy bitterness. Finish is slightly dry and crisp on a full bodied and love-medium carbonated beer

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Tim D

Copenhagen Beer Celebration giveaway from 2017 - not very familiar with Belgian beers and there’s no way I’m drinking this whole bottle ❌

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James W.

Malty brown on the nose, sweet liquorice, syrupy linger, big tasting

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Caldwell Hauptmann

Smooth with really no dominant flavor. Wish my store had the raspberry version of this instead.

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Maciej Bogusz

Nie zachwyca, niby ok, ale po prostu nic się w nim nie dzieje

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Paul Tchir

Classic example of the style, but could use a bit more pep.

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Gleb Ivanushkin

Too strong, smooth roasted malty finish

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Chris Martin

This Belgian Strong has a lot of winter warmer in it. The Belgian yeasts are there giving a hint of cherries, but it's dominated by a roasty cocoa. Very smooth at 10%. Dark and sweet but not syrupy.

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Matteo Ferrigno

Villa Ranzani

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Max Albertus

Mooi vol, iets te zoet, geen doordrinker

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Di Di

中药啊

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Jasen Melnick

Boozy, rich, complex malt profile with prominent raisin and stone fruit character

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