Strange Brew, Cheech and Chong and a funky ale all have distinct personalities. You can smoke dog crap, pretend to crush people with your thumb and index finger against your eye (works better if you are tipsy) or drink something transformative and difficult to explain. While I will forgo the dog crap, I will try the other two, with the strange brew of a special ale first…then try the thumb crushing. I had another spectacular beer, obviously I am on a beer kick, that I feel the need to write down and let others know about. I have read about this one for years and finally picked up a bottle to try.
Trappistes Rochefort 10 is a strange beast instead. It could almost be a magical elixir or a ancient mayan root potion. What is in it? probably some monk spit and some other bad jokes that are being played on people like me trying to figure out what the heck this thing tastes like. Ultimately, it tastes like itself. There you go. Not helpful at all is it? This 11.3% quadrupel Belgian ale comes in a small 11.2fl oz bottle all the way from Abbaye St-Remy. Quite a trip for such a small lad.
But open that bottle and pour it in a good Belgian beer glass and it has machismo and refinement to battle any larger bottle with a muscle complex. Frankly, it will kick your ass and shock your palate. The flavors are this: (I did a double take, so this is quite accurate): it has a upfront tinge of apple followed by old coffee, leather and then raisins and a tawny port. Can you imagine? This is funky and dark and definitely worth exploring once in your life.
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