TRAPPISTES ROCHEFORT BEER

I open the blog with a 9,2% belgian beer made in Saint Remy Abbey by the trappist monks. It has reminded me a Polish beer which has a similar alcohol content, able to stroke a person after the second bottle; Kaper, if you manage to get one. The one we’re talking about is made of the water coming from a well inside the abbey, malt and other cereals, and a kind of sugar candy. The recipe is secret; the monks would never disclose it, they’re not so stupid. Dark coloured, the first thing which is noticed is the high alcohol content, even unpleasant at first taste. It is said that this beer evolves with the time and the expiration date is just indicative, a pure legal requisite; in fact, these process haven’t been deeply studied yet. Disturbing...