Rochefort 10 recipe?

[ADDLED]

Hey Mysterio, Im thinking of a good brew as a present to a good mate whos wife is about to have their first child and Rochefort 10 seems a winner. How did your recipe turn out, and do you have any tips to get it right?
cheers
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[DarloDave]

I too would be interested in this. Great beer.

[mysterio]

Haven't brewed it yet chaps

Busy with exams, haven't brewed in months

[ADDLED]

Haven't brewed it yet chaps
Busy with exams, haven't brewed in months

FFS ITS BEEN 5 MONTHS! All that anticipation, and youve been pursuing academic interests and not even brewing, you selfish sod! Joking apart Mysterio I do understand; the best laid plans and all that, then life and work gets in the way

Shame though, i was really looking forward to hearing about your 6 month old Rochefort 10 clone and how damn good it is. Good luck in your exams, and I promise if i get to make it i'll pm u and send u a bottle. I might punish you by making a Thos.Hardy Ale so you have to age it for 5 years before you can open it.
Then again, maybe I wont........
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[delboy]

I've been out of action on the brewing front for quite some time now as well, but i have a starter of ranched rochefort yeast sitting ready so with any luck i'll be having a bash at a rochefort style beer in the very near future (im probably looking at the eight thougth rather than the ten).

[mysterio]

Cheers Addled, appreciate it mate

I will get round to having a bash at this.

Do you actually prefer the 8 to the 10 delboy? The last 8 I had kind of a 'musty' flavour to it, I'm not sure if it was oxidised or that's some characteristic of it.

[196osh]

Cheers Addled, appreciate it mate

I will get round to having a bash at this.

Do you actually prefer the 8 to the 10 delboy? The last 8 I had kind of a 'musty' flavour to it, I'm not sure if it was oxidised or that's some characteristic of it.

I never find the 8 musty. I think its actually a bit better than the 10, which imo requires some cellaring to get the best out of it.

I did a taste comparison between the 8, Chimay blue and Westmalle dubbel a while back and the 8 came out miles and away the best.

You might have had an overly yeasty bottle?

[mysterio]

I'll have to buy a couple of bottles today to double check, and of course the 10 for side by side comparison, what a PITA

It wasnt a yeasty flavour. Musty/dusty/carboardy. Sounds more and more like oxidation the more I think about it.

[196osh]

I'll have to buy a couple of bottles today to double check, and of course the 10 for side by side comparison, what a PITA

It wasnt a yeasty flavour. Musty/dusty/carboardy. Sounds more and more like oxidation the more I think about it.

Hard life it is.

Yeah it does sound more like oxidation. I think ima going to buy myself a graduation present. A few bottles of that and some AG gear.

[ADDLED]

Had the 8 and 10 last night. Not had the 8 before and i found it a lot dryer. The 10 is just a big port-winey brute of a beer, but i like in a beer that so i would probably plump for it over the 8.

[delboy]

Cheers Addled, appreciate it mate

I will get round to having a bash at this.

Do you actually prefer the 8 to the 10 delboy? The last 8 I had kind of a 'musty' flavour to it, I'm not sure if it was oxidised or that's some characteristic of it.

Haven't actually tried the 10 only the 6 and 8, i think you must have got a rogue 8 mysterio any i've had have been great. Wasn't overly impressed with the 6 a nice sup but nothing to get excited about.
I'd love to try a 10 but until i do it'll be the 8 recipe that i home in on, it'd be a bit difficult to clone a beer i've never tasted

[DarloDave]

I've had the 6 and 10. If I'd had the 6 first, I'd have thought it a great beer, but having drunk the 10 first the 6 reminded me just a less complex version of the 10.

[mysterio]

Drinking the 8 just now. Definately got a dodgy bottle last time, this is the dogs bollocks. Can't decide whether to crack into the 10 after this for scientific comparison or whether to save it to have with my morning porridge

Bought the 8, 10 and 2 bottles of Blue Moon... the bill ? £10

[oblivious]

the 10 is great, was not to mad about the blue moon

[prodigal2]

Blue moon the Green King IPA of the States