Ölbeat 109: Dieu du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt

Brewery: Brasserie Dieu du Ciel
Country: Canada
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Abv: 10,5 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is hazy copper brown with a thin whiteish head. Aroma has sour and sweet fruits like orange, plum, and raisins, yeasty aroma and a hint of sweet berries. Taste begins with fruits, gentle hops and yeast. Sour sweetish citrus-peachy firework fills the mouth, joined by yeast, sweet spice and caramel flavours. Towards the end sourness, yeast and soft alcohol step in front. Aftertaste has alcohol warmth and dry fruity bitterness.

After a little bit slow start, this beer's motor really gets going - despite the name. Very complex and delicious fruity Quadruple with nearly perfect symphony of sweet, sour & bitter parts. A true masterpiece from the Canadians - worth every cent.

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The band actually had their first hit with a song called Rigor Mortis, so the far-fetched connection in the theme is there. Since the brew is actually far from being dead stiff, so I'll pick a piece that has life, heartbeat and fireworks like the beer does.

Cameo: Word Up! (YouTube)

From the 1986 album Word Up!, the song was written by Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins.

Ölbeat 099: Rochefort Trappistes 10

Brewery: Brasserie Rochefort (in French)
Country: Belgium
Style: Abt/Quadrupel 
Abv: 11,3 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is dark chocolate brown with a half-finger thick foamy natural white head. Aroma has chocolate, caramel, dark fruits and raisins. Taste begins with smoothly sweet bitterness. Sweet chocolate and malty caramel flavours with raisin and a fruity twist take soon over. Some fruity sourness is also present. Gentle bitterness and a bite of alcohol grow towards the finish. Aftertaste has sweet raisin, caramel and alcohol warmth - and lasts long.

Absolutely magnificent complex and strong brew. Symphony of taste: chocolate and caramel malts are joint with raisin and fruity flavours. Bitter, sour and alcoholic elements support the whole. The aroma and flavours prove that Belgian trappist quads are a result of century-old brewing tradition and as such true masterpieces.

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"Well I guess it would be nice / If I could touch your body / I know not everybody / Has got a body like you." That probably tells the story. And, of course, you've got to have faith if you're trying to find any better beer than this:

George Michael: Faith (YouTube)

From the 1987 album Faith, the song was written by George Michael.

Ölbeat 077: St. Bernardus Abt 12

Brewery: St. Bernardus Brouwerij
Country: Belgium
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Abv: 10 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is dark thick brown with a dense medium vanilla head. Aroma has sweet syrup, honey and sour yeast. Taste starts with sweet yeasty bitterness and smooth natural carbonation. The journey continues with honeyed malts, rich syrup, plum jam and sweet-sour fruity flavours. Near the finish the artwork is completed by spicy bitterness and dry-wine-like sourness. Aftertaste lasts long with sweet bitterness and alcohol warmth.

It's not hard to understand how this brew is seen as one of the best beers in the world. The rich sweet fruity and yeasty taste makes you crave for another sip but your sips get smaller and smaller as you don't want them to end. I'll have to make a reservation for another meeting with this abbey treasure.

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Legendary brew can be matched with nothing else than a legendary song. No contest - complaints are groundless:

Led Zeppelin: Stairway To Heaven (YouTube)

From the 1973 album Led Zeppelin IV, the song was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.

Ölbeat 062: Lost Abbey Mayan Apocalypse Judgment Day

Brewery: The Lost Abbey
Country: United States
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Abv: 10,5 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is thick dark brown with only a thin white crown. Aroma has temptingly delicious milk chocolate, raisins and vanilla. Taste starts with gentle sweet hops and smooth milk chocolate. Liquid chocolate holds the scepter but lightly roasted coffee, raisins, cherries and warming alcohol party in the background. Towards the end there's a bite of alcohol and some sweet bitterness. Aftertaste is dry and has the main flavour of bitter cocoa. 

Thinking I ordered the original Judgment Day I was thrilled that the beer turned out to be a tuned version with chili, cinnamon and tamarind. With or without some help from the spices, I was blown away by the deep, neverending melting chocolate flavour. The only sad thing is that I'm still craving for the actual Judgment Day. The beer, you wankers.

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Even though the Mayan profecies meant actually nothing like the idiotic doomsday theories born during the 2012 phenomenom, we'll have to bring something from the Judgment Day here. The beer surely is heavy and unforgettable but in a heavenly delicious way. This one tells a story about unforgiveness born from an individual undeserved hell:

Apocalyptica ft. Corey Taylor (YouTube)

From the 2008 album Worlds Collide, the song was written by Johnny Andrews and Geno Lenardo.