Dark toffee pour. Big khaki head. Lacing. Aroma of vegetables. Taste is sweet plums and raisins. Fruity.

Bottle at share, thanks Brad! Dark amber beer, no head. Aroma malt and dried fruit. Taste vanilla, raisin, hint of coffee, and ripe banana. Palate rich, carbonation very subdued.

Bottle, hotel room tasting, Anchorage. Pours clear brown with a medium, frothy beige head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is caramel and cookie malt, dates, cherries, figs, oak, alcohol, and nutmeg. Flavor is sweet caramel and bready malt, figs, dates, alcohol, brown sugar, oak and a sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation.

Bottle courtesy of BeerandBlues2, thanks! Clear deep ruby color, tan head. Aroma of candied caramel. Taste is smooth caramel and subtle butterscotch. Nice.

Bomber poured a clear reddish amber with a small lasting amber head. Aromas of toffee, dried fruit and molasses. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of toffee, molasses and dried fruit with a smooth lingering molasses finish.

Bottle (2015 edition). Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel), with notes of cardboard, marshmallow, nougat, maple syrup, hazelnut extract. Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Full body, syrupy/creamy texture, soft carbonation, moderately to heavily alcoholic. Well, there’s very little Belgian about this...imagine a strong American brown ale left to oxidize for a few months, and that’s about what you have here. Very candy-ish caramel-heavy aroma with what seems like hazelnut extract added (remember Rogue Hazelnut Brown? it’s kinda like that but oxidized). Almost harshly sweet without much to balance...but the deep south loves sugar, so that’s probably to be expected from a MS brewery. Hard to enjoy.

22 oz. Clear copper-brown with a few bubbles. Nose is prune, soy and merlot. Flavors of red grape, raisin, light citrus and soy. Heavy body has a pleasant light-medium carbonation and a nice dryness that keeps the big malt nicely in check. A bit boozy for only a 9% quad.

My Bottom Line:
Figs, raisins and cloves converge in this sweet and complex Belgian-style Strong Ale.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A slice of foam sits atop the purplish dark brown.
-Residual sugar level is higher than average for this type of brew.
-Specialty malts and yeasty phenolics are nicely harmonious.
-Alcohol warms up the back end.
-This is too heavy if it is aiming to be an authentic Quadrupel. However, as a dessert beer or nightcap, it is very well executed and enjoyable.

Bottle.

Une bière ambrée aux reflets acajou est surmontée d’une mousse pas très expressive. Des malts rôtis soutiennent des arômes de fruits confits et de cassonade. Une belle rondeur maltée et toujours ces mêmes fruits confits se retrouvent en bouche. Une amertume qui m’a un peu déstabilisé s’est pointée le bout du nez lorsque la bière s’est réchauffée. Pas mauvaise.