UPDATED: JAN 15, 2022 15th January 2022
Light haze on this deep red-amber beer, thin tan head. Light palate, reasonably smooth, decent fine carbonation. Sweet smooth malts, some cream and light caramel, like a simple barleywine. Ripe but fairly bright fruits. Smooth pine like overlay. Modest spice. Light and mildly warming finish. Well I don't quite feel like pounding the table and hollering 'Valhalla, I am coming', but I can imagine that drinking something vaguely like this would be very old world Norse. Good fun.

UPDATED: JAN 8, 2022 500ml Bottle from Beersniffers Webshop, Saltburn by the Sea, Cleveland. Very dark brown-red coloured with a thick tan head of foam. It has a rich black cherry, liquorice and leather flavour with dark chocolate, oak, vanilla and more cherry on the smooth, warming, spicy finish. Excellent!

UPDATED: DEC 26, 2021 Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured a brown with maroon edges, head is off white to tan. Aroma is dark fruits, figgy, malty, boozy, sugary. Taste is boozy, carbonated, dark fruits, sugary, molasses.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2021 2020 bottle from Cornelius. Pours mahogany. Nose is sweet toasted malts, muscovado sugar, raisins, plums. Tastes toasted malts, molasses, dried fruits, some bitterness, light anise, little licorice. Solid.

UPDATED: DEC 15, 2021 Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. A clear brown amber coloured pour with a whispy tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, cola cubes, brown sugars, ginger, dried apple, ginger, brown sugars, Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nice dried fruit, apple, plum fruit, apple curd, brown sugars, cola , ginger, some age. Nice stuff.

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2021 Bottle at home, from HOTM online, 24/11/21. Deep mahogany brown with a good sized lasting tan cap. Nose is fruit cake mix, spice, figs, winter cheer, burnt toffee, dried fruits, whisper of alcohol, hint of liquorice. Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, dates, toffee, brown sugar melt, spice, chocolate dipped raisins, modest hop tones, molasses. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid well balanced Quad.

UPDATED: NOV 13, 2021 Drucken på fat på Bishop Arms Gustaf, Malmö. 2020 vintage. Klassisk quad med silkeslen munkänsla, stor söt kropp, värmande alkohol och mycket torkad frukr, mörkt socker, karamell, och aningen kryddor. Välbalanserad och komplex. Mycket god

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2021 Nearly black, reddish-brown beer. Smells a little yeasty with anise, malt and dried fruit. Flavour has toasty malt, dried fruit, caramel, a touch of hop, some spice and boozy warmth. Full bodied, well balanced and too drinkable by half for the strength. Great stuff.

UPDATED: JAN 3, 2021 0.5l bottle. Julequad 2020. Dark brown, dark caramel minimal head. Yeasty aroma with raisins and licorice. Heavy mouthfeel. Thick. Low carbonation. Sweet, slightly yeasty, but leaning much more towards brown or red ale and xmas brew than a regular quad. Where's the exiting yeasty flavours? Still, a good heavy ABV brew.

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2020 33cl Bottle @ Boxbeers, Copenhagen, Denmark. Dark brown colour with a thin white head. Aroma is malt, dried fruits. Taste is malt, sweet, prunes, toffee, slightly spicy and boozy. Medium to full body, soft carbonation.