 Raphael__N (156), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mar 3, 2008
75cl Bottle at St. Veronus shared with a friend. Pricey guy at almost $24 for the bottle. Pours dark brown with a fair head retention. First hit is bitter with copious amounts of malt, dates, brown sugar and yeast. The nose similarly gave more headroom to malt and dates, with a very nice blend of sweet & bitter spices. A great brew. Not $24 great, but pretty damn good!
BoBoChamp (317), Gent, Belgium
Jul 26, 2008 75cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, very complex, but too sweet, cloudy, good head, the best of the Achel-range, a topper!
haukur (655), Reykjavik, Iceland
Jul 22, 2008 aahh so here is the reason why a tasting session with the nyc crew down at the gingerman went very hazy. Nice firm head, cloudy golden color. Yeasty aroma, with some dough notes. Heavy finish.
puzzl (1651), New York, New York, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Sample from a bottle shared by Haukur. Thanks! Huge, beautiful head, on a dark brown, unfiltered pour. Very sugary with aroma with an eggy, celery note up front. Has a beet sugar sweet flavor finishing with heavy pils malt and a bright, inappropriate finish. Very odd and off flavor. This one didn’t do it for me, though I’ll have to revisit. Reminded me more of Chimay Blue than any of the Rochefort/Westy/St. Bernardus powerhouses.
Doggythedog (921), Split, Croatia
Jul 19, 2008 Courtesy of and shared with heavy (thanks a lot for the opportunity to try one of the best rated quads!).
Murky brown-red ody, enormous off-white head that went away somewhat slow. Sourish, malty nose, some caramel and dusty yeastiness. Caramel, croquant in the taste. Sweet, tasty, but not all that complex in my opinion. Slightly fruity. Didn’t impress me as much as I thought it would, but it’s definitely a very good, quality quad that I would like to try again.
heavy (406), Split, Croatia
Jul 14, 2008 0.75 l bottle from belgianshop.com. Poured very murky brown copper body with huge brownish head. Quite strong and very nice yeasty and malty aroma. From caramel, chocolate, coffee to some fruits like plums or grapes, just as woody spices aroma is complex. Its full body reveals sour to bittersweet flavor, almost complex as aroma with its bitter to sweet cacao, caramel and chocolate maltiness, sourish spicy, woody, fruity and coffee yeastiness etc... Long bittersweet finish is dominated by caramel and coffee in more pleasant way than it may seem. Oh yeah! Very well done brew, knowing Achel, it was not surprise at all.
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