carl4beer (394), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA Dec 8, 2008 750 cork and cage. pours deep copper brown with off white head. aroma is spicy with some malt sweetness. mouthful is dominated with spice but a big metallic taste comes through kinda ruining the whole experience... Gypsy19 (604), California, USA Dec 5, 2008 A very strong hop flavor is present that makes this quadrupel a lot more bitter, unfortunately, than most other quads. It could’ve used a little more of the sweet toffee and maple flavors usually present in a good quad. Nevertheless, it is still pretty good overall, just different from what one initially expects. TeamTrappist (368), jericho, New York, USA Dec 1, 2008 On tap at the sunswick.Poured a medium brown, Nose is malty and yeasty. Flavor is similar with some sweetness, and a fairly strong hint of alcohol. Finish is sweet and malty. rds (224), USA Nov 29, 2008 What a super brew. Stood up well to the turkey this year. Smooth balance of brown sugar and hops, no indication of the high alcohol content--just real fine full-bodied flavors. Tan head atop a deep amber brew. A fine ale. dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Nov 28, 2008 This has an interesting sour aroma. Great color and head. This has a good flavor-sweet, caramel. This is smooth and doesn’t seem strong. Great. mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA Nov 27, 2008 Aroma of chocolate and alcohol. Medium brown pour with an off white head. Some sweet notes, like caramel and toffee. Slight hop bitterness with a very sweet body. Alcohol very present. Some raisins in the taste as well. For 10% it goes down easily. Quevillon (1519), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada Nov 19, 2008 Bouteille de 750ml, acheté à City Market (Burlington, Vermont) le 25/9/08. Brune noisette vaseuse, peu de collet. Arome d’orge malté bien épicé, avec des notes d’houblon légèrement amêre et crèmeuse. Goût d’alcool très prèsant, mais bien réchaufant, malte épicé avec une bonne finission licoreuse. Comme une boisson forte, mais sans être à 40% ou plus! Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA Oct 26, 2008 Courtesy of Sea Bass. Pours clear amber with thin light tan head. The aroma has full varied maltiness with special B, roasted malts, caramel malts to go along with earthy and spice hops. The taste has a nice hit of hop bitterness from the start with spice and earthy hops and some pine hop bitterness to boot. The malts move in with roastiness, cara Munich dark like malts that well up but don’t manage to overtake the hops
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