3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
75cl bottle. Pours amber/orange with a beige head. Smells of caramel and bread and dough. Taste is mildly sweet and slightly carbonated. Not a bad brew, but there are definately better quads that are widely availbable.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Maybe I will have it again, because I really did not see the appeal. An underwhelming taste - mildly yeasty... mild everything really. A forgettable drink with no finish and no lasting notes.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a burnt orange with a thin beige head. Fruity, estery, and wine like. Apples, pears, a light acidity round out the aroma. Flavor of pears, plums, apricots, other dried fruits. A touch of metal. Clove, spice, banana. Yeast. Some dark malts. Extremely complex. Smooth, but hot. Very wine like.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: MAR 13, 2010 Hazy amber-raisin color with good, creamy beige head / Winey, oakey, nose of banana and dark fruit / Full, malty body, with some hop balance on this monster, and with good, long, finish / Flavors of sour malt, banana, caramel, raisins, and cloves / A well-balanced strong ale. High score may reflect ~2 years of aging.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
750 ml bottle. Pours a muddy brown caramel with a medium sized beige head. Aroma of brown sugar, candied malt, dark fruit, caramel and yeast. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, candied malt, prunes, plums, dates and cloves. Excellent !!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Rated in Los Angeles while on a SCTE ET conference. Rated in a hotel bar glass. Pours a cloudy brown / rust color, somewhat opaque with a very thin bust present head. Aroma is slightly sour, slightly sweet, hints of orange peel but almost has a lambic like tartness. Flavor is on the malty / bread like yeasty side, very little sweetness, very little hoppiness.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
cloudy brown beer with a small off-white head. sweet fruity aroma with caramel. flavor of spices, oranges, peaches, sugar, maple, dark fruits. very sweet. candyish. i like the balance between the tart light fruits and the sweet dark fruits. notes of spices and licorice. aroma is good too. tastes like a champ!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Light malt notes of nutty and caramel, moderate aromas of flowers and perfume for the hops, moderate mustiness for the yeast, and date and clove in the background. Head is small, fizzy, off-white, with very little lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is slightly hazy brown. Flavor is moderately sweet and acidic to start, and heavily acidic, lightly bitter and a bit sour in the finish. Palate is is medium bodied, watery but slightly slick, and has a lively/fizzy carbonation. Not much depth in the taste as I expected and there are much better Quadrupels out there, but still a good drinker.
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