3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml. bottle. Light stone fruit aroma with biscuit, perhaps raisin. A slight suggestion of chocolate. Ruby tinged amber color with a white head that left rapidly. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. The flavor is yeast, light stone fruit (peach), and spice. The finish is dry and somewhat earthy. It’s really good stuff. The alcohol is not at all intrusive.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml Bottle from Country Club Liquors; nose of peaches, breadiness, and a slight tart hint; cloudy copper with a medium beige head; flavor has a hint of funkiness, in front of fruity esters (apricots and a little bananas), yeast and spices. Pretty good quad!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very bready/biscuit aroma with fruity esters playing in the background (think ripe cherry). This is definitely a malt-bomb. Taste is initially bready and fruity with a nice malty alcoholic sharpness. I love big malty quads, but the sharpness and alcoholic nature of this one kind of lets me down a little.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2/6/05 750ml. Plaza liquor. Hazy amber/red with small tan head. Malty dried dark fruit aroma with some alcohol noted. Malty with harsh alcohol taste and slightly thin palate.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Ruby golden with ample head and good lacing on the glass. The aroma is interesting with touches of wheat, yeast, and sour apples scents coupled with quiet hops and subtle spice. The taste is a well balanced and yeasty venture, which is complimented by nice spice, fruit and hop flavors. A layered and complex, yet lighter brew provides a nice and balanced offering.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Oct. 2005 - Very underwhelming. Beer poured typical brownish belgian color with little head. The taste was just too darned sweet...like other fake tasting American belgian wannabes. No richness, little complexity.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Trappist-brown sugar coloring. Sour apple, citrusy, floral hints abundantly present, enticing even. Flavoring is more subtle than aroma suggests, with raisin and pinot noir notes shining through more prominently past the initial malty, sugary taste. High alcohol content not overly noticeable in taste, but pleasantly warms the roof and back of throat, numbing me midway through the sample. Not my favorite quadrupel by any stretch but solid.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: APR 16, 2011
Date: August 20, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: amber with small floating particles, whispy beige head
Aroma: hot sweet malt aroma with a nice fruity edge
Flavor: light rich fruit malt flavor
Date: March 08, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: trappeze
Score: 3.0 to 3.3
Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, fine cream head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet fruity aroma with a peach appricot character
Flavor: rich fruity flavor, light earthy character adds a bit too much balance, touch of spicyness adds complexity
Date: June 07, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
great fruity character but still a bit too much bitterness that offers great balance but dries out the fruit too much,
Date: March 26, 2011
Mode: cask
Source: the porter
Appearance: clear amber, frothy beige head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, light phenolic spicyness
Flavor: rich fruity flavor, pears and apricots, light earthyness tempers the sweetness, a nice dose of spicyness adds depth
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ** /4
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