2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
It looks dumb. Like a cloudy apple juice. The nose is of light ginger and apples again. I’m not sure where their getting the Quad thing from here. Rich and woody in the mouth though that freaking apple juice is still totally in control. I’m just not totally sure about it. Sweet and sticky like a jam almost. I think it’s the candi sugar. Pft.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The aroma is mostly of dried figs, raisins, and candied sugar. The head is off white and leaves a sticky lacing around the rim of the glass, but dissapates quickly. My first impression of this beer is of dark fruits, candied sugars and toffee. But with each taste i get a new flavor... everything from a bit of orange peel to whiskey. even though this beer is 10% it goes down incredibly easy. The palate is smooth and luscious, nothing aggressive at all. I will definitely be buying this one again!
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a copper orange with a small diminishing head. The aroma has banana, sour cherries, white grape, and toffee. The flavor is similar for the most part, with some spices and slight tartness. Pretty sweet, with a warm, dry finish. Full bodied for a quad, with soft, tingling carbonation.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Such a big bad quad. The color is deep dark brownish red and pours a nice head. The nose is filled with spice and big candy sweetness. The taste is very complex and delicious- sweet candy, a slight dryness from the hop, fresh bread, lots of spice and even some currant. and all rounded out with a balanced alcoholic warmth. I love this beer, one of Avery’s best.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Heavy malt aromas of caramel and nutty, moderate orange for the hops, light dough for the yeast, and background notes of raisin, butterscotch and brown sugar. Head is small, creamy, white with some slippery lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is clear orange/red. Flavor starts moderately sweet and lightly acidic, then the lingering finish is moderately sweet and acidic and lightly bitter. Palate is mediumto full, between oily and creamy with a soft to lively carbonation and a finish that’s moderately astringent and heavily alcoholic. This Quadrupel starts off really well but it gets a little bitey and the astringency knocked off a point. All in all a pretty good beer. Warming it intensifies it’s alcoholic punch in the finish
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Slightly hazy golden with a medium whitish head. Crisp, clean banana, some clove, lots of candy sugar, distinct pepperiness.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Avery Brewing
The Reverend
Pours orangish/copper with a thin white head and medium retention. Light lacing on the glass. Aroma is of yeast, cloves, bananas and a spiciness I can’t put my finger on. Flavor is yeasty and sweet with a slight alcohol burn on the finish. The alcohol is hidden well for the ABV. Some apples on the tongue as well. Mouthfeel is crisp and it made me burp. Would buy again.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
The Reverend Belgian-Style Quadrupel Ale
2003 22 oz. Bottle. 10.00% ABV. (4.75 / 5.0) Belgian Ale--Quadrupel. Mild head. Clear bright rich amber color. Spicy Belgian coriander mild hop front. Rich thick sweet mellow Belgian body. Rich fruit apple grapefruit banana mild yeast notes. Hot rich lingering mild hop end. Sampled 8/31/2003.
2006--22 oz. Bottle. 10.00% ABV--10 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Belgian Ale--Quadruppel. 2 @ $6.49 Each. Mild lace head. No sediment. Hazy tan Amber color. Thickish pour. Malty Belgian Candy mild hop front. Cloying malty rich mild caramel mellow Belgian Candy fruit ester spice body. Clean tangy Belgian Spice end. Big malty tasty Quad. Sampled 3/1/2008.
2007 22 oz. Bottle. 10.00% ABV--10 IBU’s. (4.5 / 5.0) Belgian Ale--Quadruppel. 6 @ $5.69 Each. No head, lace, sediment. Clear thin bright amber red color. Spicy Belgian candy malt spice front. Mild sweet thick smooth mild creamy tangy Belgian candy caramel malt body. Smooth Belgian ester end. Sampled 11/4/2007.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Ruddy amber brew with decent off-white head. Nice piquant, spicy phenolic-inspired aroma with prick of clove and some cherry medicinals. Medium-bodied, strong, but alcohol is well masked. Cleanly phenolic flavors, again with some mild antiseptic notes and cherry and dark fruit.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home, I forget who sent it my way, sorry! A decent beer overall, but not my favorite quad. The fruit overtones were just a bit too much and the malty sweetness overpowered some of the yeast character that I like finding in the style. This is the first beer by Avery I can honestly say I enjoyed, but my store has a very limited selection of their products, so please don’t take offence Avery! Definately worth drinking for the rating, but probably not something I would buy again.
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