Boulevard Smokestack Series - The Sixth Glass Quadrupel

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Serve in Trappist glass

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750ml bottle. Pours a hazy mahogany with an aggressive light tan head. Woodsy nose with a touch of pear and fig. Medium body. Nice blend of complex fruit with a slight sweetness followed by a crisp dry slightly hot finish. Carbonation seems a tad bit high but overall very drinkable.

Caged and Corked 750ml, I bought today at Holiday Wine Cellar. Pours ruby orange with a thin tan head. Nose is sweet. Taste is sweet, although a bit hot, fruity flavors abound in the taste. This is a tasty beer, but lacks the complexity I’d like to see in the style.

Pours dark amber with a nice off white head. Aroma is vinous and sweet. Flavor follows through with sweetness and spice and raisins. Nice full body. Finishes a little dry. Solid beer.

Pours auburn with tall chunky manila head that lasts a while but finally fades to a much thinner layer to leave some lacing. Aroma is raisins, prunes, sweet pickles, caramel, pungent vanilla, sweet anise coockies and cloves, a good amount of alcohol in the nose as well. Flavor is fruit cake, brown sugar, caramel, cloves, licorice. A little less yeasty than the other quads I’ve had but the great malt complexities are there, mouthfeel is a little thinnner too.

Pours a rusty reddish brown with a fluffy off-white head that lasts forever. Looks better than lots of other US Quads, with tons of bubbles crawling up the glass and bubbly head. Aroma of pears, raisin, brown sugar, cinnemon, vanilla, wheat, light clove, light banana, and perhaps some bread dough. Starts initially with a phenolic fruity sensation, but tastes predominantly malty. Flavors of brown sugar, maple, caramel, pears, cloves, light banana, and a bit of booze. Flavors come together well. Finishes with cinnemon spice and clove, fading to toasted sweetened bread aftertaste. Medium bodied, high carbonation that does the classic Belgian quads justice, and creamy enough. Sweet, but not sticky. Pretty balanced in all elements to me; I can see why others say "age it" but it’s not like it suffers from freshness now. Good stuff, I love the cinnemon finish.

750 ml bottle from bev4less. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. The aroma was strong with raisins, dates, prunes, cola and a touch of alcohol. The taste was similar to the aroma with the sweet dark fruits dominating and a bit of alcohol showing. The mouthfeel was smooth but no creamy and the carbonation came across as harsh at times. The finish was medium in duration with lingering dark fruits. Overall: This one tasted a bit young and underdeveloped, I should sock a bottle away for about six months and re-rate.

Reddish brown colors with a nice pungent aroma. Flavors are of strong apple cider, dried fruits, roasted malt, yeast, and caramel. Bubbly and medium palate. Well balanced and tasty. Alcohol is lightly noticable but well integrated.

(bottle from pepesican)orange/brown body with a nice light brown head.aroma is orange peel,cinnamon,belgian yeast,green apples,and alcohol heat.flavor is much of the same with some bananas,brown sugar,wheat bread,and a slight alcohol finish.pretty damn tasty stuff.

Bottle from Windy City. Deep amber in color. Looks well carbonated. Good sized beige head. Dark fruit aroma with a bit of yeast and spices. Some alcohol. Prickly mouthfeel. Spicy dark fruit flavors dominate. A little alcohol in the finish.

Batch 68081. Pours with a huge, creamy, off-white head that leaves good lacing and has great retention. Hazy deep amber body (too light in color for the style). Aroma of figs, brandy, cinnamon, black cherry and a slight sour note. Taste is very rich with strong brandy, light spices, and dark fruits everywhere. Mouthfeel is syrupy with light, natural bubbles. Not completely to style.