4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at craft ale house. Pours hazy brown without head, light carbonation. The aroma Is loaded with brown sugar, fig, plum, and a bit of booze. The taste has a nice sweetness that develops into a raison and fig flavor. The alcohol is well hidden. The palate is sticky and delightful.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
341mL thanks to GT2. Muddy dark brown pour. Thicker beige foam. Older bottle, probably 5-6 years old. Maple syrup, honey, bourbon, cinnamon nose. Taste is maple honey bourbon. A bit boozy, vanilla. Man this is good. Tastes like a Toblerone minus the chocolate, just the praline and almond aftertaste. Great mouthfeel, not too sticky like I was expecting. I could get drunk on this! Drunk out of a Westvleteren chalice FTW.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bouteille 341 ml de l’Empire du Malt - Clermont-Ferrand (F). Linceul brun-roux, mousse ocre pâle mortuaire. Parfum malté fruité, alcool, caramel-mélasse, esters puissants. Le goûr est intense de malt costaud, mélasse, chocolat, pruneaux secs, fruits mûrs, riche et rond. Bière crémeuse, très sucrée, peu amère mais bonne à réveiller un ..
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Très légèrement translucide, semble plutôt mince à l’œil. Col de mousse anémique. Relativement discrète à l’odeur, elle évoque néanmoins le rude hiver québécois et la neige poudreuse. On note aussi du chocolat et de la gomme balloune. Très légèrement aqueuse, épicée et boisée, presque piquante. Un peu de chêne, encore plus de sucre cuit ; on perçoit même des agrumes en tout début de gorgée. Surprenante sur le contrôle de l’alcool, et effervescence tout en douceur. Un petit peu de métal. Elle est étonnamment accessible pour une bière si costaude. Saveurs bien équilibrées, le bois domine, le tout est assez enchanteur. Une petite mort que l’on veut répéter.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This was a really great beer. Pours an unfiltered dark brown, almost black. Lots of dried fruit, malt, and brown sugar aromas going on. Big flavor, rich and robust but the abv is well hidden. I was really impressed with this brew. It definitely is reminiscent of some of the fine trappist beers.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pretty spectacular beer. Pours a deep, murky reddish brown. Very nice aromas of dried fruit, apple, and caramel. Raisins and prune flavours, a touch of sour cherry. Hops, booze, and maybe some coffee too. Totally awesome.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from latest vintage (2012). Thanks to me. Intense malty/red fruity aromas emanate from this deep brown brew. It is topped by a small but persistent head that leaves some heavy lacing. Taste-wise is it malty but not cloyingly so. Flavors of plums, malt, chocolate and bread make the experience so complete. This is a world league quad, one that should be respected and I echo the brewers’ wish that it should be aged for at least six months as I just experienced empirically!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Smak och doft av karamell, trä, hounug, marsipan, madiera. Mycket kolsyra, oljig i konsistensen med portvinskaraktär. Mycket god och sammansatt.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
35,5 cl bottle @ O’Hara’s Freehouse. Rated on 05.03.2010
Aroma has raisins, ripe fruits, malty notes and some brown sugar. Flavour is sweetish with raisins, ripe fruits, caramel, malty notes and hints of brown sugar. Warming alcohol in the finish. Feels very Belgian for a Canadian beer. Probably the best quad outside Belgium.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
DDC is always great. Really rich robust flavorful quad with little to no evidence of the 10.5% abv. Lightly sweet and very nutty and raisiny.
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