4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Birra unica nel suo genere dal colore marrone scuro con schiuma bianca e cremosa. l’aroma è di malto caramellato, tostato e luppolo. In bocca la dolcezza del malto viene equilibrata dal tostato in un alternanza di sapori frutti scuri, cioccolato, crosta di pane... Buonissima
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Got the 6pack from ebay, and drunk the first one yesterday. Brown redish color, with a lovely medium to large brownish head. The carbonation is absolutely perfect, it’s soft although medium. Taste is maybe slightly too sweet for me, and still with a low bitterness. Everything’s in the aroma: spices, wood, fruits, herbs, toast, alcohol and maybe also cheese. As it is my first quadrupel, I’m still getting used to it and I wouldn’t give a score of 5, because the alcohol aroma is to high for me.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
I like the complexity, but the final taste isn’t quite the perfect beer. Pretty freaking close, though.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
BOTTLE at Darkness Day 10/22/2011.
Dark fruit, nutty/toffee and yeast. Silky smooth.
4.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Simply the best beer I’ve ever tasted. The taste is characteristic and pleasant. The beer is contained in a traditional bottle and the beer itself has a very dark color. It smells fresh and you taste the malt. Therafter it tastes fruity.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, from Bruges Beer Festival. Pours a dark brown with a beige head. Smells spicy, yeasty, some dark fruit, lots of malt. Tastes a heavy sweet, a mild tart, some cinnamon. Active carbonation. Finishes mildly bitter. Full bodied. Creamy texture.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
its a very good one but its a hype, seeing st bernadus abt12 only on place 43 wich is supposed to be on one. let them both ripe for a couple of years drink them and u will see
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle at Amundsen Bryggeri & Spiseri, Oslo. Served in a Trappistes Rochefort chalice. Deep amber colour. Small light beige head that turns into stable foam islands. It’s probably hard to rate this beer in an ’unbiased’ way, considering the status and ’hype’ surrounding it. First impressions are not overwhelming - to me this is not an ’OMG, fantastic’ brew. It has a complex, quite alcoholic nose, but also rather restrained. With the first sip, however, I start to realize the greatness. It probably has all aroma elements that I have ever tasted in beers (except smoke and barnyard). There’s caramel, herbs, dried figs, raisins, fruits of all kinds (grapefruit, orange, banana, pear), resin, licorice. And its all in perfect balance, so perfect and complex that its hard to discern individual aroma elements. It starts off quite sweet, then a wave of herbal bitterness, and finally a mildly bittersweet finish. The alcohol is noticeable, but blends in like in a fine sherry. The body is full, yet the mouthfeel is surprisingly fluffy, making it easily drinkable without being ’light’ or watery whatsoever. A remarkable brew for those contemplative moments.
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