Ferre

Brewed by Brouwerij Maenhout
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Meulebeke, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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UPDATED: FEB 18, 2013 2/II/13 - 75cl bottle @ Brugs Bierfestival 2013 - BB: n/a (2013-121)

Clear amber beer, creamy yellowish head, pretty stable, adhesive, nice lacing. Aroma: fruity, sweet, some raisins, sweet malts, grains, hay, sugary, some clay. MF: ok carbon, full body. Taste: pretty sugary, sweet, some dried fruits, little bitter, some citrus, bready. Aftertaste: little bitter, sugary, dried fruits, alcohol, citric touch, bit sweet.

75 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden deep orange with a small off white head. Aroma is toffee toasted malt and light caramelish. Sweet, caramelish and light bitter. Mild fruity too. Sweet caramelish far finish.

Bottle sampled @ Brugs Bier Festival 2013. Hazy fox orange with a tanned head, nicely coating the inside of the glass. Nose is perfume, overripe fruits, sugar, herbs, touch cake. Taste is sweet fermenting overripe fruits, herbs, caramel, candy sugar, quite a bit of alcohol, probably more than should be, cake, syrup,… Bit sticky, agreeable to my being.

Sample @ Brugge Bierfest ’13. Orangé tropical, col blanc-beige. Arôme est houblonné renfermé, herbacée, possible touche citronnée avec un résiduel malté-caramel le tout ponctué de qcq notes herbacées et de levure en rétro-nasal. Impression de fruit noirs macérés restant trop en retrait. Palais est caramel, sucré, le tout est assez faible pour une bière vendue en tant que Quad, pour moi, reste faiblarde se rapprochant plus d’une jeune triple voire double avec un résiduel sucré trop présent. Pas mauvaise, mais une finition qui empêche vraiment le profil Quad de prendre toute sa place.

Good mango-yellow head, stable, over copper-amber beer. Grassy-herbal-spicy; EU hops. Bit cakey malts in the background, but very faint; Sweet, bit of liquorice, dry wood hints, but the syrupiness of restsugars + alcohol make it demure. Light hint at sweet cherries or cherry liqueur. Warming up, some citrus/orange flavours. Slick to syrupy, oily, if not cloying. Not one to drink cold. Only warmed up a bit, it becomes a "quadrupel" for real.