La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged Batch #11

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands

Serve in Trappist glass

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Sample @ Brugge Bierfest ’13. Acajou présentant un léger trouble col beige fin. Arôme est malté et grillé, léger effluve de chêne, pointe de caramel, torréfié-grillé. Le tout garde ce bouquet type de Quad avec un petit côté fruité rouge, caramélisé vin. Palais est agréable avec une présence certaine de barrique et chêne et ce profil fruité noir qui ajoute une certaine épaisseur de fin de bouche. L’alcool contribue a un palais qui reste généralement chaud, le tout étant doux voire sucré par certains malts résiduels-cristal. Note de levure sur la fin pour une effervescence moyenne. Le tout se retrouve condensé sur un profil fruité rouge de Malbec qui rend un léger vin rouge.

500 cL corked caged bottle from Capone’s. Pours ruddy turbid chestnut with minimal tan head. Nose is very oaky, fruity, with old aley earthiness, and some nutty hints. Tastes oaky, tannic, with flavors of spirits, earthy funky malt, figgy fruit, and nuts. Complex palate that stays dry and woody, but not as fruity as some of the other vintages.

375 ml. corked & caged bottle shared @ home // exclusive, yet very expensive brew purchased @ Hopduvel // this one is also aged on Malbec barrels like the #10 // both this one & #10 were rather disappointing, I hope that it is the barrels or maybe these beers need more age on them? // I hope that they haven’t lost their touch – the ones before the Malbec barrels were magnificent, I hope #12 will supply answers, I still need to do #9 which is another Malbec one, meh // pours a brownish amber with a light red berries glow, little fizzy head, indicates little carbonation // smell is molasses, flat coca-cola, caramel, overripe fruits, sweet old bakery, sugar, very cheap sweet red wine, nuts // taste is sweet sugar, syrup, sauce, some molasses, very cheap sweet red wine, wood, overripe fruits, banana, overripe berries, flat coca-cola, some bitter herbs in the back, booze // too flat, messy // hope it’s the Malbec that doesn’t do the trick for me // when are we getting Tequila BA La Trappe Quadrupel?

Bottle 375ml. corked.

[ Trade by Rene ]. Unclear medium red amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dried fruit, wood - oak, light vanilla. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, wood - oak, caramel, dried fruit, dry, oak. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20121116]

Pours a muddy brown. Aroma is sweet, wine like, almonds. Taste is also sweet, with the grapes of the wine showing through. Finish is dry and sweet. Very different from the unoaked version, and in my opinion, not as good.

Kobber klar skum hvid Bær malt,gær Bitter lidt sød meget Sirup 16/11-12@ F1

Bottle @ FOneFan. Dark amber with small tan head. Aroma is malt, dark fruits, yeast, plume, oak, wood, little vanilla and a little rip fruit. Flavour is malt, yeast, dark fruits, plume, medium sweet, oak, wood, caramel, hop, rip fruit and notes of alcohol.

Bottle @ "Det er meget mørkt i Ulfborg", November 2012. Pours ruby amber with a small creamy head. Nose is bubblegum, dark fruit, caramel and oak. Sweet and vinous. Very sippable and tasty. Full bodied.

Corked bottle. Dark amber color. Oak, marzipan and bubblegum in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with oak, vinous notes, marzipan. The complexity is there, but the beer is very sweet. Bubble gum in the finish.

Bottle at yespr. Cloudy orange-red coloured with a small off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits and marzipan with notes of oak and vanilla. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits, oak and vanilla. Sweet finish.