La Trappe Quadrupel

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

330 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 10%. Deep amber to copper colour. Rich, very big and lasting off-white head. Lovely vinous aroma, also notes of brown candy sugar, caramel and various spices. The flavour is very rich and sweet, with plenty of malts, brown sugar and spices. Moderate hops in the finish.

Yep er doodle, had this at Brugge Point, high class area of Pgh. 11 oz bottle. Pour, by ’tender, into a flute is slightly cloudy iced tea but I don’t see any gunlk on the bottom of the bottle. 8$. nice clean trapppist aroma which encompasses a belgie little candy sweetness. Good carbonation, reminds me of the feel of Orval. Taste is strong like a strong beer but certainly nothing like the 10% indicted here. Hides this content well. Decently strong belgie that is more refined than most 10% belgies, especially the american versions. Alky does become more apparrent and annoying towards the end of the session.

Poured from the bottle into a double-walled pint glass. Pour produced a cloudy nut-brown body, topped by a full, quickly diminishing tan head of foam. Pleasant, sweet aroma, with a good malt character.Good mouthfeel with a crisp effervesance and an initial sweetness, followed by the slight warmness of alcohol at the back of the throat, though not quite as bitter as the description would suggest.

Currently my favorite beer. It’s all about the richness of taste and aroma with the perfectly balanced notes of fruit. Almost too delicious and drinkable given the strength.

Poured a clear brownish red tint with small white head. Aroma is malty and sweet. Smooth silky mouthfeel with a tart dry flavor. I really enjoyed this beer and the aftertaste is the best part. Palate is not in same league as Rochefort but aftertaste is better.

A slight foam builds after releasing the cap. Clear dark ruby color with a slight white tan head that recedes to a thin cap quickly. Nose is dark candi sugar and a malty profile. Falvor is heavy prunes, tart finish. Very classic flavors and a nice prickly carbonation lifts the sweet caramelly malt off the tongue for the finish.

Koenigs hoevens 750 ml purchased in Boston. Pours to nice body with minimal head. Overall a decent a beer

330ml bottle BB sometime in 2010. Let it warm up before serving. Poured straight into my official La Trappe challce; small tight off-white head rises and stays strong, atop a dense-looking deep bronze body. Aroma is big and rich, fruitcake-like with notes of plum, liquorice, dark brown sugar, cocoa, earthy spice and boozy sherry. Body matches the aroma, with a dense texture, sticky and sweet, creamy carbonation with a good indication of the abv on the way down. Plenty of dark brown sugar on the way down, hints of cherry and plum, honey, figs, raisin, clove and vanilla, some wood and bread, touch of grass even. Finishes quite boozy with a lingering dry bitterness that seems to balance things out just the slightest. Very nice indeed. Wouldn’t dare consider putting in the league of Chimay or Rochefort, its seems to be going in a different direction altogether...drier I guess would be the word i’m looking for, which seems to make the hops and alcohol stand out more than its dark Trappist brothers. But I enjoy(ed) it thoroughly!