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La Trappe Quadrupel

La Trappe Quadrupel - Abt/Quadrupel

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Tilburg, Netherlands

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
11183.8/5.03.8/5.0Winter10%80.2Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
The strongest of the special beers. Its flavor is full, mild and pleasantly bitter. Quadrupel is presently available in the autumn, is bottled by the year and is perfect company for those long winter evenings.
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TreborWhip (67), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 3, 2009  
750ml bottle poured into a tulip glass. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get a head on this ale. The body was a beautiful reddish-brown. The alcohol was warming and pleasant and went well with the sweetness of fruits and spices. I agree that this was more barleywine-like than I expected.


 Boystout (900), Chisinau, Moldova
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/105/518/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Found somewhere in Odessa, Ukraine. A real gentle giant: fruity, malty, caramelly, sweet and very intense all the way. Alcohol is persistent but it is so warming and delicate. Nice.


 tomer (365), Rishon Le Zion, Israel
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 28, 2009  
.33L bottle, small pale coffee coloured head, deep dark orange colour which is a touch hazy, malty aroma with notes of dates, figs, brown sugar, vanila pod and some fruits, fruity sweetness with some banana and dates presence, also some light caramel, alcoholic presence but not overpowering and turning suprisingly and pleasantly sour, syrupy texture and coating your mouth. A pleasure.


 floydian1 (255), FNQ, Australia
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/515/20
Sep 23, 2009  
330ml bottle into eponymous branded Trappist glass. The beer pours a translucent dark brown with a dark red hue and a medium lingering tan head that provides excellent lacing. Complex aromas of caramel, burnt brown sugar, figs, plums, vanilla bean, cherry-flavoured cough syrup, alcohol and warming peppery spices. Tastes not as sweet as the nose would suggest with a rich full body and a syrupy mouthfeel. Certainly plenty going on here to keep you occupied. A pleasure to drink - the slower the better.


 drjay44 (757), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 21, 2009  
750 ml. bottle. Pours a exuberant off white head, minimal lacing, over a clear, amber (SRM 13-15) body......nose heavy with fruity esters including plum,dried cherry, bit of Belgian funk, toffee, caramel.....taste is sweet initially and throughout, with balancing dried fruits including cherry, raisin, bit of pepper, finishing slightly dry and with mild hop bitterness....mouth feel is medium, body surprisingly light, carbonation medium. This is a nice example of the style, fruity esters dominate, alcohol is obvious, sweetness is slightly subdued, hop balance is used with a light hand. The BJCP has called this more "Barley Wine" in style, I can’t get to there from here.


 ljay6880 (132), , Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 19, 2009  
12 oz bottle served in a tulip glass. Pour looks brownish, but when held up, is really deep amber. Four thick fingers of wet, light tan river foam set atop of this brew. Nose is not overbearing at all, it’s mostly Belgian yeast and some light spice. Taste is quite pleasing. The yeast is prevalent, with the spices dancing around your tongue as the finish turns into a warming sensation in the chest. There is also something sweet that surfaces about 30 seconds after the swallow … not really sure, but I think it is candied sugar. Although most of the categories won’t get the highest of marks, I really enjoyed this one. Great companion to a chilly evening!


 LanceUppercut (104), Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 18, 2009  
A nose of raisins, yeast, sugars and pear. The taste is of yeast, sugars, mint and fermented fruit - at least you get a hint of those flavors before a massive taste of amaretto/björnklister/marzipan takes over completely. Too much alcohol in the finish. I probably shouldn’t have opened this already. It’s not awful, but it clearly doesn’t live up to my expectations. I have one more bottle in the cellar = rerate in a year or so.


 Fratto (670), Arlington, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/53/102/515/20
Sep 17, 2009  
Seemed like the alcohol content was forced - ABV over taste and texture. Pretty good, but could have been much better.



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