La Trappe Quadrupel

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

The aroma is full of malt, yeast and fruit. The flavor is similar, it also has figs and prunes. It’s very dark with a good head.

Bottle (330ml). Poured hazy deep bronze with a good sized, dense, foamy, off-white head which was mostly lasting. Aroma had strong notes of chocolate coated banana lollies with sweet yeasty malts, sticky Christmas pudding notes, toffee, maple syrup, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla. Flavor was of smooth chewy caramel malts with chocolate coated banana’s, fruit cake, maple syrup, light yeasty notes and a spicy (cinnamon, cloves and vanilla) warming finish. Well rounded and smooth with a well hidden alcohol content. Full bodied with a soft to medium carbonation, a syrupy texture, creamy/dry mouthfeel and a great finish.

Draught. Novare Res. Portland ME Best beer I had last night. Solid candy sugar fruit flavours. Again poor head retention which may be the system at the bar. I purchased it under the name Koenings Hoeven Quad.

Koningshoeven bottle, at long last I finally pick this up as opposed to misremembering and grabbing the dubbel. Too bad, as the dubbel is a better brew in my opinion. Medium towards dark amber, head faded moderately quickly. Aroma was sort of a typical Belgian malt thing going on, a slight yeast note, faint apricot in the back as it warmed. Flavor was medium level malts, a touch of apricot fruitiness, a bit of warming alcohol. The carbonation was high, unfortunately giving a carbonic bite as opposed to a refreshing spritziness. It seemed out of kilter with the rest of the brew. I was hoping for some complexity to emerge, but instead as it warmed, more sugary notes started to come through. In the end, just didn’t enjoy this much. May benefit from aging, as this was only a 2007 bottle (I think).

750ml bottle, Labeled as Koningshoeven Quadrupel. Pours hazy amber in color with full foamy off white head. Aroma sweet, yeasty and fruit. Taste sweet, fruit and spicey with dry finish.

This beer pours a cloudy amber body with a nice big vanilla coloured head. The one thing i noticed about this beer is how sweet it was. lots of caramel, toffee and vanilla with a floral fragrance. plenty of ripe fruit character and spice as well.

33cl bottle from Total Wine Tampa. Pours a dark reddish-brown with a one finger white tan-head that dissipates quickly but provides lacing on the glass. Aroma is malty, syrupy, sweet with notes of pear and complex cheese and spice. Flavor is caramel, toffee, maple syrup, and candy sugar. 10% ABV is well-hidden in the malted barley. Finish is sweet and syrupy with a somewhat lingering nature. Nice trappist ale.

Golden yellow with thin white head. Aroma of fruit, banana and light alcohol. Taste of ripe brown bananas, fruit, caramel with next to no bitterness. Mild dryness with a bit of an alcohol chaser feel to it. Not bad bit a bit too one dimensional taste wise.