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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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 jpm30 (1588), East Central, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 28, 2008  
11.2 oz. slender trappist style bottle, coded freshness date on the back label, sampled in a tulip glass. L: Hazy reddish brown with a robust pale tan head of bubbly topped, frothy foam that slowly settled into a thin creamy skim. A good deal of splotchy curtain-like lace circles the glass. S: Raisins, dates, plums, nutty banana bread and earthy spices, along with traces of clove and pepper. A light whiff of alcohol in the nose. F&T: Crisp moderate body, smooth and slightly creamy, this is a pleasant sipper. Fruity flavors of raisins, figs and plums that are bolstered by tastes of earth peppery spices, nuts, dark brown bread and candied sugar. The finish has a soft spiciness bitterness and is alcoholic dry. A really nice quadrupel, comforting on a cold rainy winter night.


 mvcramer (229), Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/514/20
Jan 24, 2008  
Draft at Monks in Brookline. Gorgeous brown color that I’d expect in a quad. Aroma was on the sweet side, malty, with just a touch of dried fruit. Beautiful mouthfeel... glides across your palate. Yeast aroma is present but doesn’t dominate. Great beer.


Canuckistani (41), Dundas, Ontario, Canada
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/520/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Bottle. Wonderful brew; picked up a six-pack in a Dutch grocery store. Short review for when I have another bottle and can review as I type. Yeasty, spicy fluffy feel, well hidden alcohol, orangey, plummy taste.


 Goodgrief (1144), Middletown, Delaware, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/510/20
Jan 20, 2008  
March 2006 - Wow...I don’t get the hype around this beer...AT ALL. Pour was that of dark apple juice. Very little murkiness or darkness. Flavor was sickly sweet...and that of candied sugar...very little dark fruit or complexity...maybe some apples. Tasted like a "fake quad", akin to Avery the Rev or something else. I didn’t dig this AT ALL.


giberti (4), Rochester, Minnesota, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of La Trappe Quadrupel does not count
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Jan 17, 2008  
This might be as close to perfection as I have found. I’ve never been a huge fan of Belgian ales - but after trying this one, I’m hooked. I’ll be brewing something like this for my next homebrew.


 Cryotek (206), Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 17, 2008  
Konings bottle- Light maly yeast aroma. Dark amber, dark honey color. A little sweet, a little fruity, maybe thick oragne and plummy with some light spice. Alc is well hidden. Pleasent mouth feel, easy to drink for a srong beer. Good, but not elite.


 gmonroe10 (172), Netherlands
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Jan 16, 2008  
Bottle. Dark color and medium fluffy head- seems to be a La Trappe head. Aroma of malts and definately sweet and fruity. Full flavor, but alcohol overpowering and too much at the end- not as smooth or as balanced as other quadrupels


 ha1ag (415), Maastricht, Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 16, 2008  
bottled from AH in Mestreech. dark orange colour, medium fluffy beige head, caramel plum in the nose. Aroma has malts and caramel with fruity flavour. Alcohol comes through very clearly. very nicely composed complex beer, a little less alcohol would make it perfect



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