La Trappe Quadrupel

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

Bottle. Heavy malt aromas of dark bread, roasted and caramel, light herbs for the hops, and moderate yeast notes of earth and dough, with toffee, alcohol and solvent. Head is small, wispy white, with fair lacing and is fully diminishing. Color is clear flat copper. Flavor starts heavily sweet and lightly acidic, then finishes moderately sweet, lightly bitter and a touch sour. Palate is medium, creamy and chewy and has a very soft carbonation. It finishes lightly alcoholic. Slightly out of balance flavors but mostly a very good Quadrupel.

Dumped this into a trapist glass and a nice golden sudsy head.It leaves a ring of laceing all along the sides of the glass. The color is very cloudy due to all of the yeast particles that are in it making it a cloudy redish orange. As i put my nose to it the aroma is so strong with a lot of dark fruits and bitter hops and malt. As i sip on it the flavor is very creamy and sweet with a bitter after taste of rum and candy. There is alot of complexity to this with a varity of fruits and candy malt.

Yummy. Very mild, almost no head. Reddish color. Smooth mouthfeel. Sweetness is seductively easy to drink. Candy, some light spice. Alcohol is nowhere to be found. Bitterness is secondhand and mellow. Overall, an extremely pleasurable beer to drink!

Pours murky orange in the glass with thin off white head. Mild dark fruit aroma. Flavor of light sweetness, that is not overpowering. Candy, dark fruits, and spices noted. Thought this was around 7-8% not 10%, alcohol hidden. Good beer.

We had it at a French bistro under the name Koningshoeven Quadrupel. Roasty, caramel flavor with a lighter body. The food I was eating took center stage (it was delicious) and overshadowed my experience with this beer. I’ll have to give it another try before adequately rating it.

A dangerously drinkable quad. Haven’t had one of these for a while. Aroma of dark fruit...plum and fig mostly. Pour was a nice murky burnt orange with a generous 3 finger tan head. Taste was great..again mostly fig and plum with a hint of malt. A little yeast character in there, but not overwhelming. The alcohol is hidden incredibly. Sometimes this style is either too alcoholic or too sweet. This balances everything perfectly.

Poured from a 750 bottle into a goblet. Murky brown with a thin whitish head. Pleasant aroma of yeast. fig, malt and fruit. Smooth with a slight carbonated mouthfeel. Luscious flavors with good complexity and depth. Caramel malt and sugar with ever so light hops. Very good quad on this cold winter night.

bouteille brune de 12.2oz. à l’ouverture le bière déborda, elle a une belle couleur cuivrée-orangé légèrement trouble, la mousse est compacte épaisse et durable, le nez est tout en épices, très invitant et piquant. la bouche est chaleureuse ronde, piquante, épicé à souhait. une grande bière.