La Trappe Quadrupel

On tap at Volo! Poured a rich amber, with a minimal white head. A lovely aroma of vanilla, bananas and honey wafted enticingly upwards. Upfront, the taste is very sweet and fruity, with the alcohol more dominant towards the end of the sip. The texture is oily and rich, but with less than average carbonation. A very decent beer, but I think I’ll stick to my supply of St Bernardus.

This is my first knowing quadrupel, and with this beer I may forget I’ve had one again. Strong but hidden well. A 3 year old bottle. Very special, this was a brother birthday beer and i can see why. Just laughing about aged beer (and whether ageing is a word or is it aging which sounds and looks stupid. I thought he’d know but birthday treat is doing it’s job) and how I could never age a beer like him. With something this nice in my house I would have to drink it. Gorgeous. And do not drink this if you operate heavy machinery, deliver babies, fly planes, deliver post, even serve kebabs. There would be onions everywhere. Cats and dogs living toegether, mass hysteria. Smells fantastic. Not educated enough to pick individual flavours but it’s very impressive. Colour is very nice, not only do I lack the vocabulary to describe it, I’m now on the way to being too drunk to have it described to me. Very very nice, not for the faint hearted. Who dares gins the SAS say, not if they drink la trappe quadrupel ha ha. My cheese sense is tingling...It’s not that a beer like this is wasted on me because I appreciate it’s perfection, I just lack the talk to make you understand. Very good, I’ve been treated tonight.

(bottle): Pours a dark orange color. Foamy whitish head, big & lasting. Very floral, very fruity, some spices, some dark fruit. Very sweet smelling. Fruity tasting, spices.

750 ml bottle with the Koningshoeven label. Pours a stunning sunset mahogany, teeming with pollenlike floaties. Drippy lace tails follow the deflating airy ecru head. Anise, pear, and vanilla scents comprise the first wave aromatics. Ensuing bouquet of bubblegum and bananas, candied fruits and marzipan, lychee and salt, and the heady sweetness of mothballs and denatured alcohol. Flavor comes through crisp and barely sweet, spicy and yeasty, evoking walnuts, rosemary, mango, and caramel. Intense and warm, yet still soft, ethanol character. Actually quite light and thin, considering the beer’s heft. Near-eternal aftertaste of strawberry Chapstick, cantaloupe, chocolate, and metallic “tang.” Comprehensibly complex and enjoyable, but also mild-mannered, inhibited, and pastel… a nubile nymph who won’t go past second base.

http://www.moonlightbridal.com/frontend/proddetail.asp?pn=H9807&co=10000324ours an amber/ chestnut brown with thick, foamy yellowish beige head. Aroma of plum, raisin, fig, chocolate, roasted malt and strong alohol. Sweet up front with taste of dark berries, chocolate and a strong maltiness foloowed by a dry sweet alcohol finish. Very Good!

Had great expectations to this one, being my favorite style and all. Muddy brown look with a bubbling brown head. Aroma is very intense. Alchohol, darkfruits and portwine on the posetive side. Also had some metallic eartheren notes that i wasnt too found of. At first the flavor is as great as expected. Powerfull flavor of alchohol, sweet fruity notes, wine and portwine, but towards the end the alchohol kinda takes over and gives the brew a vodka like finish that wasnt too suitable. Sparkling mouthfel.

Tasted 22. Nov -07. A lot of smell with some kind of sweetness, maybe honey and port wine, not Sure. Tasted a lot of nuts in it. A bit to sweet and overwhelming alcohol for me.

Bottle at Fonnefeesten Lokeren. My first La Trappe. Overwhelming aroma, very complex but in harmony. Fruit & spices, sugar and malt. Full body, average carbonation. Overall a great Abt.