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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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 kempicus (350), Wellington, New Zealand
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/518/20
Sep 14, 2007  
pours an medium amber colour with acreamy off white head, lovely warming syrupy beer remeniscient of dark plums.


marcbé (86), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/105/515/20
Sep 14, 2007  
Pours a dark but clear copper color, with a thin white head. Soft nose of plum, raisin and banana, some alcohol is percertive in the end. Fizzy but creamy in texture, it taste like a banana and chocolate cake. Avery soft bitterness came in the finish. I can’t taste any alcohol. Warming!!!


brianbuntz (49), Santa Monica, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 11, 2007  
Poured from a 1-pint-9.4-fl.oz. bottle. Nice hazelnut color and fruit aroma and flavors: apple, golden raisin, apricot, etc. matched with spice. There is a yeasty, bread dough quality with a slight hoppy edge. Big malts and an alcohol flavor. Frankly, there are trappist beers that hide alcohol better, but this is still better than most.


nihar (68), Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 11, 2007  
Very fruity aroma.. pours with a thick white head that lingers on... very thick texture with plenty of alcohol... doesn’t hide alcohol either... taste is mildly fruity with a bitter finish...


 Strykzone (1458), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 10, 2007  
Purchased as Konings Hoeven Quadrupel. What a beer! Amazing amount of malt and fruit in both flavor and aroma. Plenty of alcohol as well. It feels thick and almost syrupy in the mouth. The large amounts of fruit and alcohol give a brandy feel. This would be a great beer with on a cold winter night with a fire in the fireplace. This beer is bold, unpretentious, and quite delicious.


 dankman38 (228), Somewhere in, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 3, 2007  
This is my least favorite of the Trappist Quads. (so far). It isn’t a bad beer at all but is kind of lacluster when compared to other beers like it.


 RiverHorse (454), New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 3, 2007  
Pours a nutty light brown color into the trappist glass. The color was cloudy with a small light tan head and a clingy inch of lacing. The scent was of alcohol, raisins, malt and some yeast. The taste was a big hit of raisins and malt up front with some cloying sweetness in the back. A sticky, nutty mouthfeel and sweetness gave way to a doughy, bread like aftertaste. A fullfilling quad.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Nov 7, 2009

Name: Koenigshoeven Quadrupel Trappist
Date: April 20, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear brown, thin tan head
Aroma: rich sweet malt aroma
Flavor: lots of rich malt flavor, touch of alcohol fumes, hint of fruity

Name: La Trappe Quadrupel
Date: August 11, 2006
Mode: bottle
Words: aged
Appearance: muddy brown, whispy beige head
Aroma: oxidized ripe fruit aroma
Body: thin body
Flavor: nice sweet fruity flavor, light bitterness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Name: Koenigshoeven Quadrupel Trappist
Date: January 02, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, lots of fruity esters, light spicyness
Flavor: rich and sweet malt flavor, very fruity, just a hint of spicyness or bitterness

Name: Koenigshoeven Quadrupel Trappist
Date: March 07, 2009
Mode: draft
Words: leon’s decatur
sweet and fruity, rich and tooty,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Name: La Trappe Quadrupel
Date: April 18, 1997
Mode: Bottle
Source: DC
Vintage: 1995
Appearance: cloudy amber, lasting thin tan head of fine bubbles
Aroma: rich malt aroma with subtle flora hops
Flavor: rich aged malt flavor followed by underlying bitterness



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