La Trappe Quadrupel

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

This belgian pours with a deep amber body topped by a medium thick, off-white head with some lacing. The aroma is sweet and malty with a caramel note, a nice spiciness and notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet and sugary with a slight spiciness and a touch of alcohol. Full bodied, surprisingly smooth and a touch dry.

Koningshoeven bottle, aged about one year. Pours mostly clear, dark reddish-amber in color. Fat, effervescent bubbles pool into a thick, foamy blanket that sticks around for a good while. Soapy sheet lacing breaks apart and drips back into the body, scant spots remaining behind to dry. Big aromas of candy sugar, caramel, dates and figs are first to hit. A creamy wave of vanilla sugar and lactose is son to follow. Perfumy flowers lend spicy depth and complexity to the nose. Flavors are rich and mostly sweet, a myriad of dark, sugary fruit variations playing off of one another. Notes of hazelnut, maple, candied pears, vanilla and cream enhance the decadent, dessert-like taste. A substantial, creamy body finishes of the sticky side, but the 10% ABV is almost completely concealed, making it dangerously drinkable. This is a very nice brew, but it is not in the league of it’s elite Trappist brethren, most notably Rochefort and Westy.

Bottled. Brown with beige head. Aroma and flavor of caramel, roasted malts, coffee, dried fruit and chocolate. Alcoholic

Wow. I am used to danish strong beer. La Trappe gets much more taste, aroma, flavor and all in a strong beer compared to a strong danish beer.

750ml, part of our blind "Better Know a Style: Abt/Quadrupel" tasting, big thanks to jimbowood for getting this to me in time for the quad tasting. pours a good fizzy head with nice lacing, a hazy amber/orange. nose is caramel, cookie, very yeasty, raisin, plum, and very peachy. this is a very sweet beer with notes of peach and plum. finishes long, dry, watery, and lots of alcohol. finished 7th, out of 9 quads.

330 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 10%. Deep amber to copper colour. Rich, very big and lasting off-white head. Lovely vinous aroma, also notes of brown candy sugar, caramel and various spices. The flavour is very rich and sweet, with plenty of malts, brown sugar and spices. Moderate hops in the finish.

Poured a ruby plum color with a big bubble but thin head that resembled a web of some sort...smelled sweet with caramel and other malts, with present alcohol...tasted very sweet with the aroma present in the taste...prunes and bread and yeast too...well balanced...nice and underrated...if the mouthfeel was a little thicker this would easily compare with the Rochefort and Westys...alcohol and sugar in the finish...

Clear coppoer colored w/ lots of tiny bubbles, it has nice lace to a quickly diminishing head. The flavor is slightly sweet, almost a 'subtle syrup'. The nose has a honey-like smell. The bottle had 2000/2001 on the back. The alcohol was Not noticeable