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La Trappe Quadrupel 3.79 1143

La Trappe Quadrupel

Percentile
97
overall
Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Tilburg, Netherlands

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
11433.8/5.03.79/5.0Winter10%76.5Trappist glass
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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direwolf9 (29), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20

Aug 22, 2009  
750 ml Konings Hoeven bottle. Nice amber color with a sweet aroma. Another great Trappist Quad. This one is from the Netherlands and is just a bit sweeter and thinner than the Belgians. A very nice beer and a solid choice anytime.

 thirdeye11 (580), Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 7, 2010  
(Draught at Libertine) Pours a clear dark brown with a 1/2 finger head that recedes quickly. Lacing on the glass is nice. Smell has some dark fruits, but mostly alcohol. Grapes are the only fruit I can actually pick out here. Taste is an alcohol bomb. Some grape characters come out as it warms, but still pretty hard to tolerate. Palette is pretty thin really for the style, but the carbonation and oilyness are nice. Need to re-rate in the bottle as I’m sure it is better.


 madvike (368), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/57/20
Jan 6, 2010  
Bottle - A huge disappointment, I really expected a lot out of this beer. Pours light amber with a very small white head. Smells boozy and sweet, with cloves and spice. Real sharp smelling. Taste is over the top boozy with too much sharp spice. Real bready, doughy, and yeasty, and it just tastes syrupy and cloying. A sweet, boozy mess. Did I get a bad bottle?


Pedrojcai (35), Cádiz, Spain
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/105/515/20
Jan 6, 2010  
Great body, and fruit, strong taste in order to simulate a classic trappist beer. Of course is missing a real procedure to be a real flamish abbey beer... too industrial. Please I accept comments. Salud !


 mixos (101), Thessaloniki, Greece
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Jan 4, 2010  
The best beer from the trappistes of Koningshoeven. Nice sweet aroma of malts, yeast, spicies and dry fruits. Taste is the same sweet with fruits, raisins,sugar,yeast and some spicies with hints of alcohol. Finish is long lasting with a bit of biterness. Medioum to full body. Very well balanced.


 elgiacomo (108), Chickamauga, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Jan 1, 2010  
33cl bottled as Koningshoeven Quadrupel. Pours amber/copper with a small off-white head. Very little lacing. Aroma is fruity, banana, apple, green grapes, yeasty, with some spice, caramel and toffee. Flavor is caramel malt, some yeast, slight fruit and spice, a bit underwhelming. Mouthfeel is oily and slick, moderate to high carbonation. OK, but I had higher hopes.


 mcberko (181), British Columbia, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 30, 2009  
330mL bottle, pours a dark reddish brown with a medium head. Aroma of caramel malt, yeast and fruit. Flavour is caramel malt, sweetness and alcohol. Excellent quad.


 Pipper (272), Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 26, 2009  
Poured into snifter from bottle. Light cognac colored pour with very little head. Aroma is lovely: a very refined banana scent that isn’t artificial but mellow. Flavor is a lighter version of the aroma and boozier. Smooth but not slick over the palate.


 danielst (162), Vienna, Austria
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 24, 2009  
30cl bottle into a Westmalle tulip: Shimmering ruby red in colour. Yeasty, lightly vinous with a touch of honey and dark caramel - reminds me of taffy apples, perfect for Christmas Eve. Initially sweet taste with banana-like esters and lots of melanoidins, followed by a bittersweet, herbal finish. The alcohol is not very well hidden, but still acceptable. A bit shy for such a big beer.



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