 frankR (145), Davis, California, USA
Apr 17, 2009 Rather low carbonation, small, nearly non existent head. No strong aroma. Hint of dried fruit. Very sweet, effectively masking the high 10.5% ABV. Not much flavor to report. I’d describe it as a blank version of Trios Pistoles. Over, a disappointment.
harbuck76 (127), El Cajon, California, USA
Apr 14, 2009 had this a while back. The best lost abbey for me. girlfriends mom’s not a beer drinker but loved this one. maybe it was too sweet and hid the alcohol too well.
Allen (1285), Switzerland
Apr 14, 2009 Courtesy of badlizard. Surprisingly light color. Low carbonation. Sweet malty. Hints of raisins. Full bodied. Mediocre. Thanks a lot badlizard!
Bov (5403), Bienne, Switzerland
Apr 12, 2009 courtesy of Allen - hazy bordeaux-brown colour with a little beige foam; aroma of wood, solvant and malt; deeply sweet and full-bodied but quite unbalanced (the finish is a bit empty); long sugary finish of malts, apple and dried prunes - far too sweet to be really good
oh6gdx (8801), Vasa, Finland
Apr 12, 2009 Bottled (thanks stoutlover72!). Deep amberybrown colour, small head. Aroma is raisins, plum, some alcohol and mild notes of fruits. Flavour is fruits, alcohol, raisins, ashes and liquorice as well as some spicyness. Dry bittery grass, coffee and some yeast as well. Complex and quite good beer in it’s style.
JMerritt (1313), Macomb, Illinois, USA
Apr 10, 2009 Dark ruby-brown, viscuous, with the smallest of light brown heads that immediately disappears. Big raisin, port wine aroma with gumballs, toffee and alcohol. Flavor is much of the same- raisins, dates, caramel, and toffee malts lend a sticky sweet quality. Nutmeg and alcohol at the end. Carbonation level is nearly non-existant- feels flat if you hold it in your mouth too long. Hot, cardboardy finish. A strange take on a quad, and it’s not for me, evidently.
TBone (6675), Pori, Finland
Apr 9, 2009 Bottled (few years old bottle).
Dark brown color, small mostly vanishing beige head. Vintage nose: dark bread and raisins. Very bready, raisiny flavour. Alcohol is not dominating (for 10.5 % beer). Long sweetish aftertaste with some alcohol and hops. Balanced brew, quite good imitation of Belgian trappist - supposely Belgian yeast and hops used because this is very close to Rochefort and Chimay brews :)
MitchWayne (264), Kokkola, Finland
Apr 7, 2009 New world intensity is a good way to describe the distinctly american qualities of this quad. The aroma is very strongly raisiny and malty. The taste is sweet and the raisins follow. A really lovely beer, offers something new to the belgian beer tradition by being so intense. Could be more complex but I loved it.
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