 stefanje (540), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
May 3, 2008
Bottle at Toncatcher’s tasting. Poured a dark brown color with an off-white head. The aroma contained mellow raisins and dates. The flavor contained more dark fruits and some cola. The mouthfeel was full and creamy, but not as good as the Southampton Abt 12 that we had just finished sampling. The finish was long with a bit of lingering dates. Overall: A well put together quad. will drink again.
MartinT (4307), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 19, 2008 My Bottom Line:
Dried fruit of all kinds thrive within the molasses-laced chocolate as warming alcohol and bready yeast sweep into a finishing wooden hop bitterness for a healthy and most generous Quadrupel.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A generous layer of foam stays atop the heavily-sedimented dark brown.
-The dried fruitiness is redolent of black cherries and dates.
-Dextrins are levelled throughout, helped towards a valiant big-beer mouthfeel.
-I wish I had another bottle to age longer. A little maderization will surely be gorgeous for the aroma and the flavor profile could gain from being more cohesive. But this beer’s already very satisfying for the style as is.
Bottle; 19/03/11 was written on the plastic cork.
michael-pollack (1360), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 17, 2008 750ml Bottle: Sweet aroma. Smells of raisins, dark ripe fruits, brown sugar, malts, toffee, caramel, and hops. Poured deep copper/brown in color with a large, foamy, khaki head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Full of small, medium, and large particles. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of nuts, wood, chocolate, dried fruits, alcohol, yeast, and toffee. Medium to full body. Dry, chalky texture. Soft to average carbonation. Nutty, slightly alcoholic, dry finish.
Flyer (104), Hartland, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Deep reddish brown pour with so-so head. The aroma is very malty, which right away had me thinking this wasn’t a typical quad. As it turned out, that was more in a bad way than a good way. Lots of malty flavor up front, with some cereal-like qualities. Very little in the way of ale fruitiness. Some tart brown sugary notes come in late. Really seemed more like a barleywine. The other reviews make me think I might be missing something, which is the only reason I would try this again.
SSSteve (1487), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Aug 15, 2008 a dark murky, swampy brown under a medium sized tan head. dark aroma of chocolate, alcohol, cocoa, sweet dark fruits(plum, etc), caramel. flavor of tootsie rolls and sour dark fruits (plum, apple). lots of chocolate and caramel. a little over carbonated palate but still very nice.
eaglefan538 (2037), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Aug 13, 2008 Bottle from SL, courtesy bfeld. The pour was deep caramel-orange-brownish, nice off-white colored head, dense spotty lacing all the way down. The aroma was beery, rather than Belgian Strong Ale-like, reminded me of the barley type smell I picked up in Westvleteren 12 the first time, yet I didn’t even know this was a Quad when drinking. Also in the aroma was chocolate, caramel, fruits. The flavor was caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, some dark fruits (grapes discernable), honey, and some spice, perhaps coriander. Mouthfeel started slightly acidic at low temps, but turn to more of the usual, malty sticky standard with warmer temperatures. Good stuff, not a standout within style, especially at these prices.
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