 hobbersr (393), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Jun 5, 2009 Tasted blind with savvy1982 vs Dieu du Ciel! Rigor Mortis, Westy 12, and Chimay Blue. Pours a reddish brown with a nice tan coloured head. Aroma is bright and fresh. Floral perfume, lemon, grapefruit, herbs, and banana. Tastes chocolaty, with plums, citrus, flowers, cherry, apple, molasses, cloves, anise, and bready yeast. Palate is very nice, builds as it sits. Very, very good beer. Was surprised this was my second favorite behind the DDC, and miles ahead of the Westy and Blue.
Savvy1982 (303), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Jun 4, 2009 Bottle. Tasted blind with hobbersr against Dieu du Ciel! Rigor Mortis, Westy 12, and Chimay Blue. Pours a gorgeous red/brown with an off-white head and spotty, pretty lacing. Cascade-style hops, rich caramel, buttered toast, plum, roasted fig, bright, fresh, perfume, chocolate, coffee, green apple peel, preserved salty lemon. Palate is big, effervescent, rich and wonderful. Flowers, berries, mocha, tartness, rumcake, syrup, chocolate. Best Trappist yet, and loads better than the Westy 12!
dnstone (134), , New Jersey, USA
Jun 4, 2009 My favorite beer. The sweetness really rounds this beer out and gives it an edge over Chimay grand reserve and st bernardus abt 12. Not much more to say than its like beer-crack forged in heaven.
BluesDaddy (1), , Georgia, USA
does not count  Jun 4, 2009 Exceptional example of this style of brew. Not sure if I like it as much as St. Bernardus Abt 12, didn’t strike me as quite as full a flavor. Had this in an 11 oz bottle poured into a small chalice style glass.
bacummings (21), Alabama, USA
Jun 4, 2009 Easily the best beer I’ve tried. Light and refreshing. Pleasantly carbonated despite the dark color. Doesn’t sit too heavy, so definitely lends to drinking multiples. I wish they sold it near me. I’d probably be a poor man though.
beerandIT (177), Richmond, Virginia, USA
Jun 3, 2009 Pours a dark dark brown with a bit of head and seems to be nicely carbonated. Big full bodied quad here. I am getting banana, candied fruit, some malt and spices on the nose. It seems though as it is warming up there are more nuances coming through. On the palate I am getting all the fruit(berries, plum, raisins) that nuance of banana in there as well, along with some nice spice flavors. Also some orange peel on the finish there. Excellent Quad, highly recommended.
Dfonorow (31), New Jersey, USA
Jun 3, 2009 Pours a dark brown with a lasting off-white head and appears to be highly carbonated. The smell is overwhelming: brown sugar, dark malts, cinnamon, coffee, this beer has everything. And even though it sits at 11.3% alcohol it can not be picked out by the nose. The taste is pure heaven and very smooth to boost; it is dark, hops-filled, with brown sugar notes... it is extremely complex. Overall the beer works wonderfully and I would recommend to anyone.
Cirrhosis (607), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jun 2, 2009 WOW!!!!!!! What a great beer. This beer was amazing, the only problem I had with it is I didn’t get enough three of us had to split one bottle. The beer poured very dark very little light penetration when held up to the light, with a creamy head that disappeared quickly. The strong scent of bananas and other sweet fruit starts the mouth watering in anticipation of the first sip. I found the feel in my mouth to be so very soft and full like whole cream blankating my mouth, but it still was very smooth. The first tast was way sweet and malty. There was a strong flavor of banana that covered up a minty taste in the background. The after taste was bitter but very short-lived. I love this beer, I just can’t buy it here dammit."
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