Smuttynose Gravitation

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Dark amber with a moderate tan head. Fruit, toast, and yeasty aroma. Flavor is big with fruit. Sweet and smooth. Very good.

Poured into a Trappist glass, producing a brown/ruby colour with a thin, yet sturdy tan head that fades to a ring and spotty film. The nose is characterized by candied plums, brown sugar, apple pear, estery yeast, and raisins. The flavour wonderfully full and sweet, with all the aforementioned suggestions meshing together. The fruity esters and raisin flavour are rich and sweet, and this coupled with a velvety smooth, ultra-thin palate makes for an intense Quad. Cherries, figs and other dark pitted-fruits come to mind. What it lacks is the dryness usually associated with the finish of beers done in this style. Instead, it finishes sticky sweet like a barley wine lacking in the hops department. The hops in this brewski are mellow and herbal, making for a perfect compliment. It might be a little heavy on the desert character, but I like that about it.

Wow great looking and great smelling right off. Ruby red to brown appearance, tan head. Aroma of cream, raspberry, chocolate, sweet ripe dark fruit. Also a bit of a yeasty sour aroma. Palate is very sweet, stick, a bit tingly, a bit warming but other than that no alcohol noted. Superb, but then this is one of my favorite styles. Interesting to see that they added raisin puree.

Deep dark brown color. Smells of sweeter malts, raisins, and yeast. Taste is full of sweeter stuff. Raisins, figs, stuff like that. Medium bodied. Leaves a nice little aftertaste that I personally liked. A pretty good brew.

Dark brown pour with a quarter-inch tan head. Aroma of figs, molasses, raisins. Flavor is big, rich and full: tons of dark fruit, candi sugar, and a touch of black licorice. Soft and full on the palate. Excellent.

From the 22 oz "big beer" series this Belgian Quadrupel poured a deep amber with a thin tan head - this beer seemed to get darker the longer it sat in the glass. Aroma of alchol, dark fruits, caramel and yeast. Raisin, fig and alcohol were the first tastes I picked up on along with some candy and caramel. Yeasty finish.

Dark golden brown, almost opaque with an off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, tart fruit, alcohol is very evident. Thin mouthfeel. Very tout on the tip of the tongue, alcohol is warming and clos to overpowering. The hops peek through at the back of the tongue with just a bit of bitterness, but are overpowerd by the sweetnes at the tip of the tongue. I like big beers, but this is a little over the top, and tough to drink.

bottle from 02/09 by way of zathrus13... pours a hazy shade of deep amber with a fluffy tan head. initial smell is green and hoppy?... odd, though it is followed by golden raisins, cinnamon, malt powder, a bit of spice, piloncilla and slightly oxidized red apples. the palate is not nearly as sweet as i was expecting it to be (many of these quads are cloyingly so)... actually it would finish rather dry and clean if it were not for a banana starch-like aftertaste... flavors of chocolate covered caramels, yeasty bitterness, bubblegum, some sort of dark fruit and candi. medium body is seemingly thin and lacking richness compared to other quads but it makes up for that with prickly carbonation, a clean mouth feel and great drinkability. 7/4/7/4/15/3.7