4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml bottle. 2008 vintage.
Pours a dark amber brown colour with a beige foamy head with good retention. Aroma is rather sweet and fruity with notes of ficus, bourbon, wood, caramel, . Flavour of strong heavy caramel, dried apricot, bourbon, mellow honey, ficus, wood, weak vanilla and some alcohol. Full bodied, smooth mouthfeel and soft carbonation. Finishes smooth, lingering, warming, fruity and somewhat tangy, where bourbon barrel clearly is present. Complex and heavy. Excellent stuff.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
75 cl bottle (10,5%). BBE 30.05.2017.
Pours hazy dark copper color with head. Aroma of oak, dark ripe fruits, yeast, caramel, dark berries and some molasses. Flavor of ripe fruits, sweet caramel malts, molasses, mild oaky notes, rose hip and some mild sourish fruity notes. Somewhat heavy beer, complex and full-flavored. Very nicely aged, almost sourish palate with a sweetish finish. Excellent.
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3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
75 cl bottle vintage 2008 (10,5%) @ home, BBE 30.05.2017. Thanks lusikka!
Aroma has berries, some redcurrants, bourbon notes, wood, hints of vanilla and spices. Flavour is slightly tart and somewhat sour with bourbon notes, some red wine, vanilla, redcurrants and woody notes. Not your typical quadrupel, quite sweet and unique. Heavy stuff and really slow beer – but I like it!
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
(draught) pours a clear golden-amber colour with a frothy off-white head. aroma of marzipan, cashew nuts, muesli and banana, light milk chocolate, alcohol, roasted malts, strong vanilla and a hint of tobacco. flavour is mostly banana, alcohol and heavy coconut, with a hint of earth and marshmallow, quite sweet, with a slightly tart finish, the barrel influence is very strong. heavy-bodied with soft carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Holy diabeetus. Thin, syrupy mouthfeel, notes of marzipan, bourbon, brown sugar. Alcoholic syrup.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
@ Zythos 2013. A little hazy amber/light brown beer, with a light beige head. The aroma of tonsel, dark fruits, coffee candy with some port notes. The taste of sweet fruits, vanilla notes, wood some port and alcohol. The aftertaste of sweet fruits alcohol and vanilla.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Had a couple pulls from bsuedekum’s pour at Local Option- thanks again, Blake! Pours a hazed toffee color with virtually no head, just a trace of a ring. Lots of fruity, nectary notes, caramel, oak, mellow bourbon, figs, and dates. Not big bourbon barrel character. Much more fruitiness from the Belgian quad base. Medium-full-bodied, with a vinous, chewy mouthfeel and low carbonation. Not bad but I had higher hopes for a bourbon barrel quad from this brewery.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample on draft @ ZBF 2013
Vinous, alcohol aroma, mazipan, caramel, almonds, something sweet fruity in it.
Caramelcolour, hazy. Small, yet lacing head.
Huge taste. Very rich. Caramel, almonds, marzipan, roasted, getting more bitter every sip.
Sticky in the mouth, full bodied, alcoholwarmth. Short finish of alcohol and roast bitter.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught Orange-copper beer with a small off-white head. Old wine, madeirisated, spirits as brandy or Bourbon (if relatively little vanilla), bit smoked too. Sweet, alcoholic, spirit (combined with food, turns out utterly boozy). dried apricot (apricot brandy?)? Slick, alcoholwarming, fruitsyrup or -concentrate feel. Just a tad too syrupy, IMHO to be truly great.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Oakquinox 2013. Amber pour, with a slight haze and an off-white head. Sweet malts, dark dried fruit, belgian candy sugar, over-ripe fruit, fig, oak, yeast, and a touch of vanilla. Pretty nice, but didn’t wow me.
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