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Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Oostvleteren, Belgium

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RATINGS: 118   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.83   EST. CALORIES: 330   ABV: 11%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
This ale was brewed back in 2008, and in collaboration with brew master Rychei Sugawa San from Rio Brewing & Co. Our goal was to brew a Belgian dark golden blond quadrupel with an enormous potential of aromas and flavors, and added complexity due to oak barrel aging. Bourbon barels from Kentucky were chosen due to their very special soft roast quality and noble vanilla flavors. Year upon year, different quality controls were executed, and we finally decided to bottle condition this very special ale in May 2012. Another three moths of cold maturing was done at the brewery, so we could be sure about the absolute quality before releasing to our customers.


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4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
hirigalzkar (1824) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - SEP 30, 2012
Sample @ SBWF 2012. Notes of strawberry seeds. spices and chocolate in aroma. Heavy toffee notes in taste. Slighty sour and with a touch of nice berry seed notes. Lovely beer! Reminds me of Dolle stuff.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
finol (1691) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - SEP 30, 2012
Draught sample at SBWF. Wow, a really nice complex brew. Like a sweeter Pannepot. Fruity, chcolate, booze and dessert wine.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Benzai (4349) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - SEP 28, 2012
Draught @ Borefts 12. Slightly unclear medium orange color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, hops, a bit bitter, some fruits and also a sweet hint. Medium body, low to medium carbonation. Does not taste like 11% ABV at all.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
BoBoChamp (4190) - Gent, BELGIUM - SEP 27, 2012
75cl, at 10.5%Vol, as Struise Rio Reserva (aged in Wine and Bourbon barrels), new exclusive collab. brew Anno 2012, from Dranken Pauwels Heule, very complex brew, woody/sweet and slightly fruity/alcoholic, not too heavy, balanced, cloudy, good head, very good brew, yet expensive!

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
larsniclas (4988) - Billdal, SWEDEN - SEP 27, 2012
Sampled at SBWF12 Slightly hazy golden. Small, white head. Sweet and sour, vinous aroma. Warming alcohol alng with sweet frutis and tart notes in the flavour.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
rlgk (7470) - Skövde, SWEDEN - SEP 27, 2012
Sample at SBWF 2012. Hazy golden/orange beer with a small white head. Malty yeasty aroma, spicy notes, nice fruits, grapes, figs, plums, citrus and banana notes, woody, funky notes, vanilla, whisky notes. Vanilla flavor, bourbon, peat, spicy, plums, hay, banana, grapes, pepper, yeast, some pear. Very nice!

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
tderoeck (3000) - Gent, BELGIUM - SEP 22, 2012
15/IX/2012 on tap @ Struise Schooltje (Oostvleteren) - BB: n/a (2012-1028) Thanks to ajax25g for sharing the beers!

Clear ruby to purple brown beer, big light beige head, pretty stable, little adhesive. Aroma: very earthy, mushrooms, ripe exotic fruits, bit rotten sour touch, overripe fruits, red berries. MF: soft carbon, full body, thick syrupy texture. Taste: little bitter, mainly fruity, some rum raisins, caramel, bit of citrus fruits, sweet sugary touch, strawberries. Aftertaste: little bitter, citrus, caramel, red forest fruits.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
77ships (2162) - Antwerpen, BELGIUM - SEP 21, 2012
Thx. To Kraddel / Dylan for this one. 75 cl. bottle split four way. I am still taken aback by just how long they left this one to age before releasing – four freaking years since they first premiered it a beer festival. There are just so many more beers aging in their cellar, waiting to be released and drunk. The beer pours a very murky, hazy dark amber / brown with a solid white head. Smells is very sweet and shows some signs of oxidation. Sweet caramel, plenty of sweet malts, cheaper milk chocolate, caramel apples, lots of sugar, touch of bourbon with the bourbon coming through more in the alcohol, the booze is definitely present in the nose. The flavour profile is quite representative for what Urbain has been releasing recently, really, very sweet, malt heavy and quite hot. Flavour is all sweet white and brown sugar, serious malt base, cheaper milk chocolate, caramel apples, toffee, some fruits, tad syrup, seriously hot in the finish. Even for a young beer this would be very hop but for a beer of this age? Hot bourbon overall, I suppose. Soft carb, round, tad vintage mouthfeel.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
jbeatty (506) - New York, USA - SEP 16, 2012
Bottle, 09/16/2012. Pours ruby amber, brilliant highlights, much lighter than regular quad, thin frothy beige head, fades, leaving ring of lacing. Aroma of honey, apple, pear, calvados-like quality, light caramel glaze with vanilla, mellow bourbon finish. Taste of honey dried white fruits, caramel, vanilla and oak- notes from both barrel treatments seemingly blended together, touch of booze. Rich, full body. Wow, outstanding.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Hair6a11 (1156) - Illinois, USA - SEP 9, 2012
Bottle; Pour is murky golden brown with an average fine bubbled off white head in this glass. The nose is caramel and brown sugars; slight booze, with some very nice barrel treatment from the bourbon barrels, while fusing with some dark fruits present. The flavor profile is more rubust ; there is some wine barrel treatment here, with some bourbon barrel notes - more dark fruits, vinousness in general, caramel and brown sugars, mild booze notes, sweet breads, soft mouthfeel, mild vanilla, just a fantastic fucking brew - thanks carlos!


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