Weyerbacher Quad

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Trappist glass

(bottle) Nice red-amber color. Sweet malt aroma. Flavor is also sweet malt with alcohol and faint traditional yeast. More reminiscent of a Barleywine than a Quadrapel. Worthy of a second try.

12oz local Belmont bottle. Kinda strange aroma that includes some wet, wool blanket but also some boozey sweetness. Flavor is a little too much alcohol up front, even for a quad. The finish is nice though, sweet and warming. Maybe a little raw overall?

Bottle, tasted blind. Clear, orange-amber, reddish too. A bit of lace. Sweet orange, esters. Very fruity flavor, orange and apricot, fizzy. Alcohol is well hidden. Too sweet, too fruity and phenolic.

Brownish pour with a fizzy head that settles. The aroma is sweet with lots of raisins and figs, some musty notes as well as sweet brown carmelized sugars. Similar in the flavor, sweet fruity with a hint of booze, never becomes cloying. Figs, raisins, dates, carmelized sugars, and a hint of musty yeast notes. Nicely carbonated with an alcohol bite in the finish. I’m not a big fan of quads due to the sharpness from the alcohol, but this one isn’t too bad.

pored into a snifter. this beer is reddish-brown with no lacing at all. It is a very malty beer that is sweet and creamy throughout. This beer has noticeable fig and date notes. The belgian yeast is very apparent in this beer which I tend to prefer. The 11.9% alcohol is apparent in this beer and it could have been hidden a little better. since this the first quad I have tried I’m not sure how this will stack up against others. Over all a very very good beer that is a great once in awhile treat.

Heavy, in yor face beer. Great for sipping though. Sweet, full body, fruity flavors. You can taste the 11.9%abv.

Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Snifter. Appearance: Dark reddish-brown that glows a glorious ruby in the light. However, almost no head or lacing. Aroma: Very malty and sweet, with plums, raisins and caramel most identifiable. Some musty notes come through as well. This is by far the best aspect of the beer. Taste: Once again, very malty and sweet, but cloyingly so. One-dimensional with sweet plums and caramel. Barely a hint of the musty goodness from the smell. Palate: Moderation carbonation, chewy body with absolutely no dryness on the finish. Overall: Seems like a too sweet English Barleywine or Old Ale with just a hint of Belgian yeast. Disappointing Quad, but it does smell good.

12 oz. bottle, split with Matts_Property, pours a mostly clear amber with a small head. Aroma of treacle, toffee, plum, raisins and lots of candied sugar. Flavour is very sweet - caramel, candied sugar and plum - quite cloying on the finish as well. Decent, but not a good example of the style at all.