La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged Batch #13

Unclear brown color, no head. Sweet aromas of dried figs, raisins, candy sugar, oak, vanilla, prunes, cognac, alcohol and slight honey. Sweet taste with dried figs, oak, alcohol, vanilla, cognac, toffee and slight spices. A bit thin. Might be due to the lack of carbonation, probably beacuse of the age. Reminds me of a sweet, barrel aged barley wine.

Flaska ölcafet. Grumlig brun vätska utan skum. Djup och söt doft av torkad frukt och dessertvin. Konplex smak av russin, trä, plommon och äpple. Värmande munkänsla. Mycket låg kolsyrehalt. Något vattnig känsla i slutet

Flaska från Galatea, privatimport, nästan precis fyra år gammal. Mörkbrun, något murken vätska. Knappt en tillstymmelse till kolsyra. Kraftig upphällning och ändå inget skum. Söt doft och smak av övermogen frukt, blöt kartong, smörkola, stora smöriga inslag, fudge, bränt socker, madeira, portvin. Mognat väl smakmässigt och fatlagringen gör en markant skillnad mot den vanliga quaden. Dock saknar jag lite kropp, känns något uttunnad. Kanske nått sin peak.

Bottle at home, 1st January 17. Pours copper coloured. Aroma is sherry, liquor, barrel. Taste is sherry, liquor, heat, barrel, dark fruit. Not the best in the series.

Pfff... Get a bit tired of this vertical. They are not that old yet they all turn out to be prune juice. Some have just a tiny bit more barrel aged tones than others, but overall it’s all in the same street... Plastic cork doesnt age the beers well... This one has a little vanilla in the nose. The flavour is quite the same as the precious plastic cork batches... Color and attitude in the glass is the same as are mouthfeel, carbo and body... What a shame Koningshoeven!

22/XII/15 - 37.5cl bottle from Geers, Hopduvel or the monastery shop @ Tim’s Amazing La Trappe Oak Aged Series Batch 2 Through 13 Tasting - BB: n/a, blended: 28/I/13(2015-1765)

Note: after hoarding the oldest of these beers for over 5 years, I decided to crack down on them, before they disintegrate.
Clear dark amber beer, irregular fizzy yellow head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, fruity, caramel, malty, dried fruits, some banana. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet, bit lemony, some honey, fruity, sour apples, tannins. Aftertaste: sugary, some banana, little spicy, dried fruits, honey, little oxidized, alcohol, little metallic, caramel.

Hazy brown liquid, no head. Weak, sweet aroma. Heavy body, no carbonation. Taste is sweet and soft.

Bottle. Deep amber color with a minimal head. Aroma of raisin, peat, oak, almond and candy sugar. Sweet and bitter taste. Long bitter finish. Medium to full body.

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37.5cl Bottle, thanks Cees! Murky amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of toffee, oak, almost buttery, La Trappe candy, sherry. Flavour is sweet, malty, toffee, yeasty, fruity, light spicy, candy, wood. Full bodied. 12 was so much better.

37,5 cl bottle shared Appearance: Murky brown, with hardly a head. Aroma: Spices, cherry wood, oak, vanilla, port. Taste: Sweet, Port and wood and a lot of wood tones with some dark fruits.Problem is it’s a bit too sweet, causing a dominance over the further complex palate. First sip is really amazing, but the problem is that the sweetness overpowers a lot of it’s complexity in a bad way. . medium-full body, light syrupy texture, soft carbonation.