 PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
May 5, 2008 Tap at Barcade: Copper/amber pour with decent clarity and an off-white head. Sweet nutty aroma with mild dried fruit. There’s also that brown sugar and fig with some Belgian-y esters. The flavor starts nutty and toasted, with decent character. Then it becomes a homogeneous sweet mess of raisin and candied sugar. Not much depth. Although it started a bit tasty, the finish isn’t balancing.
kiefdog (1585), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 4, 2008 Updated: Nov 30, 2008On tap at the Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a deep amber color with a thin white head that provides lacing on the glass. Aroma is sweet, malty, nuts (sweet pecans?) with notes of fruit and a little spice. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of candy, caramel, syrup, and maybe a touch of molasses. Medium to full body with a sweet and malty, caramel finish.
Juelze (895), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
May 3, 2008 Pours out a reddish color with thin fizzy white head. Aroma is of belgian sugar, belgian spice, yeast and ripe fruit. Taste is the same. More of a La Trappe quad then a Rochefort. This brew seemed a bit too sweet for my liking. A bit abrasive when compared to Rochefort 10. Not bad, but something I won’t be picking up again.
RedSox2004 (354), Pacific Palisades, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 3, 2008 Poured reddish orange with a one-finger head, the result of a very careful pour. Intricate lacing all the way down the Chimay goblet. Sweetness, not overpowering, in the smell like candy and bananas, also some spices. High ABV not evident yet. Sweetness hits right away in the taste, and now the alcohol is felt, but in a warming, mellowing way. Right at the start, you know that you’ll enjoy this for a while. Flavors are more like berries and cherries than the bananas I expected from the aroma. Somewhat syrupy. Medium to full bodied, smooth, soft carbonation, very enjoyable but certainly not the beer to have when you’re having more than one.
mclark83 (2), Manhattan, Kansas, USA
does not count  | 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 2, 2008 Pours a nice amber color. Poured very nice. Reminded me of a nice brandy color. Nice little white head that dissipates quickly. Has a very sweet taste. Has a nice aroma of orange and molasses. I let it warm up for a little bit at room temperature. Very sweet taste on the palate that had a noticeable alcohol in the aftertaste that lingered at bit. Although the alcohol went quickly it catches up with you. Altogether, very nice beer would suggest for others to at least try once.
tkimbrought05 (37), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
May 1, 2008 Pours a red copper color with no carbonation, so of course, no head at all. Is extremely sweet on the palate with some alcohol in the aftertaste. Taste almost more like a wine than a beer.
trevor211 (504), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 29, 2008 Not my kind of beer, and not anywhere near the best of the Belgian quads. Pours a clear amber - like a good IIPA with a Belgian head. The beer is overbearing with a harsh alcohol burn, like a slightly weaker, overcarbonated version of Eggenberg’s Samischlaus. Aroma of oranges and caramel, with the flavor opening up a bit to an Irish whiskey, black licorice and spices. It’s lacking in any complexity, though. Contrary to Avery’s description, it doesn’t hide the alcohol in the least - it actually has a bit of the burn of a cheap spirit. Sticky sweet, and really not up my alley.
dkingsella (85), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Apr 28, 2008 Pours a reddish amber color with a nice large off white head that recedes to a nice ring and film leaving a nice lacing. Aroma is earthy with dried fruits, bannana, and malts. Nice flavor with much of the same as the aroma add black licorice, brown sugar, mollasses, honey and spices. Sweet, but not too much so. Nice sticky mouthfeel. Flavor complexities change as it warms, so slow down and enjoy. Nice quad.
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