Boulevard Sixth Glass Quadrupel

Brewed by Boulevard Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Kansas City, Missouri USA

750ml bottle. Pours a hazy bright ruby redish amber with a huge dirty white, creamy head. Dissipates moderately, however, the head remains stagnant throughout the session. Moderate lacing. Aroma is very fruity and sweet. More apricot, raison, and fig newton than their tripel. Some citrus notes and belgian yeast strain. Definite darker fruit and a bit breadlike, although less than the tripel. Very light burnt caramel hint too. Taste is dark fruits, raison, dates and much deeper than the tripel. Malty and creamy. A definite fig newton taste to it. Reminds me of a fruit with a pit...so darker and not very citrusy, although there are hints of citrus hops. Palate is full bodied and carbonated. Very smooth and slightly warm. Less warming alcohol than the tripel. Great balance. Finishes slightly dry and kind of dough like. Overall, I had this and the tripel back to back, which is why Im comparing them. This beer is definitely more well rounded and balanced. I like the smooth malt backing and the sweet, fig and raison taste to it. The taste starts pretty low key, but really revs up towards the end. This is a really well made quad, ranking just below the top tier IMO.

750ml from a trade on the other site. Thanks, Andrew. Pours a soft copper, with some clear glinting colors coming through to make this a very handsome beer. Lively carbonation in a big way, fast rising head. The smell is very fruity, with lots of sweet malts melding pleasantly with figs and raisins and the slight hint of pears along with clove and yeast notes. The body is prickly, maybe just a bit too much so. But the alcohol is dangerously well hidden for a beer of this potency. Above average quad.

Pours a dark and slightly cloudy amber color. Smell is sweet, slightly earthy with a little banana schnapps peeking through. Taste is strong on the alcohol with a lot of sweet caramel with some dried fruit and grain. Solid quad.

Another boulevard beer I was excited to stumble across in Nashville. Wild yeast aroma with some fruit and caramel. Pours dark brown with a red hue and big fizzy tan head. Flavor is decent but not as complex as the best of the belgians. Some fruit, caramel sweetness, and breadlike character, wheat.

Bottle in a trade. Pours a dark amber brune body with a 2 finger tan head. Sweet belgain fruity citrus aromatics. Malty sweetness with a nice alcohol warming with caramel in the finish.

Moderately clear amber color, thin even light tan head. Sweeter candied aroma, light malts, candi sugar. Sweet grainy taste, decent quad.

A hazy dark amber with a thick big bubbled light moka head. Torrefied malts in aroma, caramel toffee, a bit of wild herbs. In mouth, a sweet caramel with coriander, Curacao, notes of vanilla. A bit of alcohol in finale. Tasted at Mondiale 2008, June 1 2008.

damn fine helthy thick head ... lots of dark fruits, rum, heat, warm grape juice flavours ... quite a bold beer .. hugely sweet, with just a touch of bitterness ... pours a tan murky autumn colour .. batch 68235 ... to muddled to be great .. to simple to be a classic... on the road but a detour....