Founders Bad Habit Quad

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

A hazy dark amber beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is overwhelmingly sweet, spicy, fruity, and perfumated - especially the peach note is extremely strong. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of fruit - in the over ripe end of the spectrum, combined with notes of yeast and light notes of spices.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Sammy. 9.8% ABV in my version. Pours a hazy, amber golden with an off-white head. Distinct - but fresh - aroma of banana and yeast. Full-bodied, sweetish, very fruity - some overripe fruit - diacetyl, banana and a very warming alcohol in the finish. No real bitterness. Severely underrated - this really was a delicious brew. 310507

Date: 01/10/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

muddy orange, scant head, sweet fruity aroma with apricots and candy, good fruit character, drier than the aroma would suggest, nice balancing bitterness,
-------- /> Date: 07/26/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip

pours with a creamy beige head that fades away, touch of fleeting alcohol in the aroma and some light citrus along with the previously mentioned sweet fruits, the flavor is still dry and fruity but now picking up some tart oaky bret character, is this a bret beer? that would explain the dryness, eventually some sweetness does show up to complement the fruits,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

(Bottle, courtesy of Pailhead) Pours a cloudy burnt orange body with a small beige head. Aroma of caramel, alcohol, dates, apple, and ginger. Flavor of candi sugar, ginger, malt, licorice, caramel, herbs, fruit, and tabacco.

12oz bottle shared couresy of egajdzis. Poured medium and clear amber color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of dark fruits (plums & raisins), citrus, and caramel. Tastes follow with orange peels. Medium alcohol burn.

Draft, EBF, claimed at 12%: Red with orange and brown reflects, totally clear. Strong liquor aroma takes a few sniffs to get by and then reveals a very sweet earthiness and some understated fruits (apples, cherries, grapes). Sour and sweet palate is loaded with alcohol. Sour dough yeast does not quite bring any Belgian personality. Some toastiness and buttery herbs develop after a few sips and bring a little enjoyment into a larger disappointment. Rather fitting creamy fat body.

Bottle... Hazy, caramel-colored ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Bubblegum, banana and pear esters construct the nose. A kiss of mint is thrown into the mix. Fruity, tangy flavor with medium sweetness; mild bitterness from what I assume are aged hops. The alcohol is definitely there, but I wouldn’t characterize it as "hot." A touch yeasty in both the aroma and flavor. Full-bodied and oily with lively carbonation. Sweet, gently pungent finish. Thanks, BBB63, for the bottle!

Bad Habit Quad sampled at 2005 EBF: Pours a clear dark copper with a thin light tan head. Has a sweet caramely Belgian malty aroma with candi sugar and good authentic yeastiness. Starts lightly malty and acidic with a warming candi sugar finish. A decent quadruple, but a little too acidic and could be a touch thicker.