 larsniclas (2795), Gothenburg, Sweden
Jul 10, 2007
Bottled.
Hazy brown with a small, off-white head.
Sweet malty with burnt sugar and fruits.
Sweet and vinous in flavour; chocolate and sweet fruits.
Ernest (4217), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, cookie), lightly yeasty (mold, basement), with notes of plum, grape, cheap chocolate. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium to full body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic. Very dull and clumsy.
The_Epeeist (928), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 24, 2008 25.4 oz bottle. Dense brown with some beige haze and wet lace. Nose is grapes, raisin, acetone and toffee. Body a bit thin and bubbly but it still works. Taste is apple, plum and woody yeast. Dry finish with hints of dark fruits. A different kind of Quad from Mikkeller.
WISEGUY572 (1103), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Great stuff. Deep brown with chestnut overtones, dark enough to seem almost opaque at first, with a large light brown head that faded quickly. Nose of malts, sweet fruits, dried fruits, and spices, like a Belgian quad. Great complexity of flavor like a quad, less chocolate, perhaps, and almost no coffee, but malts and candi sugar and toffee, a hint of chocolate for sure, dried fruits, caramel, some sweet spices like clove or cinnamon, and something that I could not place with certainty — over-ripe plums? prunes? licorice? Some much going on. Alcohol well hidden ... too well, actually. This is not a bottle you want to drink by yourself!
MartinT (4316), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 19, 2008 My Bottom Line:
Dried fruit of all kinds thrive within the molasses-laced chocolate as warming alcohol and bready yeast sweep into a finishing wooden hop bitterness for a healthy and most generous Quadrupel.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A generous layer of foam stays atop the heavily-sedimented dark brown.
-The dried fruitiness is redolent of black cherries and dates.
-Dextrins are levelled throughout, helped towards a valiant big-beer mouthfeel.
-I wish I had another bottle to age longer. A little maderization will surely be gorgeous for the aroma and the flavor profile could gain from being more cohesive. But this beer’s already very satisfying for the style as is.
Bottle; 19/03/11 was written on the plastic cork.
michael-pollack (1378), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 17, 2008 750ml Bottle: Sweet aroma. Smells of raisins, dark ripe fruits, brown sugar, malts, toffee, caramel, and hops. Poured deep copper/brown in color with a large, foamy, khaki head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Full of small, medium, and large particles. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of nuts, wood, chocolate, dried fruits, alcohol, yeast, and toffee. Medium to full body. Dry, chalky texture. Soft to average carbonation. Nutty, slightly alcoholic, dry finish.
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