 ChainGangGuy (1603), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Jun 9, 2007 Updated: Apr 12, 2008
Appearance: Pours out dark brown, almost purple-ish. Generous head gave way to a thin layer of bubbles
Smell: Generous bouquet of sweet caramel malts and candy sugar under a blanket of dark fruit (particularly raisins). Some sweet, juicy nectarines. A dash of spicy yeastiness. A touch of leather. All of it smelling quite "Belgian". Note: the high alcohol is surprisingly subdued in the aroma.
Taste: A well blended, outstanding example of a quadruppel. This beer features brown sugar, black cherries, anise, raisins, and toasted toffee malts. There’s a great depth of varying flavors, so pay attention, but don’t forget to savor. All of this gives way to a long-lived spicy, white pepper finish.
Mouthfeel: Strikingly smooth, very rich, and with a low, gentle amount of carbonation.
Drinkability: A+++ Power Beer. Would buy from again! As good as folks say, perhaps better. Especially for me, someone who’s not overly partial to the style.
(Edit: After trying several beers within this style during a blind tasting on May 21st, 2007, Rochefort 10 was the unanimous, clear-cut winner.)
screwball (706), Motala, Sweden
Oct 13, 2008 Bottle. Pours dark dark brown colour. Head is off-white. At first big but disappears sone in the tulip glass. Aroma is complex and brings dark little burnt sweet malt, plums, spices, liquorice, wood, chocolate and dark syrup. Flavor is strong and peppry. Malty, little winous and sweet in tha same way. Burnin´ palate cause of the high alc. Warming.
hellbilly (912), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Oct 12, 2008 BB 1/9/2013... pours the color of walnut stained wood with a sandy white head which leaves lots of drippy lacing. specks of yeast evident and the beer turns opaque when the slurry hits it! sweet grainy aroma is full of golden raisins, caramelized pears, buttery caramel, bananas and savory-ish yeast. lots of flavors... vanilla, chocolate, coffee/toasted nuttiness, bananas, caramelized d’anjou pears, golden raisins, lots of sweet grain/malt, toffee, wood.... so rich! it finishes with alcohol and a ton of spices. the abv% isn’t unwelcome. in fact, it helps to clean up the sugars, balance it out and make it insanely drinkable. noble/skunky/grassy hops linger in the aftertaste. the body is medium but the mouth feel is slick and smooth across the tongue. buttery texture coats the inside of my mouth...
heynik1885 (29), tonawanda, New York, USA
Oct 11, 2008 Awesome dark brown pour with a small beige head. No lacing on glass. Smell is plums, raisins, sweetness, and some spice. Taste is same and is so complex and well balanced. ABV is hidden well beneath the excellent taste and aroma. By far a new fav!
BEERGUY007 (181), Scotia, New York, USA
Oct 11, 2008 Nice and God bless those monks. Dark beer just the way I like it. Nice tan head that lasts forever. Nice raisin taste. Mostly what I could taste throughout the beer. Thick mouthfeel, nice and smooth.Did you know monks would drink the darker beers while they were fasting for nutrition? Darker beers were also used to be given to nursing and pregnant Mothers for nutrition. Times aren’t the same are they?
tedovertu (136), Apple Valley, Minnesota, USA
Oct 10, 2008 Plum, prune, cherry, and brown surgar aroma with a little cinnamon. Unbelievable in its complexity. Average light brown head. Virtually no lacing that is mostly diminishing. Hazy body with medium particles. Sweet initial flavor wih a little sour in the finish. Medium to full bodied with an astringent mouth feel.
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