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Smuttynose Gravitation 3.61 208

Smuttynose Gravitation

Percentile
93
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2083.63/5.03.61/5.0Special8.5%61.4Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Gravitation Belgian Quad is the newest offering in the Smuttynose Big Beer Series. This strong dark ale is brewed using a variety of Belgian specialty malts along with 200 pounds of raisin puree per batch. The resulting flavor is a viscous mix of dark fruit, rum, toffee and raisins balanced with aromatic fruitiness of the Belgian yeast. The beer weighs in at 8.5% ABV from a starting gravity of 23 degrees Plato.
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 kennydiaz (186), staten island, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20

Aug 13, 2009  
Pours a nice dark copper color with a creamy head. Nice floral aroma with hints of cherries. A very good quad.

 drfabulous (1267), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/516/20
Dec 9, 2009  
Boozy sweet aroma. Caramel and some fruit: berry and raisin. Sweetness is overpowering in the aroma and distracts a bit. Body is not as full and complete as I would like. Decent overall.


 radiomgb (2056), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 5, 2009  
Deep mahogany, fair sized beige head, light lacing. Aroma is of cherries, some alcohol, light chocolate. Flavour is of toffee, highly sweet, cherries and alcohol. Sweet mouth, med body, mod carb. Finishes sweet, lingering.

Not really a quad. Highly sweet.

650ml bottle.
Opened March 2009.
Bottled in 2009.


 LooseCannon (936), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 30, 2009  
22oz bottle. Pours reddish copper in color with full foamy brown head. Aroma sweet, citrus hops and toffee. Taste malt, raisins, hops and alcohol with bitter finish.


 after4ever (2805), Brier, Washington, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/59/20
Nov 28, 2009  
22. pours clear and still medium burgundy with no head, lace, or legs. big sweet spicy black currant nose, some good fruity tang to it. lots of alcohol twang there as well. sticky, thickish body. dark spices and dark fruit on the mid palate. sweet and sticky...interesting.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (2033), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/520/20
Nov 23, 2009  
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark red-chestnut color with a large foamy orange-beige head. The aroma had a whole lot going on, starting sweet and nutty and possessing notes of ripe cherries, port, wood, and cocoa. The flavor was equally complex with a tart and tangy base with solid notes of black cherry, molasses, sugar, wood, port wine, pineapple and cocoa. Amazingly complex. The finish was long nutty cherry and cocoa. Full bodied. Amazing.


 Fred82 (401), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/516/20
Nov 22, 2009  
750ml bottle at a tasting. Nose is fruity and spicy. Very spicy. Taste is quite spicy with some raisins. Very fruity. Quite sweet. Hints of cherries. Very fruity and sweet.


 jimhilt (1688), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 22, 2009  
Pours a three finger light tan head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Deep ruby, almost black color. Medium carbonation and heavy bodied. Dark fruit nose. Flavor is sweet dark fruit, hops way in background. Brown sugar finish. Sweeter than the typical quad. $5.49 for a 22oz bottle from Beverage Warehouse Winooski, VT.


 Butters (1651), Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Nov 14, 2009  
Bomber courtesy of maniac. Pours a semi hazy burgandy with large cola head. A weird potpourri nose, like lavender, or rose petals. Flavor is fruity and floral, like rum-raisin or fruitcake. Extremely sweet brown sugary syrupy body. Not a bad beer, but just WAY too sweet. Not really finding the belgian yeast on this one. don’t know what to think of this one.



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