Smuttynose Gravitation

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Bottle:   Very heavy amber, moderate to large foamy beige head, decent lacing.   Heavy malty nose, bready, rather sweet, subtle dark pitted fruit.   Not as heavy on the tongue as the nose suggests, but still rather robust.   Good combination of dark pitted fruit, breadiness, and even some licorice.   Reminds me of Gouden Carolous Noel crossed with a Dubbel and a Quad.   Perhaps a little on the sweet side, and not very big and robust.   Its like a 1/2 Quad or something.   Either way, I would say its almost sessionable.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Lingering licorice, dark pitted fruit, and a malty breadiness.   Entertaining and certainly different.   I rather enjoyed it, even if I don’t think it is a real Quad caliber.   Thanks Jeff!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.