 HogTownHarry (4020), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 22, 2007 Bottle (750ml). Shared with chris_o, mes_and_sim, harrisoni, reakt and duff - via duff. Awesome - I had to come to England to finally rate this! Hazy copper with a lasting creamy-foamy off-white head. Candy-sweet, spicy aroma, leafy hops - mild. The taste was also sweet and spicy/yeasty - too sweet, too simple really for a quad - tasty, but the yeast seems wrong. Smooth, sugary mouthfeel, very soft, long, almost cloying linger. It’s a decent beer, but lacks complexity - not a particularly good try at the style, IMO.
harrisoni (6828), Ashford, Kent, England
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Sep 22, 2007 Bottle from Duff drunk at Chris_o’s HogTownHarry meet up. Hazy amber, thick lasting beige. Smells like a Belgian wit to start with. Some brown sugar, Belgian yeast. Too sweet in mouth. Really odd. Fruity. Tooe sweet. "Yewh" from Duff, apparently.
georgekappus (296), Brookfield, Connecticut, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 21, 2007 Bottle. Pours a dark red with little head. Sweet malty aroma with a very sweet honey sugary taste. Slightly carbonated on the tongue. Not a bad quad.
dra19 (89), holland, Michigan, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 21, 2007 Pours a cloudy brown color with a huge beige head. Aroma and taste is very malty, sweet with lots of fruits. This beer is awesome. For an American brewery to make a quad this good is remarkable.
lampeno420 (321), Zeeland, Michigan, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Sep 21, 2007 thanks dra19, BillVanE, and jgd0608. Loved this one. Could have been the best of the quad blind testing for me, and yes, we did have a Westy 12. Full of fruit, sweet and tart. Small detectable alcohol bite. Great.
unclemattie (2427), Georgia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 18, 2007 750mL bottle, 22.5°P, 9.9% ABV. Roasty, smoke, malt. Cheese and moldy oranges... in a good way. Sweet malty flavors.
ElJefe (553), Rochester, New York, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 17, 2007 Pours mahogany with a thick, fluffy off-white head that lasts forever. Bready, yeasty aroma of dark fruits is very reminiscent of holiday fruit cake. Apple, white grape, banana, vanilla - just a great, complex aroma. Big, malty flavor chock full of dark fruits, rum, molasses, yeast esters. Some alcohol in the finish serves to balance and smooth out the huge, syrupy mouthfeel. I like this one a lot. Too bad my buddy only brought me one bottle, as I would imagine this will age beautifully.
Bottle from first batch bottled at Sly Fox (2006, I believe).
ChainGangGuy (2590), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 10, 2007 Appearance: Pours a clear, dark amber body with a gigantic off-white head. Yessiree, a beer head large enough to gain sentience.
Smell: Sweet-smelling, candyish aroma of dark fruits, caramel, and spice. Soft hint of yeast.
Taste: Caramel maltiness with a heavy-handed dose of candi sugars. Nicely spiced. Reserved yeastiness. Plenty of figs and raisins. Fruity finish with a slight metallic twang to it.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Moderate carbonation. Syrupy mouthfeel.
Drinkability: That metallic twang detracts somewhat, but still, it’s pretty tasty.
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