Stewarts Conundrum Quad Ale

On tap at BCTC. Almost mahogany in color with a reddish hue. A slight head of white with a bit of lace. Aromatics are filled with grape jam, fruit gum, rum-soaked raisins, and a spicy nod. Coriander, orange zest, and white pepper add a nice complexity. The body is on the full side of medium. Sticky and slightly sweet. The pallet is part quad, part saison. Plenty of ripe, dark fruits and caramel, laced with zingy spicework. Fairly clean, no funk, and extremely warming. A big beer, but pretty damn smoth. Finishes warming with some light residuals, ripe figs, and a hint of dark rum.

Feb. 2007 - Dark brown, strong fruity aroma. Rich dark fruit and candied sugar, but not as rich as other quads, which made it more drinkable. Sweet, but not overly so...maybe a touch of saison-funkiness, but that might have been psycho-somatic. Still and all, very good.

BCTC. Best beer of the lot. Amber/dark red color with small head. Malty with fruity,caramel, dark fruit aroma and taste. Sweet and spicy and VERY easy to drink. Went back to the Stewart campsite and drank this stuff all night.

[BCTC 07] Poured a dark reddish brown color with a medium sized, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel, coriander, dark fruits, leather, and flowers. Taste was sweet, with more caramel, but balanced with huge fruity spices (coriander), yeast, light toffee, dried fruits, roast, and a touch of alcohol as well. This should be the next one to get bottled, and I expect it to age very gracefully!

THOUGHTS: This was easy to drink even with the high ABV. It was sweet smelling of caramel and cherry. Very tasty and pleasantly warming. TECHNICAL: On tap at Stewart’s. The beer was somewhere in between medium and dark reddish brown with a small, off-white head that mostly diminished. The body was medium to full and syrupy with fizzy carbonationa and a metallic and lightly alcoholic finish.