Weyerbacher Quad

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle (probably slightly aged, but I’m not sure how old it was). Pours a cloudy dirty orange with a small white head. Aroma of raisins, sugar, and alcohol. Flavor of vegetal notes, yeast, sweet apple juice. It was a muddled mess to me and I wasn’t a fan of this one. 6/4/6/3/13 (3.2/5)

Bottle at Eulogy, Philadelphia 18-11-08. Pours muddy amber in colour with a white rim for a head. Loz detected liquorice straight away and I think she was spot on. Really nice feel in the mouth, the alcohol was warming rather than being harsh with plumes heading to the back of the mouth. Some yeast on the nose, vanilla and oak really push through and then big, big hit of toffee and banana, very nice. A7A3 F8 P4 OV16 3.8

Appearance is a little weird. Extremely clear, red-amber color which seemed weird for a quad. Aroma was really strong. Very alcoholic, but still sweet and fruity. Definitely some yeast in the aroma. Flavor is dominated by malts but you can still taste the sweetness. Alcohol fades in the taste, which created a pretty nice palate.

(Bottle). Big fruity aroma. Reddish body, little or no head. Flavor is sweet, not overly cloying, fruity and somehwhat diverse, with malt and alcohol. Quite tasty, actually. A very good effort.

Weyerbacher Quad came in bottles with some nicely decorated labels with the the letters Q-U-A-D in a square pattern. Of course these bottles were packaged in a four pack. The beer was poured into a St. Bernardus goblet, and it looked a lot paler and bit too clear, when compared to that standard bearer that once occupied the serving glass. The head atop was small and faded to a small rim around the edges, but somehow the lacing was still pretty solid. The smell was authentic for the style with boozy, spicy, and heavily fruity overtones. The taste was banana, raisin, and fig like in its sweetness and had added flavor due to a lot of spiciness evident with each sip. The alcohol was obvious, but not obnoxious. The mouthfeel was not as caressing as I would have liked, but it was quite full, sticky, and satisfying. The aftertaste was spicy white pepper and orange peel flavors lingering on. A nice take on the style, and I’d obviously like to take up the makers on their word that this ages well.

I’m prefacing by saying that i tried this very young/fresh, when i try an aged bottle i will re-rate and average my thoughts if need be.... Appears Hazy Copper with next to no head... Aroma of dark fruits, very sweet malts, and yeast... Very sweet taste with a kick of alcohol... Beer definitely needs to mellow for a while before drinking, the flavors are not melded together at all... Finish is non-descript, mouthfeel is full...

Bottle. Pours a ruby brown cognac color with almost no head. Yeasty wine notes, reminiscent of macerated stone fruits, with almost a hint of candied bananas. Small and sharp bubbles in the mouth with rich sweet flavors lead into a warming finish with a little more of the banana notes from earlier. While it peeks out at times, the alcohol is rather well hidden in here.

clear ruby/amber with hardly any lacing under a small film head. fruity(cherry, apple, pear) candy sugar aroma. sweet and sticky palate. medium bodied. very warming finish. flavors of candy sugar, the same light fruits as the aroma, cider, rum. not a bad quad. i was really impressed with this one.