Weyerbacher Quad

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

Source:12 oz bottle from Greens Beverage in Atlanta.
Glass:Orval trappist.
Appearance:Hazy orange pour with almost no head.
Aroma:Dark fruits, sweet bread and caramel.
Flavor:Heavy dark fruits with caramel, toffee, bread and earth.
Palate:Full body with solid carbonation.
Overall:No head, but high carbonation, not sure about that. Excellent flavor and aroma, though a bit boozy. Still, a very good beer.

12 oz bottle courtesy of either TheEpeeist or Cletus or someone else I might have forgotten.. man, I should slow down on the trading. Pours a dark amber, hazed, bubbly, with sunset orange notes, decent offwhite head that laces, dies to a small layer. Aromas throw caramel, Belgian candy sugar, apple and pear, with a decent yeasty spice, bread. Good fruit mix with sugar and spice and light vanilla. Initial is a bit thicker, good fruit throwing banana esters pretty big, caramel, pear, apple, bread, vanilla, with light spice, as the darker sugars take the stage with the big fruity influence. It seems this is how Weyerbacher makes it’s Belgian ales, which I can’t argue with. A good warming booziness follows suit, as the sweetness of fruits and sugars works it’s magic. Faint bitterness, but not enough in my opinion. This is a nice beer for colder nights, I think. Ok.. an underwhelming Quad though, as far as complexity goes.

Dark golden body with nary a white head, some good notes of fruit. A strong contender in the type.

Bottle from Secret Santa. Amber color. Slightly vinous, dusty aroma. Full bodied. Alcoholic flavor with varnish, hazelnuts and tangerine. mago. Too alcoholic and unpolished, but gets more friendly as it warms up.

12oz bottle into an abbey glass. Pours a hazy golden amber with almost no white head that disappears into a fine ring. The aroma is big esters and candy sugar with drops of alcohol along the way. The flavor is totally sweet like candy sugar with edges of ripe tropical fruits. The alcohol doesn’t so much taste as leave a burn on the tongue and throat as it lingers. Nice medium-high carbonation that tingles at first but fades with the warming of the stomach.

This is one of the ballsiest beers that I have had in a long time. Great aroma of alcohol and a a full flavor as well.

Bottle. Pours a hazy honey color with little to no head. Dark fruity nose that is rather sweet. Taste is a malty, dark fig flavor with a nice, Belgian level of carbonation. Lots of honey taste. Thin taste of alcohol lingers on the tongue. Feels a little viscous in the mouth.

Weyerbacher is one of those breweries that has never let me down, and I have no doubt that their Quad will be of similar blessing.

A thick, viscous pour almost threatens to upset the balance of gravity as she slowly meanders her way into my awaiting chalice. Deep, burnt orange with shades of khaki and leather, she sports only a minuscule head which disappears almost as quickly as she appeared. Compared to other Belgian quads, she is the palest one that I have seen visually; I am used to deep russet browns with fluffy tan heads planted firmly atop their murky wealth. Intrigued by her seemingly light clarity, I raise my glass to my nose and am immediately smitten by her massive nose. She may be pale in color, but her nose bursts with a rich bouquet of yeasts, cinnamon, ginger and ginger bread, nutmeg, orange, mango, melons, red apples, bananas, and bubblegum. Thick, rich, and succulent, I can almost touch it. As I lean in for a more intimate experience, our lips touch in an explosion of thick, mouth-coating yeasty ecstasy. Her high ABV is front and center with almost immediate warmth that permeates and lingers long into the finish. Bananas and spice add to her heavy nature while mango, melons, and oranges are drizzled with chilled honey, thick, sticky, and sweet. A touch of dryness settles on top of my tongue like a gentle dry rub of cinnamon and nutmeg while the ginger adds a playful punch. As she warms, her viscosity increases along with the overall intensity of her palate. It is a good thing I am sitting down, for I am weak feeling a bit weak in the knees in beery ecstasy. Luckily, I am able to retain my senses, and savor each sup of my Weyerbacher Quad up until the very last one.

If a quadruple and tripel were to have a scandalous tryst and bear a child, she might be a lot like the Weyerbacher Quad. But quadruples, like all Belgian “styles” are a kind of enigma; a denomination more for strength of palate and alcohol than taste, color, and aroma which is why the Weyerbacher Quad is as much of a quad as St. Bernardus Abt. 12 or Chimay Grande Reserve. Mm, mm, tasty.