Port City Brewing Company Colossal Four

Colossal Four

 

Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Special Out of Production
Score
7.39
ABV: 9.5% IBU: - Ticks: 9
The Fourth in the COLOSSAL® Anniversary series is appropriately a Belgian-Style Quad.

COLOSSAL FOUR is dark caramel in color. It is rich in flavor without being overwhelming sweet or bitter. It is a malty brew made with a special dark candy date sugar. It has a slight roast flavor and shows complex, dark fruit flavors of raisins, dates and cooked apples all mixed with a bit of chocolate.
 

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9.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

On tap at Rustico in Alexandria VA Aroma: dates, prunes, raisins, caramel Appearance: dark amber with a beige head Taste: medium sweetness, light bitterness, Palate: full body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, Delicious

Tried from Draft on 29 Jun 2016 at 11:14


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

4 oz pour on draft at Port City. Clear amber brown with beige head. Aromas of toast, dark fruit, caramel. Tastes of caramel, toffee, dark fruit, light grains, toasty notes. Medium body with a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 12 Jun 2016 at 20:09


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Tap. Pours hazy reddish, medium off white head, creamy, decent lacing. Aroma is light, malty, a bit dusty, candiv sugar, date. Flavor is medium sweet, a bit of grass, Belgian spice, orange peel, raisin, dust, very lightly bitter. Medium body. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 31 May 2016 at 20:00


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Albion. Cloudy dark amber with small foamy beige head, doughy aroma with some caramel, sweet caramelized malt taste with faint alcohol undertones, low carbonation, long caramel finish. Quite sticky sweet and robust.

Tried on 07 Oct 2015 at 16:47


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

4oz pour at Brookland Pint pours a clear deep amber with a ring of creamy white head. Nose has candy sugar, raisin, chestnut honey, mild booze, some rotting tropical fruit. Flavor follows, loads of raisin, clove, lots of bubblegum, anise, licorice, candy, mild grape jelly, booze. Sticky finish.

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2015 at 22:11


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

New England Bucket List Trip #259. Keg at Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a hazy amber with a thin creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of banana, bread, mild stone fruits. The taste is bready malt, spice, banana, caramel. Medium bodied, mild booze.

Tried on 05 Mar 2015 at 17:19


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Very well done. These guys always surprise me with the quality of their stuff. Pours dark amber with decent head and lacing. Prune and raisin with some floral yeast aroma. Touch of oaky bitterness in finish but only a hint. Light sweetness otherwise. Tap at pizza paradiso Dupont.

Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2015 at 17:53


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at Glens Garden Market and Pizzeria Paradiso Dupont. Poured a nice ruby brown color, slightly murky. Head was lightly tanned. Aroma was raisins, dates and some brown sugar. Very vague notes of oatmeal raisin cookies. Flavor was great tasting raisins, dried fruits. Alcohol is there, but doesn’t provide any burning character. This was fantastic. Very impressive.

Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2015 at 13:58


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at Paradiso Dupont. Hazy variegated deep amber brown color, huge beige head with good retention and lacing. Aroma of Raisinettes, dates. Taste has brandied plums, raisins, figs dipped in butterscotch. Rich and warming. Delicious winter drink. Happy birthday Port City!!!

Tried from Draft on 31 Jan 2015 at 13:06