Plan B
Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Half Acre Beer CompanyBelgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.93
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A partially sour-mashed Belgian Strong Dark that was brewed at Perennial in conjunction with the guys from Half Acre, fermented and aged on dried Black Currants.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear dark brown with a purplish hues with an off-white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a strong rich dark currant note with a hint of tartness and underlying sweet dark grains. Flavor is similar with strong currant up front that mellows in to a light dark grain finish with a bit of tartness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2013
at 11:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Capital Ale House in Harrisonburg. Pours a dark brown with a red tint. Medium sized frothy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of strong currant, earth, grapes, mild spice. The taste is tart fruits, chocolate, earth. Medium bodied, slight lingering tartness.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2013
at 21:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Pours clear brown to hazel, shall beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is spiced, fruity, cinnamon, toffee, yeast. Flavor is quite spicy, ginger, medium sweet, minimal bitterness, fruit, toffee. Medium body. Interesting, but a bit o er spiced.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jul 2013
at 16:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Churchkey. Maroon color, clear, tan edge head. Aroma of dark berries, cherries, grapes. Taste is softly sour currant, sourdough brown bread.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jul 2013
at 13:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle, sent from tstockstrom (thanks Chuck), pours a dark purple, almost like grape juice, with some bubbles for a head. Aroma of black currants, some Belgian candied sugar, and some lightly tart grapes. Flavour is lightly tart, with black currant, some mild candied sweetness, and grapes. Lightly tart and very dark fruity. ABV is no where to be detected. Good fruit beer - I'm just not a big fan of black currants.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2012
at 10:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
750ML in a wine glass.
A - dark purple, 2 finger red head that fades to a single finger. nice lacing
S - Smells of brown sugar, cane syrup, raisins and apricots. Hint of cherry.
T - Taste is similar to the smell. lots of cherry, blackberries and dark fruits. sort of sweet at the finish.
M - medium body, high carbonation
O - Not a bad beer. Not one I’d seek out again though.
A - dark purple, 2 finger red head that fades to a single finger. nice lacing
S - Smells of brown sugar, cane syrup, raisins and apricots. Hint of cherry.
T - Taste is similar to the smell. lots of cherry, blackberries and dark fruits. sort of sweet at the finish.
M - medium body, high carbonation
O - Not a bad beer. Not one I’d seek out again though.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2012
at 17:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle @ Brad’s house Minneapolis, courtesy of jcnielsen. Pours a fairly clear, deep brown appearance with a small brown head. Nutty, dark berry, currant, chewy toasty malty, light caramel aroma. Light cough syrupy, blackberry/currant, a touch tart, nutty, caramel flavor. Not exactly my thing but it’s kind of interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2012
at 16:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle. Proud is a fairly dark brown... highlights come through on the pour, but in the glass it’s pretty dark. Head is fairly thin and tan, maybe a quarter inch by the time it’s all said and done. Aromas are kind of muted, but I pick up some fruit (smells like black cherries to me), very light chocolate notes and a little graininess. Flavor is interesting... Tastes a lot like a very good cherry stout. There is a decent amount of roasty maltiness but the crown jewel is the current presence which is robust and carries the beer from start to finish, but gets tarter as it goes until a fairly sour finish. I was a little afraid of this one, thinking it could go south pretty quickly, but I didn’t expect it to be this good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2012
at 20:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Paul’s. Pours dark brown. Nose/taste of sour milk, black currants, dark cocoa and caramel. Mild acid. The sour milk really throws me off. Otherwise solid. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2012
at 12:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Capped 750 from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours dark brown with a slight tan head. Aromas of burnt malt, not too burnt, chocolate and berry jam. Med+ body. Flavor is dark berry, chocolate, sourish, dark malt. Took a moment to slide into this, but (except for a peanut butter note that just popped up) this is quite a production. Ends rather sour currant with chocolate and earthy notes.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2012
at 18:27