6

Sweet, caramel, alcohol, bitter, raisins

7

Magus, karamelline, linnaseline, nats happeline, kommisuhkur, puhas. Ok

7

#quadrupel

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

1/V/22 - 33cl bottle @ In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst, BB: 4/XII/22, LA3091220B11:04 (2022-473)

Clear amber to red brown beer, big irregular off-white head, a little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: banana, caramel malts, very yeasty, some grains, cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty start, grains, caramel, very sugary, floral touch, yeast, a little bitter, metallic, soapy. Aftertaste: metallic touch, bitter, spicy, malty, yeasty, banana.

6.6

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

Clear mahogany brown colour with thin head. Aroma has malt sweetness, some caramel and dried fruit. Taste has a light floral hop bitterness and again a light caramel sweetness.

3

Bottle from FinestBelgianBeers. Pours a nice dark brown, a touch of red with a thin beige head. Nose is fairy sweet, fig, fruit cake with a touch of alcohol and spice. Taste is of liquorice, syrup, sugars and dark fruits. slight hint of burnt roast/coffee. By the end of the bottle this beer was way way too sweet for me. Did not enjoy

7.4

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

Pours clear, dark ruby brown. Small white head. Smell is wades, mild raisins. Caramelly, distant chocolate. Mild hoppy earthyness. Taste is full, creamy, roasty, chocolate. Sweet, médium intense. Lower Carbo. Full-bodied.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Quadrupel by Vrijstaat Vanmol, one of the more recent additions to their range, bottle at In De Verzekering Tegen De Grote Dorst. Thick and frothy, pale yellowish 'ecru', mousy, stable head over a clear mahogany-caramel brown beer with rusty-reddish hue. Aroma of toffee, Ersatz chocolate, brown bread, muesli, treacle, candied dates, baked banana, iron, chewing gum, hazelnut paste, apple peel, ruby port, vague coffee grounds, hint of chlorine. Sweet onset, very sweet even with clear blonde sugariness, notes of candied fig and banana, very bubblegummy, fizzy carb, very caramelly, smooth and bit resinous malt sweetness with a toasty bitterish finish supported by herbal, tea-ish hop bitterishness and highlighted by warming, port-like alcohol; the sugary sweetness and bubblegummy effect linger. Sweet, smooth and accessible quad, but perhaps a bit too thin and too 'easy' for this style.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

24 November 2018. 5de Winters Bierfestival Waregem. Deputy Taster: Anke. Vanmol's attempt at a Quadrupel, with the aim of making it accessible. Not to be confused with their Me Against IBU, made for user Kraddel's 10K ratings, and a whole other beer anyway. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a slowly thinning, off-white head. Aroma of pear syrup, molasses, candied prune & orange, cold tea with a dash of sugar, dough, burnt caramel, licorice, amaretto. Taste is medium to heavy malty sweet, yet not cloying and actually remaining subtle, with notes of syrup, dough & candied fruit; further balance is established by a medium spicy bitterness, hint of licorice & a herbal note of tea; faintly toasted in the back. Dryish, herbal hoppy finish, a bit spicy too, lingering caramel & dough, and some warming herbal liqueur or amaretto alcohol. Full body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Accessible in that it's quite an easy drinker, perhaps a tad too easy in terms of the palate, but some might find this not sweet enough.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle split at de Grote Dorst, 09/12/18. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent light beige cap. Nose is bitter sweet malts, fruit cake, dates, dried fruits, sugars. Taste comprises fruit cake, stewed dates, toffee, dried fruit, liquorice, booze, light smoke. Full bodied, fine carbonation, a touch chewy with balanced warming alcohol gracing the close. Decent quad ... a touch sweet but not overly so.