Quadrupel - Oak Aged Batch #08
La Trappe Trappist - Abdij O.L.V. Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.50
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle split at Bruce’s pad, thanks to Bropey - who has become very much the Quad Pimp of late, 24/10/14. Murky chestnut brown with moderate beige spotting and edgework. Nose is light smoke, toffee fudge, burnt sugars, dark fruit rinds, light TCP. Taste comprises rich malt, toffee, spice, light peaty smokey wash, brown sugars, woody rinse. Medium + body, fine carbonation, sweet licks in the close. Decent quad, the smoke element allied to a touch of bitterness tempers the sweetness and keeps this drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to the L train. Murky brown orange coloured pour, oily with a short lived off white head. Aroma is woody! Booze, oak, vanilla, fairly sweet. Flavour is woody, oak, tangy berry and warming wood and booze. Palate is flat with lowish carbonation. Bit of age.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Paul. Pours clear amber with a slight, creamy tan head. The nose holds golden raisins, some bread, toffee. Medium to heavy sweet flavor with a bit of smoked meat, candied ham, bread, caramel, dried fruits. Full bodied, oily, with fine carbonation. Warming finish with lots of stewed fruits, soft peat, bread, toast, more golden raisins. Pretty tasty overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at Bruces. It pours murky brown with minimal head. The nose is woody, big whisky, marshmallow, nougat, fudge, toffee, earth, light smoke and raisin. The taste is rich, sweet, toffee, earthy, whisky, wood, toasty, plenty of dried fruits, raisin, dare, light cocoa, smoke, stinging alcohol with a smooth, sweetish finish. Medium-full body and low carbonation. A touch light on the carbonation, but still decent. Pretty tasty stuff all in all, but not terribly well refined.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle - Whisky notes, raisin, brown sugars and raw oak. Deep reddish brown with almost no head. Tons of oak and some fig. Wood is very dominant.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at End of History tasting. pours muddy but big nose of Islay whisky which i’m always a sucker for. tastes of more of that sweet peat, caramel, figs, oak, and cherry. full mouthfeel of chewy goodness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by Jesterdeal at End of History tasting. Pours dark brown tan head. Nose/taste of peat, whiskey, oak, dark fruit, toffee, cherry cordial and caramel. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
375 c&c from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Cork left with a light pop. Pours dark copper with a slight beige head. There’s a lot of whiskey in the aroma. Not sure it’s bourbon. It is. Med + body. Flavor has lots of smoke. Maybe it was scotch! Lots of treacle. It’s all very smooth and finishing less than dry. Had to be scotch!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the Kulminator, Antwerp. Poured a clear dark amber with a thin broken off-white head. The aroma is rich burnt caramel, smoke and boozy alcohol. The flavour is medium bitter moderate sweet with a rich light syrup smoke spicy palate. Medium to heavy bodied with flat carbonation. One of the very best in the series.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared with Jmgreenuk at Kulminator. Pours clear brown with a ring beige head. Aroma is smokey, peat, wood, overripe dark fruit and caramel. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter, boozyness Cingular int the palate with alcohol warmth in the finish. Full bodied with flat to soft carbonation.