Me Against IBU / 32 Plato

Big quadrupel by the Vrijstaat Vanmol crew, made this big by working with an original gravity of 32° Plato, without any addition of sugar, much like e.g. German Doppelbocks are made – but with a very ‘Belgian’ element of added spicing. Mousy, tiny-bubbled, pale greyish beige, slowly opening head, misty chocolate brown robe with mahogany-brown hue. Aroma of toffee and caramel sauce, brown sugar even if not applied, ground hazelnuts, thyme, nutmeg, old dry leather, dried fig, almond, pear, kahlua, moist brown carton, vague hints of old cigarette shag, old tea bags and liquorice. Densely sweet onset, again very reminiscent of candi sugar even if it has not been used here (contrary to what is custom in Belgian quads), fruity hints of fig, medlar and banana, medium carbonated with unsurprisingly very full, rounded mouthfeel; dense caramelliness fills the mouth cavity, with aspects of brown honey, hazelnuts and candi syrup accompanying it, towards a long, warming and spicy finish hinting at nutmeg, thyme and pepper, while softer and sweeter dried fruit, brown bread (with a bittering toasty accent) and toffee impressions linger on. Ends with a rum-like alcohol effect, but the high density of this beer prevents it from becoming too obtrusive. Big, intense, sweet quadrupel, well done.

Bottle - Thanks Kraddel, my almost 20k rating from your 10k beer. Cheers brother. Also cheers to Greg for the mule. Raisin and prune. Deep dark brien with a small beige head. Sweet dark fruits with prune, blueberries and and a long dark raisin finish. Quite nice.

330mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma is loaded with dark dried fruits, toffee, caramel and candied sugar. Flavour is along the same lines, with dark dried fruits, brandied fruits, caramel, and liqueur. Sweet, candied and dark fruits. Really nice.

Light brown, just a hint of haze, no head. Light fruit notes, a touch of alcohol, also a little bit of bubblegum. There's a nice molasses note to this, on the palate, cut by just a touch of alcohol. Ends up balanced, actually.

27 September 2018. Birthday Antwerp Pub Crawl - cheers to Anke! At Beerlovers Bar.
For the heck of it: rating #1400 goes to this one - cheers to kraddel for the idea, the suggestion and the elaborate explanation that came along. Pours hazy dark brown with a lasting, small, frothy, tan head. Intense aroma of brown rum, burnt caramel, sweet wort even, stewed plum, candied prune, molasses, pear syrup, cold tea, cookie dough. Taste is - quite unmistakably - heavy malty sweet, lots of dough, plum, caramel & molasses, cake-like; leaving some room for a light herbal bitterness, tea-like, some spicy licorice too, faint hint of raisin. Dryish, malty finish, faintly herbal hoppy, lingering thick syrup, plum, dough; warming kahlua or even brown rum-like alcohol. Full body (to say the least), syrupy texture, soft carbonation. A beer that knocks you out with its malt hammer and thick body; tasty but also quite hard to finish on your own. Good stuff!

Thanks! Sampled 330 ml. bottle @ Kraddel's 10K Madness. Kraddel has made in the past several homebrew with ideas that led to this beer, it is on paper an interesting experiment but not something that is overly enjoyable but I get him having this beer made. Black, solid mocha head. Nose is weird plastic syrup, chocolate, malt syrup,… Taste is this overly plastic, malt syrup with roots, one note and not much else than this plastic malt syrup, too thick in every way & hard to drink. Music: I have heard Dylan hyping Infected Rain before but I don’t quite get them but I don’t get most of the bands he likes :) PS: lol at secret spices..........

Small yellow-tan head over black beer. Rosewater, frangipane, treacle, molasses. Slightly drier in the taste, ashes, but yet toffee, treacle, roaste. Sweet, but gradually some vinous notes. Quite slick to viscous, medium carbonation. Alcohol is not obvious. The nose is less than inviting, thankfully the following is better. Still, IMO this is not really a great beer.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Vrijstaat Vanmol Me Against IBU / 32 Plato (by Vrijstaat Vanmol Brewing):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

28/VII/18 - on tap, shared @ Kraddel's 10K event, Beerlovers Bar (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2018-924) Thanks to Daisy for sharing the beer!

Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: chocolate, dried fruits, figs, alcohol, mussels. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: alcohol, malty, dried fruits, raisins and figs, alcohol, some milk chocolate, soft roast, malty. Aftertaste: more alcohol, sweetish, malty, lots of dried fruits, prunes, slightly sourish, nice stuff, I dig it!

Bottle at Kraddel's 10K Madness, congrats Dylan! Pun on Infected Rain - Me Against You. Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is chocolate, molasses, Belgian yeasts. Taste is molasses, malt syrup. Thick oily mouthfeel with low carbonation. Damn, very overdone, a very thick Quadrupel - I don't get the New England part.