Brewer's Reserve: Bourbon Barrel Belgian Style Quadruple Ale
Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production|
Score
7.51
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Barrel aged Quad is brewed in the spirit of collaboration. We combine traditional techniques and ingredients like Belgian candi sugar with American innovation and experimentation by the use of bourbon barrels. Our Quad is amazingly balanced and smooth while maintaining the dark fruit notes that are the trademark of the style.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the Scrapyard, Alkmaar. Poured a clear dark reddish brown colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is toffee caramel, red berry fruits, light boozy alcohol. The flavour is moderate to strong sweet, with a smooth rich, oily, light fruity, treacle toffee, light warm alcohol bitter. Medium to full bodied with flat carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Scrapyard
on 06 Oct 2019
at 06:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Scrapyard. Clear brown with a tan head. Aroma of oak, caramel, bourbon, booze, butterscotch and sweet overripe dark fruits. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Scrapyard
on 29 Sep 2019
at 14:52
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Always happy to find a new quadrupel to try, I found this 12 oz bottle at City Swiggers in New York City a few weeks ago. The weather is beginning to turn, I can enjoy some of the heavier brews now. The glass of choice is my Straffe Hendrik chalice. With some VNV Nation playing in the background, I pour and see a liquid similar to La Trappe’s quad followed by a momentary, tan head. The scent is burnt sugar and dark fruit. Now the payoff drink, I find malt, red cherries, dark plum, leather and brown bread. Very little sweetness, moderately bitter for a quad, some of the barrel shows up and there is a small burn too. Touches many bases, I would gladly buy again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2019
at 22:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 355ml
Dark ruby colour, vanishing head. Aroma has bourbon, vanilla, berries, toffee. Medium to full-bodied. Quite flat. Candy sugar, berries, toffee, vanilla and bourbon in the flavour. Ok flavour but same time a bit dull with its minor carbonation.
Dark ruby colour, vanishing head. Aroma has bourbon, vanilla, berries, toffee. Medium to full-bodied. Quite flat. Candy sugar, berries, toffee, vanilla and bourbon in the flavour. Ok flavour but same time a bit dull with its minor carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2019
at 18:21
8/10
Toffee, dried fruit, boatloads of smooth bourbon, quite a bit of oak. Right up my alley. 4.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2019
at 17:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber color. Vanilla, bourbon and candi sugar in the aroma. Bourbon flavor, vanilla, coconut, sweet. Thinnish and alcoholic. Oak. Firm and raw.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 08:34
8/10
A pretty well made quad. Sweet, caramelly, malty, all that should be there. Add the bourbon barrels, and you get a bit more complexity, some bourbon, some wood. Pretty boozy, but no more than you'd expect. Well balanced. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2019
at 22:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours dark brown. Aroma and flavor are sweet, fruity, malt, bourbon, bitter, sugar. Overall: very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2019
at 11:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery, 5/4/19. Hazy dark amber, medium creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of bourbon, whiskey, cherry, dates, brown sugar. Taste is brown sugar, cherry, plum, yeast, oak, mild booze. Medium bodied, low carb, moderate heat and spice, well balanced. Nice beer.
Tried
on 08 May 2019
at 05:05