6.5

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

Bottle from Deca and drunk at home. Very dark brown beer lasting tan head. Lots of dark brown malts on the aroma. More brown malt in the mouth. Some hop sting on the finish. Doesn’t really go anywhere but it’s fine. Malty. Some sweetness.

7

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

Bottle from Deca, Woesten, Flanders, consumed at home Thursday 6th April 2017 Pours reddy amber with a mid sized off white head. The aroma suggests that this will be sweet (and it is) Little bit of banana and toffee, candy sugar and a little spice. Nice, and despite me not realising that I had poured myself a quadruple it’s very drinkable. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5

6.8

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

Bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck. Quadrupel from De Landing, a beer company started by three bio engineers, who have apparently moved this recipe from Eutropius to Deca now; this rating concerns the Eutropius version, but the label says 10% ABV rather than the 11% mentioned above. Medium thick, pale greyish beige, regular head, quickly dissolving into practically nothing in the middle, but retaining as a firm moussy rim on the edge; lightly hazy, deep brownish bronze colour with reddish burgundy hue. Aroma of warm caramel, candied figs, coriander seed, rum-soaked raisins, brownies, overripe pear, sangria, milk chocolate, cloves, stewed plums, damp earth with a very weak FFF-like touch, raw brown sugar, banana candy, fainter hints of gravy, liquorish, diluted coffee grounds, almond, marmelade, honey liqueur, sweet grapes, soggy brown bread. Fruity onset, lots of banana and pear, sweet with residual brown candi sugar sticking a bit to the teeth but not in an annoying way, something deeply sourish (unripe plum) underneath, spritzy carbonation, minerally, a bit on the sharp side for even this style, full and rounded, smooth, thick and slightly resinous mouthfeel. Full-fledged caramelly malt sweetness in the middle, filling the mouth along with ongoing banana ester and brown sugar sweetness, evolving into an earthy, warming finish combining this sweetness with drying effects of earthy, only mildly bittering hops, quite a lot of soapy coriander and a strong afterglow of rum- or plum liqueur-like alcohol which balances on the brink of wryness in the very end; clove-like phenols adorn this combo in a not too obtrusive way. Earthy yeastiness and residual - not to mention somewhat cloying - sugary sweetness linger after swallowing along with the expected soapy coriander effect. Your typical quadrupel, aiming at the greatness of the holy trappist examples in this style, but not quite getting there: a bit too spritzy, a bit too earthy (FFF) and a bit lacking in complexity. I’ve seen many a beer like this pass by in the past fifteen years and this one does not stand out: all the clichés of the style have been answered, sure, but not in the deepest or most refined way possible. It still passes for me, considering other Eutropius things I have tasted in the past; certainly a decent sipper by itself, but lacking a bit in personality and finesse. Very (if not overly) saturating too, in its combination of alcohol strength, sweetness and relatively high carbonation.

7

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

7.3

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

15/10/2016 - sample from bottle @ Bles Bierhappening. Hazy brown with medium head. Nose is dark malts, caramel. Taste is dark malts, hints of roast, caramel, some chocolate.

6.8

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

F: big, pale brown, average lasting. C: dark, opaque, dark red tones against the light. A: malt, caramel, overripe banana, brown sugar, dark fruits, cough syrup. T: malt, dark fruits, cough syrup, spicy, candy, hint of milk chocolate, overripe banana, medium body, good carbonation, not complex as I expected, 33cl bottle from Zottegem Beerfestival 2016.

6.1

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

33 cl bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted malty, slight caramelish. Toasted malty, yeasty and caramelish. Bitter and slight phenolic. Dry and toasted finish.

5.3

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

Sampled from 0.33 l bottle at RBBSG 2016 in Evergem. Hazy, brownish amber with a beige head. Sweetish-malty, yeasty-spicy aroma of caramel, honey and lots of clove. Sweetish-malty, yeasty-spicy taste of caramel, honey, lots of clove and plasticine, followed by a medium long, slightly bitter, very yeasty-spicy finish. Medium body, quite effervescent mouthfeel, average to lively carbonation. Not that good, something off.

6.8

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

Thx! you for sharing. 330 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG V. Dark brown, little head. Nose is sweet cough syrup, malt, sugar, dark fruit,… Taste is basic overly sweet cough syrup, herbal, bitter herbs, dough, overly sugar,… Body is bitter cough syrup. Not really my thing.

7

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

Sampled @ Ratebeer Belgian Summer Gathering 2016. Hazy red-brown color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, brown malts, brown candy sugar, sweet. Decent to medium body and carbonation. Decent. Pleasantly surprised.