F: huge, light tan, long lasting. C: dark amber, hazy. A: malt, caramel, dried fruits, hint of toffee, toast, butterscotch, marzipan, desert wine, white chocolate, rum. T: dried and candied fruits, vinous, caramel, hint of white chocolate, hint of orange peels, honey, toffee, rum, full complex body, medium carbonation, very nice quad good balanced, tasty and enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Spar supermarket in Oostende.

On tap at Gainsbar, Kortrijk. Pours hazy deep orange to amber, medium white head. Sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, some sugar, medium bodied. Not very complex for a quad.

On tap. Leicht trübes dunkel orange goldenes Bier mit einer geringen weißen schaumkrone. Geruch ist leicht holzig, trocken fruchtig. Geschmack ist süß malzig, Honig, Karamell, leicht alkoholisch.

Bottle from Wijnegemse Drankenhal. Initially thick and frothy, densely moussy, thinly lacing, off-white head, eventually reduced to a medium sized veil and firm rim over a deep orange-tinged, translucent dark bronze-amber coloured beer, lightly hazy, notably more pale than usual for the style, cloudy with sediment. Wealthy aroma of peach, meringue, brown rum, butterscotch, honey liqueur, candied banana, powder sugar, yellow raisin, marzipan, white chocolate, biscuit, whisky, apricot, sweet dessert wine, apple cake, dry earth, white port wine, ginger, marmelade. Candied sweet onset, honeyish with dried fruit impressions of yellow raisin, banana and candied orange, some soft and ’dim’ redcurrant sourishness on the edges, minerally touches here and there. Quite spritzy carbonation - more so than usual for a quad - coarsens an otherwise slick, vinous, somewhat oily and thick mouthfeel, built from a thoroughly caramelly, slightly biscuity malt sweetness with a lot of residual white candi sugar sweetness on top; dries in the finish due to a subtle toasted accent, spicy and herbal (nearly tea-ish) hop bitterness and, unsurprisingly, quite a lot of heating, peppery, Grand Marnier- or rum-like alcohol, balancing on the edge of astringency but in all not too obtrusive. Alcoholic, very sweet but rich and interesting sipper, decent like most other beers in this range, technically correct and pleasantly aromatic. Quite a lovely beer, but more a (Belgian) barleywine than a true quadrupel in looks and flavor. I assume La Trappe Quadrupel - the first beer to use the term ’quadrupel’, as recently as the early nineties - served as an example here, but I have to admit that I expected something darker and more robust, along the lines of Rochefort 10, blue Chimay or Westy 12. Unexpected but nice surprise, doubtlessly with great ageing potential.

Bottle from Geers. Dark brown colour, beige foam. Sweet nose of caramel, dried fruit, alcohol. Sweet taste, rather thin body but alcohol is noticable. Not bad.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty dark fruit aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty dark fruit finish.

Bottle. Fruity, estery nose, peaches, caramel, raisins, fresh and dried fruits. Deep orange-bornw, clear, with a fine, tight head. Sweet and estery flavor, fruity, cocoa, fudge, pears. Quite bitter finish, even a bit rough. Nice jammy fruit. Body is light for a quad. A good beer. Not very similar to your classic quads, but a nice drinker nonetheless.

On tap at Gainsbar, Kortrijk, Belgie, Thursday, 10th March 2016 Hazy amber with a light beige head. Soft mouthfeel, it’s a little bit sweet, sweetshop sweet, toffee banana, strong and decent bit a tad one dimensional. A6 A3 T7 P4 Ov13 3.3

Brown colour with thin, lasting head. Aroma and flavour are dominated by sweet malts and sugar. Some bread dough in the finish.