Quadrupel - Oak Aged Batch #16
La Trappe Trappist - Abdij O.L.V. Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production|
Score
7.82
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BATCH 16 (blended in March 2014) was distributed as follows:
Type in BATCH
Brandy 37%
Oloroso 27%
New Oak Medium Toast 12%
New Oak High Toast 12%
Late Burgundy 12%
This Quadrupel Oak Aged has a deep-bronze colour topped with an amber head. Its aroma is defined by mixed wood and honey notes. These are followed by vinous flavours with a lingering port- or sherry-like scent.
The taste is quite smooth and full. For a Quadrupel this batch is rather dry and well-rounded as a result of a long maturing period in oak or acacia barrels. A two-year aging period is sufficient even if the full taste of this batch, if properly stored, warrants a good couple of years of enjoyability. Besides the effects exerted by red wine and brandy barrels, this Oak Aged also underwent Oloroso influences. The hop taste has all but vanished, but wood and wine tannins have left an agreeable bitter flavour.
Type in BATCH
Brandy 37%
Oloroso 27%
New Oak Medium Toast 12%
New Oak High Toast 12%
Late Burgundy 12%
This Quadrupel Oak Aged has a deep-bronze colour topped with an amber head. Its aroma is defined by mixed wood and honey notes. These are followed by vinous flavours with a lingering port- or sherry-like scent.
The taste is quite smooth and full. For a Quadrupel this batch is rather dry and well-rounded as a result of a long maturing period in oak or acacia barrels. A two-year aging period is sufficient even if the full taste of this batch, if properly stored, warrants a good couple of years of enjoyability. Besides the effects exerted by red wine and brandy barrels, this Oak Aged also underwent Oloroso influences. The hop taste has all but vanished, but wood and wine tannins have left an agreeable bitter flavour.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Flaske 330ml fra Vinmonopolet, Tromsø Langnes. Mørk brun med et høyt luftig skum med litt farge. Kniplingslacing. God krydderaroma med trepreg. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Smaken sammensatt. Trepreget fortsetter med plommer og svisker som nye komponenter. Svakt syrlig etter hvert. Avslutter tørt. Alkoholen godt kamuflert. Et lite sherry-preg.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2014
at 13:09
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Small rim, sparkling carbonation in fully cloudy orange-tinted brown beer. Very fruity & vinous nose, preserved strawberry and orangepeel, fruitsyrup. Vinous, fruity with a sharp, sweetish alcoholic touch. Faint woody bitterness in the finish. Liqueur, ethanol. Touch of blue cheese, again strawberries. High carbonation level alleviates the oily viscosity. Aftertaste is a bit light for such a beer. Balanced an dry version, but surprisingly light impression for this series.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 22:55
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
05.06.2014, 0,375l bottle @ home:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, dried fruits, caramel malts, grass, vanilla, sugar, raisins, oak, almonds, butterscotch. Taste is slightly sweet fruity, oak, grass, dried fruits, caramel malts, dark sugar, almonds, vanilla, hay, raisins, alcohol, red berries, butterscotch, hints of licorice. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel, high carbonation. Very nice.
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, dried fruits, caramel malts, grass, vanilla, sugar, raisins, oak, almonds, butterscotch. Taste is slightly sweet fruity, oak, grass, dried fruits, caramel malts, dark sugar, almonds, vanilla, hay, raisins, alcohol, red berries, butterscotch, hints of licorice. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel, high carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2014
at 11:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
37,5cl bottle shared by Arve_Christian - thanks! Pours amber to brown with an off-white head. Aroma of dried fruits, vanilla, wood and hints of caramel. Sweet and woody, balanced and complex. Delicious stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2014
at 13:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 375ml. corked @ [ Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House.
[ As La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged Batch #16 ].
ABV: 10.0%. Clear medium to dark amber colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, sweet malt, wood, oak, vanilla, alcohol - brandy, dried fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, caramel, sweet malt - honey - dried fruit, alcohol, vanilla, barrel, vanilla - barrel - oak. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20200118]
7-3-8-4-16
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2014
at 07:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Frothy White good mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy caramellic wonderfull aroma. Powerfull wellbalanced moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2014
at 10:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Assentoft tasting. No head. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are vanilla, fruits, yeast, malt, caramel and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2014
at 10:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Fra flaske på RBHD-treff ombord på Fridtjofen mai-14: kveldens siste (av i alt 20), og Odd Gunnar åpner den med andakt. Champagnesmell! Varm mahognyfarge. Opp fra det moderate cremeskum stiger en liflig aroma med konfekt, svisker, vanilje og jordbær. Himmelsk god smak med en eksemplarisk avrundet munnfylde, og en vidunderlig (og heldigvis lang) ettersmak.Sherry/portvinsassosiasjoner. Besnærende lett, elegant og forfriskende. Panelet sukker nhenført og taster flittig. Dette er et sublimt øl - kanskje finnes der en gud allikevel.
Tried
on 09 May 2014
at 13:26
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Shared corked bottle at local tasting. Brown colour, moderate off-white head. Aroma of oak, fortified wine, brown kandij sugar, dark dried fruits and caramel. Lovely flavour, oaky but not too much, notes of old sherry and dark dried fruits, not too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2014
at 13:25
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Amber. Off-white head. Aroma of vintage wine, port, dry sherry and ripe redcurrants. Similar taste. Refreshing with high drinkability. Superb, superb, superb!!!
Tried
on 09 May 2014
at 13:24