Q56 Quadrupel
Brouwbar in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.28
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Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Q56 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
33cl bottle, thanks Tim. BB 01/06/2021, bottled 01/01/2021.
Cuivre/ambre, col fin crémeux blanc-cassé, jaunâtre.
Arôme est sur le belge - léger caramel crystal, toffee, sucre résiduel, fruits secs, un peu effet 'buttery' avec une pointe de biscuité et de toffee.
Palais est bien ficelé de suite une belle présence de levure belge avec une petite pointe de banane - fruits confits raisins secs, abricots séchés, note de caramel presque beurre salé. Toffee avec une belle amertume noble en fin de bouche. Retour un peu boozy sur la fin.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Q56 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
28/I/22 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent), BB: n/a (2022-113)
Clear dark purple brown beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of ripe banana, overripe banana, soft roast, yeasty, malty, some dark chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish, caramel notes, lots of ripe to overripe fruits, very yeasty, alcohol. Aftertaste: lots of alcohol, ripe banana, pretty bitter, bit sugary, yeasty, bit chemical. Too young, this beer benefits from ageing a bit longer (this was the second batch I learned afterwards).
Bierridder (4318) ticked Q56 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 4 years ago
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Q56 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
One of Brouwbar's latest beers to date, a quadrupel intended as a winter warmer; rating from one of several bottles picked up at the brewpub. Medium thick, mousy, creamy, pale yellow-beige, dotty lacing, opening head on a dark chocolate brown beer with ruddy-burgundy, hazy glow. Aroma of caramel sauce and even caramel liqueur, almond, clove, ruby port, wood glue, camphor, paraffin even, gingerbread, rum-soaked raisins, bayleaf, rainwater, apple syrup, candi sugar. Sweet onset, candied figs and dates, sweet ripe apple, medium carb with full, bit glueishly smooth mouthfeel; candi sugar sweetness lingers all around but does not become overpowering anywhere, leaving enough room for a slick caramelly maltiness to pass through with a brown-bready core and pecan-nutty edges, feeling a tad resinous in the end. Phenolic effects turn out quite strong in the end, reminiscent of clove, dried ginger, camphor and even aniseed, before a mildly leafy hop bitter note and some background toastiness set in, pairing up with a rum-like alcohol glow, which does not, however, betray the considerable ABV in this beer. The candi sugariness, still present, sweetens up the tail, but in a non-cloying way. Impressive creation: I did not expect Brouwbar to come up with something as traditionally Belgian (and Dutch if you count the inventors of the term, the La Trappe monks) as a quad, but Benjamin pulled it off and achieved a warming, soothing, yet still supple and streamlined example, strangely fitting in the Brouwbar's house style. Still has a few sharpish (solventy) edges at this young age, but those will certainly decrease with age - fortunately I bought enough of these to cellar a few... Intense and restrained at the same time, good job for a first attempt at this highly exposed style.
nathanvc (6963) reviewed Q56 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
O, happy days, because Brouwbar has a new Quadrupel! Bottle from take-away. Hazy dark brown, thin, bubbly, off-white head. Aroma - at first impression - of band-aid, fading away in favour of candied plum, orange, stewed pear, red apple, toffee, sugared peanut, vague maple syrup, brioche, something savoury like cherry tomato. Taste has candied sweetness of plum, apricot & red apple, syrupy profile but not quite like 'residual sugar', underlying brioche-like & caramelly maltiness with a herbal bitter & nutty middle. Dryish, earthy hoppy finish, lingering candied fruit & toffee & even vaguely spicy, the hops effectively drying out the candied sweetness nicely before warming brandy-like alcohol kicks in. Medium body, syrupy texture, soft carbonation. Good stuff, thanks Brouwbar for warming the winter days (and our throats)... 30 June 2021. Bottle at cellar temperature. Quite alcoholic, brown rum and caramel, toned down by candied fruits. Less band-aid. Sweet sugary fruits, caramel, phenols. Brown rum alcohol. So good.