8.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Pours clear chestnut, medium beige head, good lacing. Aroma is quite vinous, belgian yeast, dark sugars, molasses, oak, dates. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. A bit hot. Medium body. Quite nice actually.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle 330ml @ home
Pours dark reddish brown with a small beige head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, dried fruits, oak and vinous. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and lihgt to medium bitter with a long warm, dried fruits, caramel and vinous finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

I was impressed with another quadrupel from Nogne O a few years ago, Belgian Triangle. Tonight, on the last day of 2022, I am sampling Skyscraper for the first time. In my hand is a 33 cl bottle that I obtained from an appreciated seller in the Netherlands. Taking my Trappistes Rochefort glass down from the cabinet, I pull the cap and pour. The view is a mahogany brown liquid with hardly any head although there is a steady stream of bubbles rising to the top. I smell ripe fruit and some sourness, a contribution from the wine barrels I assume. The glass is lifted for a drink. I have to say, this is a good tasting quad, better than the scent. Chocolate, berries, figs, multi-grain bread, malt, a wine presence, leather and dried dark fruit. Chewy too. A bit different from your standard quadrupel but interesting and tasty in a style that is my favorite. A fine way to finish up the year.

7

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

Grumsete ultramørkeurun. . Middels høyt skum med litt farge. Detter sammen i rasende fart med mye lyd. Aroma av nøtter & rødvin. Smaken ditto. Krydder slår inn etter hvert. Tørr, rødvinspreget avslutning.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Gammel rating (3000-4000) som ikke kom med fra Ratebeer. Smaking på Trym. Sørumsand. Med Arsol. + 15.10. 2022, Nødingen Pub, Rygene Grimstad

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7.5

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

8-4-7-4-14 Bottle, #11211, bottle 2644/6800, 13 months after bottling. Pours opaque, dark brown, with a big creamy, mocha head. Aroma is dark roasted malts with bread, liquorice and leather, as well as dark fruity notes, tannins and wine barrels. Full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is roasted malts with leather, liquorice and dark fruity notes with figs and raisins, as well as tannins and wooden barrels. Dry wooden finish.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Very dark brown with a fat coat of beige head that never disappears. Big oaked red wine aroma with blackberries, brioche, dried figs, spices. Dried fruit jumps out at you in the taste (freshly dried isn't a thing is it?) with figs, brambles, raisins, mace, anise - above more rumbling dark sugars and brioche. Dryish with slight bitterness, oak and some leafy/ tannin notes at the end. No overt alcohol. Complexity is nothing without structure and balance. This is something.

8

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

Bottle, 330 ml shared with kajser27, Max and Miro B. Brown with beige head. Caramel, vinous, sweet, dried fruit, some chocolate, tad sour. Smooth texture. Medium bodied.

9.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Dark brown colour, beige foam. Nose of dried fruit, plums, raisins, syrup, berries, liquorice. Sweet and malty. Very well balanced. Great quadrupel!