On tap @Cerveceria Boulevard, Irun. 05/12/2019. Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca aromas maltosos, sabor dulce, malta, notas especiadas cuerpo medio.

Bottle. Dark brown color. Maltsyrup and dried fruit in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with Apple, toffee, candy sweets. Hint of roast. Decent.

Draught, half pint. @Artbeerfest 2019, Caminha (Portugal). 13/07/2019. Dark brown colour with a tiny tan head. Aroma is caramel malts, toffee, yeast and raisins. Taste is the same leading to a boozy and harsh finish. Next one please!

Quadrupel attempt by this unknown brewery in Spanish Basque country, thanks Stefan for sharing at Dok Brewing Festival. Thick and creamy, membrane-lacing, yellowish-ecru head on a hazy mahogany brown beer with ochre-ish edges. Aroma of bubblegum, rubber even, caramel candy, ripe banana, brown sugar, rainwater, candied fig, tea. Sweet onset, brown-sugary with pronounced bubblegum effect, banana ester and cooked pear impressions, medium carb, smooth and quite ‘fluffy’ mouthfeel; thoroughly caramelly and somewhat ‘sweetbready’ maltiness, honeyish sugariness lingering, tad earthy in the end with lingering sticky sweetness, lingering bubblegum effect and some warming, rum-like alcohol. I get the idea here, but this is bit of a caricature of Belgian style ‘strong dark ale’, too brown sugary sweet and too thin to absorb that sweetness; we are far removed from the great trappist legends in this style, though nothing is strictly wrong here and I can equally easily name several ‘new’ attempts at this style in Belgium that are of no better quality than this one. Drinkable in all but still a bit of a missed opportunity, especially since this is apparently intended as a celebration beer…

Imported from my RateBeer account as Bidassoa Nexus Anniversary Ale (by Bidassoa Basque Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

6/VII/19 - on tap @ DOK Beer Festival (Gent), BB: n/a - (2019-995) Thanks to all my beer friends for sharing today's beers!
Clear red brown beer, creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of (over)ripe banana, caramel, sweetish, bit sugary, nice and fruity, little malty. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, bit sugary, roasted, chocolate, bitter touch, some coffee, malty touch. Aftertaste: sugary, mocha, caramel, some vanilla, coffee, banana, yeasty, little sourish.

33cl Bottle, thanks Marko! Dark brown colour, beige head. Aroma of dark fruits, hint of plastic, some milk chocolate, figs. Flavour is medium sweet, lemonade, light herbal, fruity, figs, alcohol. Medium bodied.

Bottle shared. Dark brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, toffee, light overripe dark fruits and light herbal notes. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.

33cl bottle.
Dark brown color, no head, flat carbonation. Aroma has notes of dry fruits, yeast and toasted malts. Flavor with a high presence of alcohol, toasty, spiced hints, notes of burnt caramel. Toasty and alcoholic final.