#02 Ignis Quadruple
Abdij van Grimbergen in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series|
Score
6.18
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter fnish. Creamy palate.
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed #02 Ignis Quadruple from Abdij van Grimbergen 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Very dense but small cream-coloured head over cloudy amber beer. Sweet, sugary, almost vanilla-intoned nose. Dark candi sugar, liquorice, bit of wood, yeastesters, heather. Sweet, again very estery, meaty esters, bubble gum, vague orangepeel, ripe banana, dark green leaves. And certainly again dark candi sugar. As to Rauchmalz?? Medium bodied at least, yet feeling thin for a 10% "quadrupel" (whatever that is). Good carbonation, bit viscous. Much more commercial profile than the first tested "Astrum". This one fits perfectly in the Alsation Grimbergen range.
Alengrin (11675) reviewed #02 Ignis Quadruple from Abdij van Grimbergen 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Ardet nec consumitur: like the phoenix rising up from its ashes, the Grimbergen brand has reinvented itself earlier this year in quite a surprising way, namely by setting up a microbrewery within the walls of the abbey it is still associated with, following the Parkabdij's example. Do not be fooled by the romanticism this seems to convey, though: since this hypercommercial brand is partially owned by Alken-Maes and partially owned by Carlsberg in 2008, these two giant macrobreweries are the ones that are really behind the whole plan, allowing for an expensive high-tech installation and the right marketing to produce and commercialise these 'new generation' and small-scale Grimbergen beers. The fact that once again, completely in the vein of 20th-century style Belgian beer marketing, 'historical' recipes are claimed to lie at the basis of these beers (as indeed the Grimbergen abbey, like so many others, brewed its own beer centuries ago), is all the more reason to be suspicious. Anyway, thanks to tderoeck for this bottle! Thick and frothy, irregularly cobweb-lacing, very stable, moussy, eggshell-white head on a crystal clear, warm amberish-tinged orange blonde beer with sparse sparkling and - in the end - some tiny 'snow flakes' of protein whirling around. Aroma of caramel candy, honey, ripe banana, gingerbread, dried orange peel or even vague marmalade, raw red cabbage, cloves, moist white pepper, cheap brandy, something sulfuric (freshly struck matches) possibly due to autolysis, bottled pear juice, something very vaguely smoky and 'dark green' (the beech wood element), subtle background hints of herb cheese, liquorice, wet brown paper and sweaty feet. Sweet onset, sharply carbonated, clear banana ester mingled with notes of red apple and pear, residual sugariness laying a honeyish sweetness over a smooth caramelly malt body which otherwise feels a tad 'empty'; bubblegummy edges, even a bit resinous, with growing protein presence in the finish (almost cooked meat-like) alongside strong clove-like phenols. The Rauchmalz, said to be used here, remains all but absent; instead, some onsetting oxidation is present (in the unflattering, 'old chicken soup' kind of way), hops provide only a light dash of floral bitterness, liquorice- and curaçao-like spicing comes in and gin-like alcohol has an astringent effect on the root of the tongue. Something metallic lingers as well. Pale quadrupel likely inspired by La Trappe's leading example but due to lacking in dark malts even compared with that one, feeling more like a sweet and boozy tripel - which is essentially what this is. I can imagine the regular Grimbergen drinker being charmed by this one, which brings back memories of the old Optimo Bruno, but I find it downright opportunistic of Heineken-owned Alken-Maes and giant Carlsberg to try and get in on the action that is the big salami called 'craft beer' these days. This beer still feels somewhat industrial, though admittedly far less so than the big market Grimbergens, lacking all finesse and sophistication - as if it indeed comes from a macrobrewery shrunk to the size of a microbrewery, if you see what I mean. Unnecessary, boozy, sugar-inflated, rather crude tripel for the masses still stuck in 20th-century clichés - a bit as feared, to be honest.
Rubin77 (10243) reviewed #02 Ignis Quadruple from Abdij van Grimbergen 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
33cl bottle from Carrefour market @ in Tervuren near Brussels. F: huge, tan, long lasting. C: coppery, hazy. A: malty, bit banana, spicy, bit berries, vinous touch, smoky touch, dried fruits. T: full malty base, mellow fruity, dried fruits, bit toffee, spicy, smoky touch, medium carbonation, better than regular Grimbergen so enjoyed for sure.
mike_77 (15880) reviewed #02 Ignis Quadruple from Abdij van Grimbergen 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Clear light brown colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour are spicy like a gingerbread. Boiled oranges too. Too spicy for me.
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed #02 Ignis Quadruple from Abdij van Grimbergen 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. A nut brown beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of smoke, candy sugar, dried fruit, wood, and malt. The falvor is sweet with notes of smoke, candy sugar, wood, spices, dried fruit, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dark amber colour, white creamy foam. Nose of dried fruit, plums, wood, some light smokiness. Medium sweet, light bitter, ok.
tderoeck (22946) reviewed #02 Ignis Quadruple from Abdij van Grimbergen 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
18/VII/21 - 33cl bottle from the abbey, shared @ my parents’ place, BB: II/2022 (2021-645) Thanks to Rik S. for getting me the bottle!
Pretty clear deep orange beer, small creamy dense off-white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: alcohol, yeast, lots of banana, phenols, some cloves, bit leathery. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty, lots of alcohol, ripe banana, bitter touch, bit earthy. Aftertaste: malty, slightly sourish, bit fruity, banana peel, orange peel, some caramel.