Q69 Quadrupel
Brouwbar in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.15
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nathanvc (6963) reviewed Q69 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
28 October 2021. At Brouwbar. Cheers to Anke, Ama & Johan!
Hazy dark amber-brown, thin, frothy, tan head. Aroma of raisin, date, candied plum, brioche, caramel, pear, orange peel, liqueur. Taste has (very) sweet raisin, date, pear, some red apple in a thick caramelly malt body, biscuity, with a syrupy undercurrent; edge of bitter citrus peel somewhere. Herbal hoppy finish, some spiciness, balancing, yet mostly sweet dried fruits, caramel & warming liqueur-like alcohol lingering. Medium to full body, oily-syrupy texture, soft carbonation. Amazing stuff by Brouwbar, just a pure Quad executed to perfection. Yes, let's have a (big?) bottle of this to keep in the cellar...
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Q69 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brouwbar’s new quad, a reworking of the original Q56. Medium thick, greyish off-white, somewhat irregular, stable head on a very dark caramel brown beer with burgundy glow. Strong bouquet of overripe (brown) banana, cooked pear, melting candi sugar, kahlua, treacle, sirop de Liège, sandwiches with brown sugar or indeed ‘gestreken mastellen’ (a specialty pastry from Ghent), cloves (strong!), raisins, caramel, dough, brown rum. Very fruity onset, sweet with a very strong banana ester presence as expected, mingling with deep brown ‘candi’ sugariness and aspects of ripe pear and candied dates; minerally, medium carbonation, very full body, almost syrupy even. Deep toffeeish, caramelly maltiness with an edge of ‘Koetjesreep’ to it and a slight nutty core, lots of residual dark sugariness and ongoing sweet fruitiness, while clove-like phenolic aspects come up strong retronasally. Warming finish, port- and kahlua-like alcohol but not astringent or otherwise annoying; lots of brown sugariness lingering (almost sticky even), but some herbal hops provide backing bitterness too. Very rich, thick, sweet quadrupel, feeling ‘fuller’ even than many of the leading commercial examples – quite boastful as such, more bold and ‘in your face’ than Q56 for sure (and more so than I am used from usually restrained Brouwbar). Impressive, but still very true to style; I do believe, however, that it will get better with at least a few months of ageing on it, reducing the sweetness and bringing forward the malts and esters. That said: fantastic quad, good work Benjamin!
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Q69 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
8/X/21 - on tap @ Brouwbar, BB: n/a (2021-1143)
Clear dark brown to purple beer, small creamy bit irregular off-white head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of ripe banana, lots of caramel, sweetish impression. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sweet, banana, overripe banana, lots of alcohol, bit metallic. Aftertaste: bitter touch, caramel, bit malty, alcohol, sweet, soft roast. I guess I like my Quads with some more age on them...