Fles gedeeld met Koen, het is en amberkleurig/roodbruin bier met een medium beige schuim. Het heeft een aroma van druiven, wijn en hout. De smaak is vol fruitig, zacht zoet, houtig met tonen van vanille en druif. --- Beer merged from original tick of Quadrupel - Chateau de l’Horte Vatgerijpt on 11 Dec 2021 at 21:29 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Fles geprobeerd met Inoven, Keukeman en Benzai. Het is een roodbruin bier met een dun schuim. Het heeft een fruitige en houtige geur met tonen van rode wijn. De smaak is vol, moutig, houtig en fruitig.

Special edition of La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged, aged in barrels from French winery Chateau de l’Horte; expensive luxury bottle from a luxury packing, big thanks to Craftmember for sharing this one. Open, thinnish, off-white, unstable head on a clear coppery bronze beer with amber glow and lively sparkling, misty with sediment. Aroma of caramel candy, honey, sugared tea, that typical bubblegummy banana effect of the regular beer, wine-soaked raisins, fermenting apple, wet oak wood including its classic vanilla association, clove, pear drops, candyfloss, almost burnt brown sugar – but actual wine remaining very faint so I guess the barrels have been thoroughly cleaned before use. Sweet, with banana, yellow raisin and candied date notes, fizzily carbonated (more so than expected really) adding a bit of ‘fake’ sourishness so to speak, quickly shifting to slick, sweet caramelliness with a layer of dark sugar on top, developing a very mild toasty-bitter accent as it goes, together with a herbal hop bitter note; vanilla-like aromas from the oak wood do appear retronasally, and a very dim sourishness with an equally dim grape flavour reminds me that this was indeed wine barrel aged. Clove, bubblegum and grape sugar linger in the end, caramel however remaining dominant, all warmed up by very obvious, rum-like alcohol. Feels very slick and smooth, almost ‘macro-brewed’ if you get my drift, with too much of that basic La Trappe Quadrupel sweetness (and ‘bubblegumminess’) and too little of the depth and complexity wine barrel ageing is capable of; I think leaving more of the wine inside, no matter how unpredictable the result may sometimes be, would have lead to a much more interesting beer. Not quite worth its hefty price tag, if you ask me.

Fles gedeeld door Tomhendriksen. Roodbruin bier met weinig schuim. Aroma is fruitig waarbij de rode wijn ook is terug te vinden. De smaak is moutig, houtig en wijnachtig. Wel kleverig in de mond. Nasmaak is iets bitter en heeft wat pittigs. Versie 2023 20 maanden op hout gerijpt. Gedeeld door Joep en gedronken met familie. Robijnrood/amberkleurig bier matig schuim. Smaak is fruitig, hoppig, en licht houtig. Nasmaak is licht hoppig. 8,4,8,3,16.

75 cl bottle shared at tasting with Johnny and TomHendriksen. Thanks guys! Reddish to darker reddish color, small off-white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, decently sweet, softly sugary, light caramel. Hmm red wine influence? Hmm, yeah it could have some red wine. Nice.