Real Ale Brewing Company Black Quad

Black Quad

 

Real Ale Brewing Company in Blanco, Texas, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular
Score
7.14
ABV: - IBU: - Ticks: 15
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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Aromas are dark malt, roast, spice, maybe hints of dark fruit cocoa and coffee. Flavors are similar to nose with a little metallic. Single fermentation. Not bad not great.

Tried from Can on 06 Jan 2026 at 04:15


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Tall boy can - clear dark purple pour - nose is plum, sugar, and light smokey phenols - flavor ids sweet, with dark fruit, light peppery spice, mild dusty yeast phenolics - slightly drying finish, with some lingering warmth but nothing I would call booziness - it's okay.

Tried from Can on 12 Mar 2025 at 01:29

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7

Tried from Can on 31 Oct 2024 at 21:15

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can from explosivedog: pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is raisins, figs, no booziness, yeast. Taste is sweetish, fruity, light toast at finish. Some bitter notes.

Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2024 at 02:09

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

Can, courtesy of blutt59. Pours dark brown. Biscuit, cherry, fig, dusty, dark chocolate. Medium body. Fine.

Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2024 at 01:53

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. A- Raisins, bubblegum, fruity esters. A- Black color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Fruity, banana, bubblegum, raisins, cocoa, roasty. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, fruity finish. O- Dark color, but not sure what else makes this a "black" quad. Pretty decent. Perhaps tastes more like a Triple than a quad. Overall, good.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2018 at 18:37

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Another from Real Ale’s fine list of bombers. It pours very dark, black with a red tinge. Gives a nice tan finely-bubbled foam that stays. It has a nose of dark fruit. I get from the taste cherry, dark chocolate, malt, tastes for the basic style I think from my frequent experiences. All leading to a dry finish with noticeable alcohol. All in all, a good effort from Texas at a complex Belgian. Great value.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2016 at 17:20

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Hughies. Pours a dark brown with medium creamy beige head that lasts. The aroma is yeast, banana, raisin, cocoa. Medium body, roast, cocoa, yeast, dark fruit, boozy finish, very good.
Earlier Rating: 12/26/2012 Total Score: 3.9
On tap at Whip-In. Pours a very dark brown with a small beige head leaving spotty lacing along the glass. The aroma is raisin and caramel malt. thin mouthfeel with a sweet malt and caramel. Hides alcohol well, a very good Quad from Real Ale.

Tried from Draft on 02 Aug 2016 at 18:16

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bomber thanks to Secret Santa crajun! Dark brown, large foamy tan head. Good retention. Aroma of bready malts, plum, toffee. The taste is chocolate, nuts, plum, bready malts, cherries. Medium bodied, low carbonation, well hidden booze.

Tried on 31 May 2016 at 22:21

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Shared 22 oz. bottle. Pours brown tinged with purple and has a thin creamy beige head. Nose is plum, red wine, and alcohol. Taste is dark fruits, red wine, caramel, spice, and Belgian yeast. Moderately sweet. Creamy texture. Pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2016 at 22:32

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