The Sixth Glass
Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating|
Score
7.26
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Quadrupel Ale
”Do you know what dwells in a glass?” asks Ole, in Hans Christian Andersen's The Watchman of the Tower. Better known for stories such as The Little Mermaid, Andersen wrote this short, cautionary tale for a somewhat older audience. Our quadrupel ale, also meant for the mature connoisseur, is a deep and mysterious libation, dark auburn and full-bodied, its sweetness deceptive. As Ole describes the glasses in turn, their contents become more ominous until, in the sixth glass...
”Do you know what dwells in a glass?” asks Ole, in Hans Christian Andersen's The Watchman of the Tower. Better known for stories such as The Little Mermaid, Andersen wrote this short, cautionary tale for a somewhat older audience. Our quadrupel ale, also meant for the mature connoisseur, is a deep and mysterious libation, dark auburn and full-bodied, its sweetness deceptive. As Ole describes the glasses in turn, their contents become more ominous until, in the sixth glass...
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Stas & Max. Hazy amber. Malt, caramel, banana, plum, toffeee, sweet, kinda boozy. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2017
at 12:30
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Purchased this 750 ml bottle while on a trip to Dallas. Poured into my favorite snifter it yields an attractive dark red-amber body, active carbonation and an eggshell white foam going as tall as you want. The scent gives red plum, currant and a whiff of spice. A sip gives a yeasty malt, cloves, ripe dark fruit, banana. Strong and gracious. A nice mouthfeel with the plentiful effervescence. Yowza. This is fine. I am late to the quadrupel game but I am enjoying the catch up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2017
at 17:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 330 ml from Beergium, shared with JFK10000, Max and Domagoj. Pours deep orange, small yellowish head. Sweet, caramel, honey, yeast, bit spicy. Medium to full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2017
at 15:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, many years after bottling. Pours clear mahogany, with a finger thick, creamy, off white head. Aroma is fruity yeast and roasted malts, with kandi, raisins and berries Medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is malts with burned caramel, kandi, brown sugar and leather, as well as some alcohol and herbal notes. Ok beer, but a bit raw even after all these years...
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2017
at 14:18
Excellent beer, first time I try a beer from Kansas City!
Tried
on 11 Feb 2017
at 22:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Pours a hazy red-brown with sediment floating around and a large, frothy, long lasting, beige head that laces. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, prune, raisin, spice, alcohol and yeast. Sweet flavour of overripe fruit, caramel malt, spice and warming alcohol in a dry, mildly bitter finish. Medium to full body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2016
at 00:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
$3.10 bottle from Wine Warehouse. Pours hazy brownish-red with a large orange-tinted beige bead. Aroma is black cherry, banana, yeast, bubblegum, raisin, and grass. Flavor is very similar with a hell of a bite at the end! Bitter cherry, bubblegum, yeast, raisin, grass, apple, toffee, glue, and alcohol. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2016
at 17:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brick red with tan head. Caramel, toffee, dark ripe fruit, faint chocolate, and a noticeable boozy note as it finishes. Medium bodied. Lovely quad.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2016
at 21:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Moderate bitter great complex well balanced flavor. Long moderate bitter finish, Creamy palate. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2016
at 14:12