Quadrupel - Oak Aged Batch #34
La Trappe Trappist - Abdij O.L.V. Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.59
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Used barrel Malbec. 71%
New Oak Medium Toast 11%
New Oak High Toast. 11%
New Acacia Medium Toast. 7%
Characteristic of Batch 34 is the dark amber-brown colour and the relatively fragile head. The most important ingredient of this batch is a red wine from Cahors, department Lot, that has matured well over 2.5 years in barriques of French Malbec. The grapes used for Malbec wines are full of colour and powerful tannins, which make for the distinctive rich taste and dark colour.
The first impression of the scent of this Oak Aged is complex and reminiscent of ripe black fruit, vanilla, cacao and tobacco.
Contrary to Batch 31, for which Malbec wine barrel are used as well, the wood flavour in Batch 34 is enhanced by the relatively large amount of new wood that is used. In combination with the lengthy maturing period, this results in a very high level of wood tannins for an intense Oak Aged experience.
Maturation has significantly reduced the bitterness, which makes the beer sweeter and softer than the normal Quadrupel.
The aftertaste brings out the taste of red wine, giving a pleasant, slightly sour finish.
Batch 34 was blended in November 2018.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Rusty-red beer, almost clear, with a few 'B.C.H.' bubbles. Deep old wood nose, fusels, X-mas cake, dark candi sugar. Sweet, if delicate, (dried) red fruit, very lightly vinous, raisins, walnuts, plums, fortified wine. Very much like a light dessert wine. Alcoholthinning (difficult to warrant its claimed 11%), very effemere alcoholheat, no carbonation left. Nice, the only thing its age has 'muddled' is that it seems a bit tired.
Fruity malty nose. The beer starts malty. Caramel, plums. Easy to drink, mild with a fruity back. Hints of grain, nice red-wine sourness with a fruity dry and malty-sourish finish. Great.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Dark amber, little bit of white head. Smells raisin and banana at first, followed by lots of dry wood. Fair body, but quite a lot of carbonation at first. Taste is very woody, loads of dry oak, with some subtle sweetness behind it. Definitely wine. Fun.
37.5cl bottle. A slightly hazy orange brown beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of dried fruits, caramel, red malt. Taste of dried fruits, caramel, raisins, wood.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Intensiver, leicht süßer Holzbeginn. Mild fruchtig, leichte Herbe, fein würzig. Konstante Aromatik, mittellanger Abgang. Nett. 10/11/11/11/9/11
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Dark amber beer, small head, aroma is caramel, vinous, malt, sweet, raisins. Light wood, light tart. Taste is the same, very fruity, nice
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes, malt, caramel, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample from 375 ml bottle. Slightly hazy amber golden colour with a thin white head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts, booze, over ripe fruits, noble rot. Taste is sweet. Medium bodied. Drying fruity finish. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
37.5 cl bottle. Pours hazy orange, light brown. Off white head. Aroma is caramelish. Phenolic. Lingering dark malty. Caramelish. Overripe fruity. Toasted malty finish.