Q93 Quadrupel
Brouwbar in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.14
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nathanvc (6963) reviewed Q93 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
11 February 2023. At Brouwbar. Shared with the lovely Anke!
Clear copper, thin, tan head. Aroma of sweet cherry, date, dried fig, red apple, brioche, toffee, toast, aniseed, liqueur. Taste has very sweet cherry, date, apple & plum in a thick malt body of toffee, brioche and some dark honey; bit spicy, vaguely toasty even. Herbal hoppy finish offering more dried fruit, brioche and warming herbal liqueur-like alcohol. Full body, oily-syrupy texture, soft carbonation. Recognisable 'Abt', hefty at 9.7% and lots going on, but still managing restraint.
gave a cheers!
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Q93 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
1/II/23 - on tap @ Brouwbar (Gent), BB: n/a (2023-100)
Clear reddish brown beer, small creamy irregular beige head, little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: caramel, ripe banana, a hint of chocolate, sweet impression, malty. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: little bitter, malty, gentle roast, some alcohol, hoppy, some caramel, chocolate touch, a little sweet. Aftertaste: bitter, a bit hoppy, some caramel, some banana, nice!
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Q93 Quadrupel from Brouwbar 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
The third quadrupel created by Brouwbar, after Q56 in early 2021 and Q69 in late 2021, both of which were impressive – especially the latter. Medium thick, pale yellowish off-white, slowly thinning and opening head on a hazy ruddy brown beer with reddish-bronze glow. Aroma of melting caramel candy, raisin bread, candi sugar, ruby port, hazelnuts, green pear, ‘graanjenever’, dried prune, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg. Sweet onset with a clear candi sugar presence, hints of medlar, fig and ripe pear, medium carb with full, ‘fluffy’ mouthfeel – more ‘velvety’ and less slick than the previous two Brouwbar quads. Rounded caramelly core, some brown-breadiness and light hazelnuttiness, hints of toffee and ‘kramiek’ dough, with soft herbal hop bitter notes and warming, rum-like, prominent alcohol in the tail. I found this one to be softer and ‘breadier’ than Q56 and Q69 – which in this case means that it actually comes closer to the well-known trappist and abbey beer representatives of the style (think blue Chimay or La Trappe Quadrupel, for example). This effect must have been intentional – showcasing Benjamin’s skills as a brewer – but somehow it also makes this version more familiar and less surprising; I personally still prefer the Q69 over this one because of its bolder, more sleek and pungent character, but sheer intellectual honesty compels me to admit that this Q93 actually comes closer to the established Belgo-Dutch quad tradition everybody knows and loves, so have a point for that.