Belgian Quadruple
New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production|
Score
7.33
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Inspired by the Trappist brewers of Belgium, our heavyweight Quadruple tips the O.G. scales at 25 degrees P. Master Brewer, Daniel Carey, sourced the Brett yeast that boldly frames this refined and complex strong ale. First coddled in our Oak lager tanks and then slowly matured in bourbon barrels. This is a bold beer that sips like a refined cordial of nutmeg, dried cherries and vanilla. Perfect for lying down or sipping by the fire tonight.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ home. Orange brown color. Malt, cherry and a hint of flowers in the aroma. Full bodied. Sweet but oaky flavor, malty with dried cherries and mango. Slightly alcoholic. Flowery hops and dried fruit in the aftertaste. powerful and flavorful beer with some complexity.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From Mar 2008
I got this in a trade with orbitalrOx. Thanks Don!
This pours from red foil wrapped bottle a clear reddish gold with a huge and growing head of foam. It comes close to overflowing but stops just short.
The smell is dominated by clove and yeast with a good presence of dark fruit and some nice Brett. There's also some strong peppery notes going on here.
The taste is spicy with that pepper and clove starting off..that's followed by caramel malt that adds a lot of sweetness(could be some candy sugar there helping out too), oak & bourbon, vanilla, yeasty notes, and some bread, that's most notable in the finish, along with some fig and just a bit of the Brett that I noted in the smell. Sadly, I don't think the alcohol is hidden all that well as I get some in the taste, some during the swallow, and a lot of warming after the swallow. It's tasty for sure but I wouldn't want to take any more than small sips at a time.
It has a medium mouthfeel overall though at times it comes across to me as being almost syrupy, and the carbonation is medium light. The head retention is *very* good as is the lacing.
I'd say that *maybe* this "Quad" is trying to do too much and is a tad too complex for the style but..don't get me wrong. I like it and I'd drink it again. Btw, I think this one is 11%abv but I don't remember where I read that so some research on my part is in order. ;^)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by Brian - thanks man! Pours opaque mahogany, thick and creamy with a small drown head and some lacing. Aroma is very malty, some spices, caramel, toffee, yeast. Flavor is the same, definitely quad-like but some oxidation evident as well. Full body and rich mouthfeel. Tasty beer that was probably better a couple of years ago.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle thanks to Styles. Pours purplish brown. Nose is predominantly candi sugar with some sweet candy, cordial, yeast and plum. Taste is also mostly candi sugar, some plums, cordial and a hint of oak.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
18th March 2009
Hazy amber brown beer. Soft and dry palate. Very sweet toffee malt with a brief note of something fruity before a velvet punch of slightly spicy alcohol. Well joined up but a little over sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle from footbalm
Appearance: Slightly hazy amber with a small off-white head and very little lacing
Aroma: Tart cherries, oak and caramel
Taste: Full mouthfeel. Sweet malts, vanilla and slightly tart fruits
A nice Quad, easy to drink and refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12oz bottle from a trade, aged a little bit. Color is amber, hazy, thick, with medium clarity and a gentle pour produces a headless beer. Aroma is alcohol but light, with a touch of cardboard. Its slightly sticky but not overly sweet. As it warms up more age (cardboard) comes out. Flavor is very nice, some barrel (leaf), and a bit of "slickness," which I attribute to the brett. In this case, the brett is not strong and not overly apparent. The flavor is not heavy and nicely constructed with no age showing in the flavor (surprisingly). The flavor finishes fast and does not linger. The beer is easy drinking and very nice for an American Quad. Some chocolate in the flavor helps accentuate that "slick" brett character.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz bottle shared by beastiefan2k. Pour is lightly hazed orange copper with a smallish tan head that collapses immediately. Aroma is musty, dusty grain along with some vanilla sweetness and finishing with a weird barrel woodiness that isn’t quite Brett to me, but is funky. Taste has a malty sweetness, herbal and medicinal, with the bourbon wood filling out and drying up the finish. The Brett is more developed in the taste, though still a little subdued. Palate is medium, very drying finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle pours a clear, apple juice colored amber with a frothy off white head. Nose is apple juice, brett, flower pollen, cherry life savers. Flavor is sweet, apple juice, medicinal, rose petals, light cherry life saver. Finish is medium bodied and sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from a trade with MIBRomeo. Pours hazy amber color with off white head. Aromas of brett, dark fruits and dough. Sweet fruity flavor with some bourbon, bread dough, wood and ever so slight sourness from the brett. Medium body with soft carbonation. I would have liked the brett to be a little more prominent. Thanks Chuck.