7

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

Pour is a dark red with a small white head. Aroma is molasses and candi sugar. Flavor is brown sugar and dark fruit with molasses and a bit of roasted nuts. Finish is candi sugar sweet with a nice raison after taste. Maybe a bit thin for a quad but plenty flavor full and the alcohol is hidden well.

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7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750 mL bottle from Beer Run. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a medium sized fizzy tan head. Fair head retention. Aroma of spice, yeast, brown sugar, herbal hops, stone fruits, mild earth. The taste is tart stone fruits, brown sugar, herbal hops, yeast, mild booze. Medium bodied, alcohol fairly well hidden, low carbonation. Solid beer.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 ml bottle into chalice, no bottle dating. Pours moderately cloudy deep ruby red color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with some moderate streaming carbonation. Aromas of big pear, apple, raisin, plum, light banana, caramel, brown sugar, toast, brown bread, candi sugar, clove, pepper, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of bright fruity/spicy yeast and dark malt notes; with good strength. Taste of pear, apple, raisin, plum, light banana, caramel, toast, brown bread, brown sugar, clove, pepper, herbal, candi sugar, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of light fruits, caramel, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, clove, pepper, herbal, candi sugar, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity and balance of bright fruity/spicy yeast and dark malt flavors; with a great malt/fruity/spicy balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a moderately slick, crisp, and lightly syrupy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent quadrupel style. All around great complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast and dark malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.

7.8

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

Bottle in the hotel lobby during RBWG 2013. Pours clear amber with a fine cream head. Big sugary malt flavor, ripe fruits, some yeast and bread. Full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Mild warmth finish, sweet malts, ripe fruits, berries, rich bread, mellow alcohol. Decent balance. I like it.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Acquired this bottle quite a while ago. 750ML..probably 18 months old. enjoyed in a wine glass. Dark amber color, nice clarity, slight brownish luffy head fading slowly. Nose is sweet, yeasty, bready and a hint of raisins.Taste is loaded with raisins, hint of cherries, cane sap and leather. Very sweet up front with a mellow finish with hints of tobacco. Very thin body, nice carbonation. Decent abbey style beer.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Creamy off-white excellent fully lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Light bitter and light sweet flavor. Moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice.

5.4

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 9

750 ml. Black with ruby highlights. Fizzy, off-white head. Aroma of plums, cotton candy, overripe fruits. The flavor is heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately to heavily sweet and lightly to moderate bitter. Medium body, watery texture turning syrupy, lively carbonation. Cloyingly sticky sweet. Overwhelms any good qualities the beer has. Nice aroma, though.

7.8

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

750ml bottle. Attractive chestnut burgundy body, creamy beige head. Pleasant dark fruit aroma. Rather well attentuated and not too sticky for the big ABV. Raisin, plum, prune. A quality offering, with a nice, fluffy mouthfeel. Recommended for Quad fans.

7.1

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

Tap at the stags head. Pours reddish brown with sweet nose of caramel and malt. Tastes of burnt sugar, toffee, dark fruits, berries, and booze. Decent but probably would t drink a ton of this