The Bruery 9 Ladies Dancing

9 Ladies Dancing

 

The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series
Score
7.15
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 58
Ale with Cacao Nibs, Vanilla, Coffee and Lactose Added

Inspired by flavors and ingredients found in tiramisu, including ladyfingers, 9 Ladies Dancing mimics the Italian dessert by whipping together flavor combinations and layers of its own. This includes notes of vanilla, chocolate and coffee - clearly the leading ladies in this rich ale.
 

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

Aroma og Salty caramel and roasted malt nice light salty and malt feels a bit odd but still nice warming and smooth perhaps bit unbalced and odd by style beer.

Tried from Bottle at Amager Bryghus Taproom Bryggen on 13 Feb 2026 at 15:26


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sample at Palace Hall 13/12/2025 Malmö December tasting - (2024 vintage) toasted sweet malts, coffee roast, chocolate, molasses, medium body, yeasty note, vanilla light spiced finish.

Tried on 13 Dec 2025 at 18:13


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

a: dark brown coloured body | very thin pure white head that's smooth & velvety somehow like nitrogen
a: rustic nuts | deep caramelised sugars | pitted fruits
f: brewed coffee | thick oatmeal | nice allspice
t: earthy | prunes | robust cherry finish
o: enjoyable spice complexities | deep yeasts | big grain & toffee notes throughout

75 cL large capped bottle | K-1 Beer & Wine: Arlington (Columbia Pike), Virginia | 19-December-2017 | US$12,99 | bottled: 14-October-2016 | bottle #2081 | sampled: 11 & 12 December 2025 before heading out to participate in Wreaths Across America and laying wreathes near the tombstones of those who served our great country at Arlington National Cemetary near Christmas, with my family of five, nine+ years after bottle production

Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2025 at 22:06


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

12.7 oz bottle acquired out of the collection direct from The Bruery. This one I have been looking forward to, lots of interesting and curious adjuncts. My New Belgium globe glass awaits. The pour is a dark caramel finished by a healthy head of parchment foam. I get a nose of ripe fruit and chocolate, again interesting. The taste covers a lot of bases, let me go through them. Chocolate, a hint of coffee, berries, plums, oak, malt and a small sourish background. Decent enough, I enjoy a good quad, but a distance from my best.

Tried from Bottle at The Bruery on 02 Aug 2025 at 01:11


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Deep amber colour, small head. Aroma is wood, sweet malts and some dried fruity and mildly spicy tones. Flavour is wooden, some spicy, mild dried fruity tones with some alcohol to it.

Tried from Draft at Taproom Uba ja Humal on 14 Jun 2025 at 09:11


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

8th November 2024 Almost clear amber brown beer, small pale tan head. Pretty light and semi dry palate, good fine carbonation. Salted caramel mellow coffee and thin malt cream. Good tangy fruity bourbon. Mild vanilla. Trace of oxidised caramel. Light and semi dry finish. Simple stuff but pretty tasty and has lasted very well.

Tried on 09 Nov 2024 at 01:18


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Growler shared at CBJ - cheers to Kenny. Pours clear ruby with a small, creamy off-white head. Medium sweet flavour with notes of toasted grains, caramel, a few tangy berries. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with light warmth, tangy berries, toasted caramel. So so.

Tried from Growler on 17 Oct 2024 at 19:54


7

Tried on 17 Oct 2024 at 18:57


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks. A clear pale brown coloured pour with a halo fo off white. Aroma chille green pepper, brown sugars, subdued. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light tang, white grape, apple, woody, tannin, white oak, tannin. Moderate carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2024 at 18:54


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

S: raisins - earth - milk chocolate A: deep hazy dark brown body - beautiful microfoamed tan head - thi is what an aged beer WANTS to look like! T: fake maple - molasses - mushrooms P: rustic - hazlenuts - light bourbon/oak O: complex sugars - very rich malts - aged great - just not perfect from the start (it seems) 75 cL bottle - The Beer Cave (Bob's Sunoco): Callaway, Maryland - purchased:06-March-2018 - US$10,99 - sampled: 20 & 21 July 2024

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2024 at 17:37

gave a cheers!