Sharp's Brewery Quadrupel Ale

Quadrupel Ale

 

Sharp's Brewery in Rock, Cornwall, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production
Score
7.12
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 11
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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home in London - picked up at Kris Wines way back when. Vintage 2011. Pours clear, amber-ruby with a small, creamy off-white head. Nice aroma, with loads of ripe, aged berries, some oxidation, caramel, figs, faint metal, dates. Medium to heavy sweet flavour, with lots of gooey dates, some earthy bitterness, grape, molasses, fruitcake. Full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Warming and lightly sticky on the finish, with lots of brown sugar, molasses, liquefied berries, more dates, figs, touches of burnt wood, grass, earth, more fruitcake, caramelly oxidation. Pretty big, boosty stuff. Has some interesting nuance, but overall it’s a bit too sweet and simple.

Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2016 at 18:19


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

27th January 2015
Opaque brown beer. small cream colour head. Smooth semi dry palate. Mild fine carbonation. Sweetish caramelly malts. Mild spice. Trace of tea. Mellow tangy fruits. Light semi dry finish. Hangs together well enough.

Tried on 01 Feb 2015 at 08:24


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Appearance- very dark ruby, almost mahogany, not much light coming through. Half a finger beige head which dissipates slowly. Aroma- dark fruits- cherry, plum, and raisin. Brown sugar, a bit of banana, caramel, port, some booze. Taste- lots of dark fruits, especially cherries. Bitter orange, vinous, a bit of sugary sweetness, alcohol warmth at the end. Relatively short finish. Quite juicy in the mouth, not as full bodied as expected. A little disappointing considering the look and smell, but still nice.

Tried on 29 May 2014 at 04:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Clear redbrown colour, white head. Ara of caramel, raisins, honey, dried dark fruits, dates. Sweet flavour, brown sugar, golden sultanas, caramel. Sweet finish, caramel, loads of dried fruits, lingering liquorice (drop).
(from 33cL bottle @ Benzai’s place. Thanks for sharing, Rene!)

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2014 at 16:14


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

Bottle @ home shared with Martinus. Superb nice dark amber to red-brown color, medium sized a bit fizzy, fair lacing, beige head. Aroma is malts, sweetish, slightly alcohol, some overripe fruits. Taste malts, sweetish, dark fruits, some alcohol. Medium body and carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2014 at 16:10


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours dark brown with a long lived beige head. Rich toffee and prune aroma, raisins and burnt sugar. Taste is light sweet, nice bitter tickle. Full bodied, light boozy, cakey finish. Lovely.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2014 at 11:30


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Small glass served with the chocolate and ale cake at the hand and flowers. Aroma is sweet candy sugar, toffee and dried fruit, raisin. Stocky viscous golden copper coloured pour with no head. Flavour is sweet caramel burnt sugar and candy apple. Noticeable alcohol, dried fruit. Palate is sticky sweet with alcohol in the mouth.

Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2014 at 13:04


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Utobeer Stall in Borough Market. Vintage 2011. Pours dark brown with orange hilights and a creamy tan head. Aroma is plummy dark fruit. With a touch of leather. Near full bodied. Flavor is very plummy, with dark malt backdrop, and perhaps a touch of leather. It is finishing towards dry (amazing that) and it’s getting a wood astringency. Not bad for a non-BA! It is a quite brilliant ale. I may put this on my want list!

Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2013 at 21:37


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from the Hare and Billet, Blackheath. Chestnut brown pour with a quickly diminishing beige head. Raisin, chocolate and raspberry aroma. Rich, warming flavours of molasses, raisins, chocolate and dark fruits. Throat warming. Can feel the alcohol. Long sweet, heavy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2013 at 07:05


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

Bottle 330ml.Clear light dark brown red colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, berry, sweet malt, sugar, alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, candy - sugary sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20121208]

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2013 at 12:00