Apis IV
Elevation Beer Company in Poncha Springs, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.05
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark brown with a medium sized head. Sweet and malty with honey, caramel, dark fruit, strong tannin, booziness and a medicinal note. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied
Tried
on 26 May 2021
at 23:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a clear amber with a small white head. Aroma is honey, sweet caramel malt and alcohol. Flavor is pretty good! Lots of dark fruit with some candi sugar, yeast ester and some alcohol shows up. Think sugar covered plums. Pretty good but very sweet canned quad.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2021
at 22:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On draft at Handle Bar. Pours a clear brown with a tan tan head. Aromas of honey and spice. Flavors are sweet caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2019
at 23:21
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2018
at 00:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bought a 6pack at Liquor Shed. They were canned on June 4th 2018.
It pours a dark reddish brown, a substantial head of foam that shrinks to a solid layer, excellent lacing.
Lots of dark fruit and brown sugar in the smell. Raisins, plums, some Belgian spices like cloves, lightly woody.
The taste is very good if slightly off kilter. Dark fruits and a strong sweetness and almost as strong booziness greet my taste buds. Cloves are stronger here than in the smell. Sweetness comes across as honey and molasses and candi sugar. Tres sweet.
Almost if not full bodied.
Nice slow slow sipper.
It pours a dark reddish brown, a substantial head of foam that shrinks to a solid layer, excellent lacing.
Lots of dark fruit and brown sugar in the smell. Raisins, plums, some Belgian spices like cloves, lightly woody.
The taste is very good if slightly off kilter. Dark fruits and a strong sweetness and almost as strong booziness greet my taste buds. Cloves are stronger here than in the smell. Sweetness comes across as honey and molasses and candi sugar. Tres sweet.
Almost if not full bodied.
Nice slow slow sipper.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2018
at 00:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz. can from Tavour. Deep dark ruby color. Aroma is layered dark fruits with mild honey hints. Pretty rich and malty.
The flavor has it share of raisin, prune, molasses. The honey does give a different element to this Quad. Thankfully it is not overly sweet but it does that line of cloying. A bit of bitterness would take this to the next level. Still good.
The flavor has it share of raisin, prune, molasses. The honey does give a different element to this Quad. Thankfully it is not overly sweet but it does that line of cloying. A bit of bitterness would take this to the next level. Still good.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2018
at 20:33
8/10
Honeyyyyyyy smooth mix with Belgian yeasts, sweet for every percent of 10%abv and tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2018
at 00:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Light florals and some citrus. Musky basement resin vibe. Dead yeast like mushroom stir fry. Light tangy finish. Tap at 14 in Denver.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Sep 2017
at 02:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours with a clear amber colored body that supports a thin tan head. The aroma offers up plums and figs and dates with some molasses and malts in the background. The taste delivers similar notes with spicy sweet earthy dates, plums, raisins and figs with brown sugar and candi sugar filling in the gaps. Pretty nice but it lacks the depth, richness and softness I enjoy in the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2017
at 20:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12 oz. bottle, about 2 months since bottling. Pours a beautiful, dark, ruby color, with a medium, off-white, bubbly head. The nose is raisins, caramelized sugar, anise, plums, bittersweet chocolate, and some light hickory smoke and pine sap. Sweet and sugary flavor, with a light bitterness that leads to a dry finish. Medium to heavy body, somehow effervescent but not fizzy, velvety, and a little acidic and harsh. This is a lovely, aromatic, complex, and aggressive beer. Very sharp and rough in its youth; I could see some age smoothing off the edges.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2016
at 23:33