Partridge in a Pear Tree
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating|
Score
7.13
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Belgian-style quadrupel ale brewed with spices
Tradition and innovation, consider this a blend. We innovated by staying the course. This quadruple ale sings traditionally familiar notes of dark sugar, caramel, spice, and a Bruery twist with the addition of poached pear, for a well balanced, fruit-forward, ale. Meant to be shared over special occasions with family and friends.
Tradition and innovation, consider this a blend. We innovated by staying the course. This quadruple ale sings traditionally familiar notes of dark sugar, caramel, spice, and a Bruery twist with the addition of poached pear, for a well balanced, fruit-forward, ale. Meant to be shared over special occasions with family and friends.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared during the 2016 RB Best Awards. Big thanks to Pete for sharing this whale with the fellas. Pours clear amber with a creamy topping. Heavy liquefied caramel in the nose, along with figs, dates, bread and fruitcake. Richly sweet flavour, with moderate suggestions of oxidation, more bread, caramel, ripened semi-dark fruits. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming on the finish, with more hearty caramel, faint cocoa, earthy bitterness, dried fruits. Nice stuff overall. Has aged pretty well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2016
at 04:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Murky brown. Wood, vanilla, caramel, nuts, dark fruits, oxidation. Sweet, a bit spicy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 08:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, thanks Pete! Hazy brown liquid with medium light tan head. Aroma of dried fruit, raw sugar, raisins, light port wine and vanilla. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with notes of raisins, raw sugar, toffee and bourbon. Medium to full bodied with low carbonation. Quite nice still.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2016
at 10:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours out a brownish topped with a small head. nose is old pit fruit some sweet malts. taste is more of old notes pit fruit and a nice spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2016
at 23:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
This bottle was offered by Peter hale at rbwg. Thank you pete! A bit hazy reddish brown appearance with a thin brown head. Caramel, oxidation, cardboard, toffee aroma. High sweetness and low bitterness. Syrupy and very rich. Caramel syrup and vanilla. A little old but I’m excited to try this none the less.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2016
at 20:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
A murky brown ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, loads of dark fruits, molasses, iron notes, curacao, OK. In mouth, a sweet fruity malt with dark fruits, cooked apple purée, molasses, maple, a bit bit tired, OK.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2013
at 13:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
10th October 2009
Hazy brown beer. Crispy semi dry palate. Moderate carbonation. Fruity malt with a coca cola like tang and a pinch of chocolate. Finishes with more of the same and a little alcohol (which is generally well hidden). Unusual flavour combination. Drinkable.
Hazy brown beer. Crispy semi dry palate. Moderate carbonation. Fruity malt with a coca cola like tang and a pinch of chocolate. Finishes with more of the same and a little alcohol (which is generally well hidden). Unusual flavour combination. Drinkable.
Tried
on 07 May 2012
at 17:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
copperish, burgundy pour, tan head. lots of dark fruits; prunes, dates, Belgian yeasty. Nose was overly sweet. overall profile has a lot of dark fruits, candi sugar with a mild bitter hops. Lots of sweet caramel malts and dark chocolate malts. Good attempt at the quad style, but it’s all over on the sweet side from the sugar to the sweet side of ripened dark fruits, overall quality remain of one that is overly thick and sugary. Would be nice to see how it evolves but I think after two years this one is where it should be, not sure how it would hold after the whole 12 years, for those planing on keeping the whole serie.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2010
at 14:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very sweet for a quad, but it’s a good sweet. It just tastes like a barley wine with a Belgian yeast and some interesting spicing. The sweetness is great, but I prefer more earthiness and bitterness in my quads. There is a lot going on in the beer. Sweet caramel, figs, honey, barley, orangey hops, wood. Easy to like. The mouthfeel is slightly cloying, but it’s quite warming, so I can’t call it a negative. There are some Belgian flavors in there, but they aren’t terribly full. Still the whole package works very well together.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2010
at 08:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Mahogany with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and chocolate notes. Flavour was sweet with roasted malt, overripe fruits, caramel and chocolate. Finished sweet and full.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2010
at 12:02