Partridge in a Pear Tree
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating|
Score
7.12
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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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LeninCat (7983) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 10 years ago
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.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 12 years ago
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.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 13 years ago
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.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 15 years ago
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.
popery (1998) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 15 years ago
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.
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.
Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Paiste2002, thanks! Dark brown color. Malty nutty aroma wuith nutmeg and pear juice. Malty sweet flavor with pear juice, mango, cinnamon, nutmeg and some warming alcohol. Very pleasant beer, the fruity sweetness hides the alcoholic power. Good, but maybe a bit too onedimensional sweet to be top class.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Courtesy of fishingnet. Thanks Ben. It pours amber with a bit of haze and copper edges to go along with a thin tan head. The aroma is big and sticky with apple and pear sweetness, malt sweetness and some booze at the end. The taste is full on sweetness from pears and ripe red sugary slippery apples. By midway a layer of malt sweetness comes to the surface adding to the medley of sweet goodness. Nice drinking brew considering the big bold sweetness going on here.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Grovlam. Pours a slightly hazy deep amber with a small beige head. Plummy aroma. Full-bodied, low in carbonation, notes of overripe fruit, sherry, a little yeast with a vague underlying tartness. No bitterness. 290509
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Partridge in a Pear Tree from The Bruery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. A hazy red beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt, caramel, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of malt, over ripe fruits, and alcohol, as well as medium notes of caramel, the alcohol leaves a burn on the tongue and a slight burn in the throat.