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

33cl bottle at Ihme, Helsinki. Bottled 03/08/22. Poured golden in color, unclear, white head. Peachy notes, some Belgian yeast, floral notes and some orange notes. Yeasty and slightly bitter finish.

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

(Bottle, 0.33 l, at Ihme, 20231019) The beer poured deep golden and cloudy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had ripe fruits, floralness, dark fruits and raisins. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were ripe fruits, Belgian style yeast, dark malts, spiciness, caramel and bitterness. Aftertaste was yeasty and bitter.

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

Fles 33cl thuis. Fruitig, vrij zoet, suikers, wat lemon, wat peer, licht steenfruit, wat droog, wat kruidig, lichte houttoets. (23-9-2023).

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

Quadrupel devised by a hobby brewer in Sint-Denijs-Westrem, submunicipality of Ghent, executed at Glazen Toren (a bit unexpectedly, seen the proximity of BeerSelect’s original facility and their proneness to commercialising all these hobby brews). Bottle (75 cl) from the Hopduvel, shared with Goedele. Overflows a bit upon opening but this can be avoided with patience and carefulness, I suppose; very foamy in any case, and difficult to pour without filling the glass instantly. Huge, initially inches thick, pale yellowish beige, cobweb-lacing, plastery, stable head, misty dark caramel-brown robe with ruddy hue and strong visible sparkling. Aroma of brown bread crust, hard caramel, ‘oude jenever’, wet toast, clove, dried prunes, tree bark, some candi sugar, toasted walnuts, old dry red wine, dust, forest floor and even forest mushrooms and a background note of bubblegum. Sweet but not too much so in comparison with many other (new and old) quads, fruity notes of dried fig, raisin, blueberry and prune with a vaguely sourish undertone; lively carbonated but in a ‘fine-bubbled’ way. Clove-like phenols appear early on, adorning a brown-bready, slick caramelly and eventually mildly toasty-bitterish maltiness without ever becoming too pronounced; meanwhile lovely ‘rustic’ dried fruits and this odd mushroom-like aspect (trompette de la mort) continue too, working their way into a warming, satisfying finish where all these flavours get tied together well, accompanied by a leafy but gentle and restrained hoppiness on the one hand and gin- to whisky-like alcohol on the other hand – the latter becoming too obtrusive, ‘hot’ and astringent in the end, alas. If this booziness would have been kept in check a bit more, this beer would improve significantly – and still be a warming, strong quad. Apart from the alcohol being too obvious and the light gushing, I have no complaints, though: the general flavour profile, though completely classic for the style, is refined and tasty, better than many other new dark ales from other beginning microbreweries. ‘Promising’ is the right word here – one to watch.

Klar strågul med mye hvitt skum som daler sakte. Aroma hvetemalt aprikos gjær humle sitrus. Smak hvetemalt gjær humle sitrus moden banan. Middels fyldig, mye kullsyre, belgisk. Flaske fra VP Langnes

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Klar strågul med mye hvitt skum som daler sakte. Aroma hvetemalt aprikos gjær humle sitrus. Smak hvetemalt gjær humle sitrus moden banan. Middels fyldig, mye kullsyre, belgisk. Flaske fra VP Langnes

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Klar strågul med fluffy mye hvit topp som skummet over. Aroma; hvetemalt, humle, lime, aprikoskompott, hint av granateple. Smak; Granateple, limeskall, hvetemalt, overmoden banan. Mye kullsyre, litt lite fylde. Delt med Leif og Jan Ivar.

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