Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at THT February. Very dark brown with big fluffy beige head. Roasted malts, ash, vanilla, creamy, cotton candy indeed, toffee, quite some nuts. Solid medium sweet and bitter. Over medium bodied with quite some carbonation.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at THT February. Very dark brown with beige head. Peanuts, roasted malts, toffee, lots of nuts, soft soap. Medium sweet and bitter. Over medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
THT February. Black with tan head. Sweet roasted chocolate malts. Peanuts. Sweet roast, dark fruits. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and strong carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Darkest brown, faint ruby highlights, beige head. The aroma is, as you'd expect, all salty peat, smoke and band aid. Barely any malts coming through, just some spicy alcohol. The taste: here the peat is more indulgent to the Quad - some dark fruit, caramel and toasted bread crust is there, before the peat kicks. The alcohol and ashes finish the beer nicely. In the end, the peaty barrel is flamboyant, no doubt, but it steals too much from the excellent straight Quadrupel. Overall, a very good one.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Quadrupel (Auchentoshan BA) from Oriel Beer 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Gusher alert. Pours rather clear, very dark brown. Small, nearly no head, with low stability. SMell is strong, whiskey ( booze ) . Taste is strongly overcarbonated, hiding many subtile aspects. Medium body and maltyness. Tad sweet. intense whiskey, mild peat note. Beer is completely lost to the barrel and oversaturation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Deepest red-brown, almost black, faint ruby highlights, lasting beige head. The aroma is more towards old dark fruit than caramel or malts, light vanilla / marshmallow fluff around it, clear but not pregnant pomace / wine barrel / fermenting cherries acetic notes, alcoholic spice. Taste: rich yet restrained unsweet dark fruit with barely noticeable bitter chocolate adding some invisible velvet, subtle whiskey and alcohol building up even more complexity without standing out. The finish has a soothing bitterness putting together fruits stones, hops and alcohol. One of the least showy barrels, which still adds its BA charm, while letting the base Quad get as close to you as any other before it - displaying its straight form beauty. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Deepest brown, opaque, huge over-carbonated espresso head. The aroma is brandy / rum infused candies, peanut butter cupcakes, spicy Belgianish alcohol and maybe some pastry. The taste just follows the aroma - spicy Belgian boozy base, less roasty and hoppy, with fewer malty and bready notes, and more candy / chocolate cupcake stuff than the Cotton Candy edition. Overall, the flavourings are quite organic and do actually create a pleasant, fine candy profile, but these do feel a little overused. And it also makes the beer feel sweeter and more candyish. Overall, a pretty solid effort.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Deepest brown, opaque, huge over-carbonated beige head. The aroma is dark crystal, light dark fruit, notes of chocolate muffins, spicy booze, a touch of roast. Smells just like what you expect a true Belgian dark strong to, and so does it taste - some caramel and dark old dried dark fruit to begin with, light bready / muffin / malty notes to follow, spicy bitter boozy notes at the finish - a recipe for success.