oh6gdx (51139) reviewed See the Light? #2 (Armagnac BA) from Oriel Beer 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample (thanks fonefan!). Black colour, small off-white head. Aroma is liquorice, toffee, some slight spiciness and alcohol. Flavour is liquorice, alcohol, roast and some spices with toffee and a big ashy aftertaste.
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Smoked Quadrupel from Oriel Beer 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
330ml bottle. Murky, redd-ish brown colour with average, frothy, diminishing, minimally lacing, beige head. Smoky, mildly peaty and caramel malty as well as slightly yeasty fruity aroma, notes of barbecue marinade, caramel, smoked ham, bacon-wrapped plum, dried fruit, raisin, plum, a touch of wood ashes, blackcurrant, juniper berry, plum butter. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty, slightly yeasty fruity, mildly smoky and minimally peaty, notes of caramel, dried fruit, raisin, plum, barbecue marinade, smoked ham, bacon wrapped plum, dark berries, blackcurrant, juniper berry, plum butter. Watery texture with a viscous-creamy strand, minimally dry, simultaneously minimally cloying palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Rich and complex, well balanced, not too heavy, not overdone, wonderful smoky notes -
KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed Quadrupel (Oban BA) from Oriel Beer 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
I have a 33 cl bottle of Oriel Oban Quadrupel acquired from a Dutch seller in a purchase made difficult by shipping. All's well that ends well. Tonight I will use my Teku glass for the sampling, seems to be right this go around. The bottle is attractive with its gray wax but not so much of it to make opening difficult. The view is a dark amber-brown liquid and essentially no head. I take a smell to get mostly a scotch booziness and a small bit of dark fruit. The taste is a bit out of the normal but we are dealing with scotch barrels here. Figs, peat, charred oak, scotch whiskey, dark bread, earth and leather. Very little carbonation results in a less than stellar mouthfeel. I call this a challenging beer at best but will gladly sample a quad in about any direction the brewery wants to go with it.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Rye Quadrupel (Bourbon BA) from Oriel Beer 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Van Moll. Opaque black color, virtually no head. Aroma is malts, bourbon, boozy a bit, caramelized brown sugars. Flavor is malts, bourbon, boozy, lingering booze notes, sweetish and a bit hitter in the finish. Not too bad.
KevinReddirt (2121) reviewed Quadrupel (Talisker BA) from Oriel Beer 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
My 33 cl bottle was a difficult acquisition, a cooperative Dutch seller helped in getting the order delivered. This is the first wax-dipped bottle I have encountered in quite a while, looks upscale. This evening the glass of choice is the Trappistes Rochefort Belgian glass. Time to lift the cap, I smell ripe fruit, bread and booze. The appearance is a mahogany brown with little to no head. And now the taste. Raisins, a bit of chocolate, grain, a contribution from the scotch barrel, red plums, malt, yeast and caramel. The sensation is soft and smooth. I find this to be a subdued quadrupel with a nice inclusion of booziness. A good tasting.
EvNa (6056) reviewed Rye Quadrupel (Bourbon BA) from Oriel Beer 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, vintage 2021. Color: Very dark ruby, very thin beige head. Aroma: Malty, spicy, some dark dried fruit, subtle Bourbon. Taste: Spicy, rye, subtle dark dried fruit, toasted oak, boozy, Bourbon. A little peppery. Warming mouthfeel. Full body, just below average carbonation. A bit harsh but nice overall.
Leighton (34941) reviewed See the Light? #2 (Armagnac BA) from Oriel Beer 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at the flat in Sofia - picked up from 100 Beers online. Pours black-brown with a creamy, beige head. Medium sweet flavour with modest roast, raisins, a little earth, old wood, booze, berries, cocoa. Full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming finish, burnt sugars, toasted wood, dried berries, background cocoa. Quite nice. Fetching old wood and dark fruit character.
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Reubs (35480) reviewed See the Light? #2 (Armagnac BA) from Oriel Beer 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle sourced from Beerdome and drunk at home - New 🇷🇴 brewery ✅ pours black with a nice beige head. Dark sweet and roasted malty with notes of rich chocolate, some treacle, lots of dark dried fruit, spices, smooth slick mouthfeel and full body, Armagnac soaked wooden accents into the lingering dark malty finish. Gorgeous. --- Beer merged from original tick of Oriel X Wicked Barrel See the Light ? #2 (Armagnac BA) on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:09 - Score: 8. Original review text: New ???? brewery ? dark sweet and roasted malty with notes of rich chocolate, some treacle, lots of dark dried fruit, spices, smooth slick mouthfeel and full body, Armagnac soaked wooden accents into the lingering dark malty finish. Gorgeous.
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Quadrupel (Ecuador Rum BA) from Oriel Beer 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
330ml bottle. Opaque, darkest brown colour with average to huge, frothy, diminishing, minimally lacing, dark beige to tan head. Chocolately, malty and yeasty, fruity aroma with mild BA support, notes of milk chocolate, dried dark fruit, plum, raisin, fig, whiffs of tobacco, tea, molasses. Taste is sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty, yeasty fruity, minimally yeasty spicy, slightly alcoholic, mild BA support, notes of milk chocolate, dried dark fruit, rum soaked dried fruit, raisin, plum, fig, a touch of apricot, molasses, liquorice, tea, tobacco, minimally warming, alcoholic finish. Watery texture, rather dry palate, medium, prickly carbonation. Rich and complex, harmonious and balanced, sadly a tad overcarbonated - very, very nice.