This is a beer I’ve been wanting to include in the beer packs for quite some time. For one reason or another I’ve never timed it right to get stock of this on one of our shipments, but it is time to put that right.
Just the name of this beer sounds intriguing, and there’s a lot going on. A Belgian quadrupel is generally a treat on its own, let alone with the addition of real cherries and chocolate. And this is the world’s only bottled quadrupel infused with nitrogen!
Treat this is you would a can of Guionness – upend the bottle and pour straight into your glass. It pours a dark mahogany reddish-brown and immediately gives off loads of cherry aroma. Add into the mix dark chocolate malt and a hint of marzipan.
The taste is a party in your mouth. An early sweetness is a mix of the six different caramel and dark roasted malts, those real cherries with the flavour of plums and raisins too. It kind of holds those flavours throughout, remaining smooth and sweet, with a low hop bitterness but the tartness of the cherries balances out the beer well. It has that dessert beer feel without becoming cloying or overly heavy in the mouthfeel.
It is definitely something unique among the Belgian beers. They’ve done well to meld all the different characters together into a beer that is actually quite well rounded. I probably wouldn’t swap one of my favourite quads like Rochefort 10 or St Bernardus ABT 12 for this, but it’s a beer I’m glad we’ve finally been able to share in the packs.
A big Belgian Quad aged in red wine barrels, then transferred to Sauternes white wine barrels for a further year
A bold, strong dark ale edging toward a quadrupel style beer
by L’Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont
The classic strong dark Trappist ale from the Chimay Trappist Monastery
An interesting Belgian Quad that has a little bit of imperial stout about it
A Boreft Festival beer from last year, this is a Belgian style quadruple with South American Tonka Beans
De Molen's 'Beautiful & Ruthless' is part quadruple part imperial stout
A delicious bourbon barrel aged quadrupel, made for De Molens Boreft Festival
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
The winter seasonal from Emelisse is an ABT/quadrupel. Each year they add a different ingredient - for 2015 they've added English liquorice
The quadrupel/ABT beer from the newest Trappist Monastery from Austria.
A big boozy quadrupel that breaks the mould for Belgian quads
A beer dedicated to the original brewmaster, the Gulden Draak Quadrupel has been aged in whiskey barrels
An award winning quad that kick-started the commercial brewing careers of two twin brothers
Formerly known as 'Kasteel Winter', this quadruple stands alone from the traditional Belgian Christmas beers relying on Belgian chocolate and coffee, rather than herbs and spices
The crown in the Kasteel beer range is their Cuvee du Chateau
An oaked Belgian quadrupel from Brasserie des Legends
A rich and boozy quadrupel, featuring Alvinne's Morpheus house yeast
by Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven
The top of the tree from Dutch Trappist Monastery
A big-hitting Belgian quadrupel is the introduction to this Belgian brewing collective
by Brasserie Artisinale Millevertus
A big, rich and smooth Belgian quadrupel style, just the thing for a cool night by the fireplace
More like a traditional quadrupel than the Pannepot; brewed for the Dutch market.
One of the best Belgian beers you'll ever taste - so much flavour it's impossible to describe.
A Belgian quadruped brewed with Costa Rican coffee beans
Voted Belgium's 'Best Hobby Beer 2011', no in full-blown production
The grandfather of Trappist strong dark ales - does it get any better than this?
The showpiece quadrupel of the St Bernardus Brewery - as close to Westvleteren 12 as you can get without the real thing.
A bigBelgian Quad from one of Belgium's old family breweries - what's not to like!
The newest addition to the beer portfolio from the only active brewery still inside the city walls of Bruges.
The sister-beer to Pannepot, this quadrupel was first made for the Danish market
A dark blond quadrupel that has been aged in both St Emilion wine barrels and Kentucky Bourbon barrels
A delicious dark quadruple aged for three years in Woodford Reserve Bourbon barrels
A big Belgian quadruped aged in Woodford Reserve bourbon barrels for two years
A big mouthful of flavour with this fiery quadruple, brewed in the La Trappe Monastery by one of Belgium's leading female brewers.
by Brasserie du l'Abbeye du Val-Dieu
A big, tasty quadrupel from the Val-Dieu abbey brewery
A delicious Belgian quadruped, aged in oak barrels with the addition of some port wine
by Trappistenbrouwerij De Kievit
Th second beer from the second Dutch Trappist Monastery is a rich Belgian quad of 10%
This Belgian Blond is named after one of the ascents of the Tour De Flandres
This beer is the Petrus Tripel, with Amarillo and Cascade added, plus 15% foederbier
Voted World's Best Wood Aged Beer 2012 and 2013 and World Beer Awards
A deliciously malty Begian Dubbel made using 6 different specialty malts
A 'double brown' beer from the family brewery Batik-De Brabandere
A delicious blend of two Petrus beers used to create this traditional Flanders Red ale
A typical Belgian tripel from one of Belgium's Traditional Family Brewers
