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The Sixth Glass Quadrupel Ale
Boulevard Brewing Co.
- From:
- Boulevard Brewing Co.
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Quadrupel (Quad)
Ranked #35 - ABV:
- 10.2%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,957 - Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 10.58%
- Reviews:
- 904
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sunday at 09:36 PM
- Added:
- Nov 15, 2007
- Wants:
- 246
- Gots:
- 835
”Do you know what dwells in a glass?” asks Ole, in Hans Christian Andersen's The Watchman of the Tower. Better known for stories such as The Little Mermaid, Andersen wrote this short, cautionary tale for a somewhat older audience. Our quadrupel ale, also meant for the mature connoisseur, is a deep and mysterious libation, dark auburn and full-bodied, its sweetness deceptive. As Ole describes the glasses in turn, their contents become more ominous until, in the sixth glass...
22 IBU
22 IBU
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Ratings by OldSmaug:
Rated by OldSmaug from North Carolina
4.91/5 rDev +18%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Feb 16, 2015
4.91/5 rDev +18%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Feb 16, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by dhebert87 from Texas
2.87/5 rDev -31%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.87/5 rDev -31%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Poured into a St. Bernardus chalice. Nice dark-amber color. 1.5 fingers of tan head. Needs a touch of sweetness to overcome the overwhelming hoppy bitterness on the finish. A little too boozy and a bit too carbonated. Nice try Boulevard but way too Americanized. Sometimes you need to just stick with the classic recipe.
Sunday at 09:36 PMReviewed by Hooded from Texas
4.14/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottle into a Tulip glass.
LOOK is dark-amber with 1.5 fingers of tan head. Retention is average leaving a collar.
SMELL is slightly below medium in strength. The smell has stone fruit, malt, candied sugar, coriander, allspice and a bit of yeast. It smells fairly sweet.
TASTE is medium-hige in strength. The taste has the flavors in the smell, but it is far less sweet, and more balanced and dialed back than the aroma.
FEEL is moderately thick. It is moderately creamy, carbonation is just beluw medium, and astringency is low.
OVERALL, it is a Quad with an outstanding flavor.
Feb 11, 2024LOOK is dark-amber with 1.5 fingers of tan head. Retention is average leaving a collar.
SMELL is slightly below medium in strength. The smell has stone fruit, malt, candied sugar, coriander, allspice and a bit of yeast. It smells fairly sweet.
TASTE is medium-hige in strength. The taste has the flavors in the smell, but it is far less sweet, and more balanced and dialed back than the aroma.
FEEL is moderately thick. It is moderately creamy, carbonation is just beluw medium, and astringency is low.
OVERALL, it is a Quad with an outstanding flavor.
Reviewed by Saluki from Florida
4.01/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Held a slight head. Not the best looking beer, nice color but slightly cloudy. Has the basic flavors of a Belgian, just not as rich as the real thing. Can definitely taste the abv. Has a good after taste in the mouth, maybe that's the abv. Definitely improved after it warmed up a bit.
Jan 23, 2024Reviewed by solok from California
3.49/5 rDev -16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.49/5 rDev -16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Mahogany color, minimal head. Molasses scent and taste. Some spice and malt flavor. Quite boozy. Nice feel. Decent effervescence. Not bad, but a little muted for a quad, aside from the alcohol taste.
Nov 20, 2023Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
3.86/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Best By: June 2025
Many thx to CarolinaCardinals for this bottle!
A - Pours a deep ruby, garnet color with perfect clarity and dense light caramel colored lacing with a matching thin foam resting on top.
S - Bready malt with dark fruit and alcohol.
T - Sweet caramel malt base from start to finish with some hits of dark fruit, brown sugar, and finishes on the sweeter side.
M - Silky and smooth texture with some warming in the back of the throat as it slides down the pie hole.
O - This is a really beautiful looking Quad!
Oct 10, 2023Many thx to CarolinaCardinals for this bottle!
A - Pours a deep ruby, garnet color with perfect clarity and dense light caramel colored lacing with a matching thin foam resting on top.
S - Bready malt with dark fruit and alcohol.
T - Sweet caramel malt base from start to finish with some hits of dark fruit, brown sugar, and finishes on the sweeter side.
M - Silky and smooth texture with some warming in the back of the throat as it slides down the pie hole.
O - This is a really beautiful looking Quad!
Reviewed by tobelerone from New Jersey
3.78/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is a nice enough American take on a Belgian quad but fails to bring the depth and profundity of the great classics of the style. All the basics are there but you’re left wanting a little more richness of flavor, more lingering booziness in the finish, fullness and creaminess rounding out the carbonation. Solid but a little unremarkable and a quad should, if nothing else, be remarkable. Big Boulevard booster here but this isn’t the one in their portfolio I’d return to very often.
Aug 11, 2023Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.77/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a dark brown color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of cherries, raisins. Taste is cherries, malts, and alcohol. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall this is a solid beer.
Jul 13, 2023
The Sixth Glass Quadrupel Ale from Boulevard Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
3114 ratings
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