XXX Rye Quad Ale
De Struise Brouwers

 

 

Served in a goblet from the bottle.

Appearance: Thin brown body with opaqueness to it. Head is light with a tan or orange tinted white. Rose to maybe half a fingers length.

Smell: Light whiskey notes and tad whiff of toffee.

Taste: Sweet yeast with honey notes and malts which come off pretty powerful and offset with a shot of whiskey.

Mouth: Sticky. Medium carbonation at best which dissipates quickly before finishing the glass.

Overall: Good brew which resembles some English barleywine but obviously some bread features make you look the other way. Salud!

2014 bottle pour to challis, brown with active, thin beige head, no retention or lacing. Nose of a Belgian ale, spice, candy. Taste woody, slight bourbon, boozy with Belgian yeast background. Feel is quite thin with good bubbly sensation despite total dissipation of head.

From La tienda de la cerveza. In Teku glass. Playing Avernum 2. Typical flavors of the style (dark fruits, raisins) with a body that feels lighter and more smooth than usual.Abv and bourbon totally hidden

2014 Vintage

L:
-pours a cloudy mahogany brown with ruby tinges and a medium,foamy,sand-coloured head
S:
-raisins,plums,sugar,dates,slight coconut,nutty
T:
-raisins,plums,dates,sugar,chocolate,coffee,very spicy rye
F:
-medium carbonation
-medium to full body
-slight alcohol noticeable
O:
Really good Quad.The Barrel-aging character is really subdued, if not completely missing.

it pours very dark brown color with medium beige head, very good retention and lacing.
smell is dominated by plum. malt, wood and vanilla are in background.
complex taste is semi sweet. rye, sweet malt, plum, caramel, wood, and alc.
medium bodied, carbonation is low, dry and excellent warming finish.
amazing quadrupel, very drinkable despite high abv and strong wood notes.

 

Dark brown, approaching black, with a half finger of creamy tan head that lasts a good while for a quad.

Fig, toffee, chocolate, vanilla, whisky, a little spice and maybe even a hint of coffee in the nose.

These continue to the taste with a touch more of the barrel presence showing, although still relatively light, and some earthy bitterness and hint of alcohol added to the mix.

A little thin bodied for the style with strong carbonation. Pleasant, but a bit more refined than I expected. 2014 vintage.

Sampling a 33cl bottle, vintage 2014, courtesy of my good friend Thijs.

Poured into a small tulip, it is an opaque deep chestnut color. Cannot see anything through it, even when backlit. Head is a creamy but thin layer of fine beige bubbles. Lacing is decent though nothing fancy. Aroma is of dark, vinous fruit masked by some mild bourbon. Body is a good medium, and it's rather smooth and light on the prickle.

Flavor has more dark fruit, like raisins, dates and figs. Bourbon is mild, and there is a subtle rye spicy character. Has a smidge of toffee and a touch of something akin to cloves before the dry finish. Solid all around. Cheers!

4.21/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

1919

 

2014 vintage
Poured into teku glass.
L: Turbid dark brown with a weak foam head.
S: Rye, sweets , dark fruits and wine notes.
T: Tart, Rich , complex, powerful.Caramel and raisin.
F: Tight body and medium carbonation.
O: Great quad!

 

 

 

 

 

2014 vintage
Is this a beer or a great wine ?
It reminds me of good Saint Joseph (côte du Rhône).

L - Dark brown with a beige lacing head

S - Good complexity of toffee, bourbon, herbal hops and oak.

T - that's a wine made out of Syrah and Grenache or what? The faint tartness is followed by the red berries (Syrah), the peppercorn (Grenache) and the toffee that reminds you that's a beer and not a wine. The oak is there all along.

M - low carbonation and smooth mouthfeel,

O - this beer grows on you, it's unique and I love it.

 

 

 

Tan head. Copper amber color.

Rye and oak. Malty. Lots of whiskey/bourbon. Belgian yeast. Bananas and spice. Brown sugar and molasses. Toffee.

Warming and smooth. Full bodied.

Really nice quad. Great barrel flavors. Enjoyable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33cl bottle - this is essentially the same recipe as the xxx rye tripel. Great stuff, an excellent quad, with notes of dried fruit, jam and dark chocolate, with some very faint notes of barrel ageing.

 

 

A beer only and with mixed feelings. Olfactory level, fantastic! a brutal level, m left speechless. But when it happens in the mouth, does not have the same level. While the first sip, the first entry in the mouth is very good, I think it lacks a bit of presence route and elongated. A great beer, great, but a small step back the classic.