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Quad Kisses
The Bruery
- From:
- The Bruery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Quadrupel (Quad)
- ABV:
- 13.1%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.32 | pDev: 5.56%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Monday at 06:50 PM
- Added:
- May 08, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
At The Bruery, our barrel-aging methods have been shaped by a passion for science, craft, and exploration. A true testament to this, Quad Kisses is a blended quadruple ale born from experimentation with short-term barrel-aging. Brief, yet momentous, time in a tetrad of bourbon barrels, rye whiskey barrels, scotch barrels, and rum barrels, gave this ale a pleasantly unfamiliar complexity all its own.
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Reviewed by BalancingBrooms from California
4.39/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a murky brown with a half finger khaki head that stick around. Nose is full of rum soaked dates, plums, red grape juice. Opens with a nice wash of warm malts mixed with plum/black cherries, that folds into a red grape sweet rum mix, that ends long with toasted caramel and cocoa mix. Body is light to medium with similar carbonation. Ends dry with a lingering toasted malt/light tobacco and a hint of bourbon. Overall a nice quad that really soars because of the subtle barrel characteristics that don't overpower the beer and instead add a wonderful layer of complexity that compliments the base beer. Wish i bought another bottle.
Monday at 06:50 PMReviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
4.32/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle poured into a snifter
A- pours dark brown in color with a one finger foamy off white head that has short retention
S- dry complex nose; an array of barrel aromas give oaky bourbon, dark fruity rum, peppery rye and a hint of scotch. The base beer gives aromas of raisin, dark cherries, figs, Belgian candi sugar, pipe tobacco, chocolate & caramel
T- bold dark fruit notes of rum soaked raisin, peppery rye and oaky whiskey up front gives way to base beer notes of figs, prunes, black cherries, raisins & Belgian candi sugar. The finish gives dark fruits, chocolate, fruit cake, whiskey and fruity rum
M- medium body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that turns into a creamy warming finish
Jan 01, 2024A- pours dark brown in color with a one finger foamy off white head that has short retention
S- dry complex nose; an array of barrel aromas give oaky bourbon, dark fruity rum, peppery rye and a hint of scotch. The base beer gives aromas of raisin, dark cherries, figs, Belgian candi sugar, pipe tobacco, chocolate & caramel
T- bold dark fruit notes of rum soaked raisin, peppery rye and oaky whiskey up front gives way to base beer notes of figs, prunes, black cherries, raisins & Belgian candi sugar. The finish gives dark fruits, chocolate, fruit cake, whiskey and fruity rum
M- medium body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel that turns into a creamy warming finish
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
4.34/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750 ml bottle into a goblet. Bottled 4/6/20, had 7/22/23.
Pours a ruby amber color, cloudy, with a half inch foamy head and very light foamy cling. Aromas of caramel, oak, bourbon, rye whiskey, malt, cherry, some rum, a little scotch. Flavors of bourbon, rye whiskey- especially on the finish, scotch, malt, caramel, some cherry, some rum. Smooth, a very good medium body, appropriately carbonated.
Wow, this is really good. All four types of barrels show surprisingly well, especially the rye whiskey when fully warmed. Has a solid base that doesn’t buckle to the strong barrel presence. Very nice.
Aug 04, 2023Pours a ruby amber color, cloudy, with a half inch foamy head and very light foamy cling. Aromas of caramel, oak, bourbon, rye whiskey, malt, cherry, some rum, a little scotch. Flavors of bourbon, rye whiskey- especially on the finish, scotch, malt, caramel, some cherry, some rum. Smooth, a very good medium body, appropriately carbonated.
Wow, this is really good. All four types of barrels show surprisingly well, especially the rye whiskey when fully warmed. Has a solid base that doesn’t buckle to the strong barrel presence. Very nice.
Reviewed by rand from California
4.04/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Interesting brew. Some of the barrel-aged nuances get lost in the shuffle…not sure you can really parse the scotch-aging from the other oaks. But still, amazing brew, need to be more barrel-aged Belgians.
Aug 13, 2022
Quad Kisses from The Bruery
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
12 ratings
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