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Kasteel Cuvée Du Chateau
Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck N.V.
- From:
- Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck N.V.
- Belgium
- Style:
- Quadrupel (Quad)
Ranked #66 - ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,072 - Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 11.27%
- Reviews:
- 175
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 16, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 21, 2010
- Wants:
- 46
- Gots:
- 117
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Reviewed by PlutonowyManiek from Belgium
3.74/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.74/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
In the glass, the colour appears black with no translucence. In reality, the colour is deep brown and clear. The ecru-coloured foam, medium-high, stays at its maximum size for a medium long time. It reduces to a thin layer and stays that way until the end of the tasting.
Aroma earthy, cellar-like, slightly flamed, caramel. There's a roasted note, there's bread crust, delicate touches of dark fruit. In the background dark malts, coffee, yeast, spiciness.
Taste bitter, dry, gently roasted, bread-like, with a slightly sour finish.
Alcohol minimally warms the oesophagus. Saturation high, disturbing. Tartness at medium level at best. There is a definite lack of fullness here. Medium-long aftertaste, caramel, bread, roasted.
Oct 06, 2023Aroma earthy, cellar-like, slightly flamed, caramel. There's a roasted note, there's bread crust, delicate touches of dark fruit. In the background dark malts, coffee, yeast, spiciness.
Taste bitter, dry, gently roasted, bread-like, with a slightly sour finish.
Alcohol minimally warms the oesophagus. Saturation high, disturbing. Tartness at medium level at best. There is a definite lack of fullness here. Medium-long aftertaste, caramel, bread, roasted.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
4.37/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
330 mL bottle from the LCBO; best before Nov 2022 and served barely chilled. I don't recall exactly how old this bottle is, but it has been in the cellar for at least two years, possibly more.
Pours deep cola brown with ruby red highlights; situated atop is one finger of smooth, creamy, off white-coloured head that lasts for two minutes or so. A generous collar of creamy suds remains behind, encircling a thin, filmy cap, with a narrow ring of lace left clinging to the glass. The booze fumes are hard to miss, that's for sure - beyond that, I'm getting raisin, prune, candi sugar, maybe a touch of milk chocolate, and a whole lot of spiciness. Clove for sure, but it's peppery too, with anise and something else I can't quite put my finger on.
This is an unbelievably smooth quad, especially at 11%. Candi sugar and dark fruit flavours are dominant - plum, raisin, cherry and fig, with dark, bready malts and treacle. Hints of licorice towards the back end, in addition to clove spice and some peppery notes; mildly herbal aftertaste of licorice, with lingering candi sugar and surprisingly little warmth from the ethanol - though it does have a bit of a numbing effect on the tongue after you've been sipping for a while. Full bodied, with moderately low carbonation that rolls softly across the tongue; feels smooth, pillowy, and very satisfying on the palate, like many of the best sippers.
Final Grade: 4.37, a rare A grade. What better way to celebrate the passing of another plague-ridden year than with an exceptionally impressive quadrupel? Kasteel's Cuvée du Chateau is a complex dark strong ale that I found utterly delightful from start to finish: I really need to try this side-by-side with Donker so I can more accurately discern the differences, but my impression is that Cuvée is somewhat less sweet and more spicy. I'm not sure which of Van Honsebrouck's masterpieces I prefer most, but does that really matter when I'd buy either one of them again in a heartbeat? Highly recommended, but consider locking it away in the cellar for a year or two.
Dec 31, 2021Pours deep cola brown with ruby red highlights; situated atop is one finger of smooth, creamy, off white-coloured head that lasts for two minutes or so. A generous collar of creamy suds remains behind, encircling a thin, filmy cap, with a narrow ring of lace left clinging to the glass. The booze fumes are hard to miss, that's for sure - beyond that, I'm getting raisin, prune, candi sugar, maybe a touch of milk chocolate, and a whole lot of spiciness. Clove for sure, but it's peppery too, with anise and something else I can't quite put my finger on.
This is an unbelievably smooth quad, especially at 11%. Candi sugar and dark fruit flavours are dominant - plum, raisin, cherry and fig, with dark, bready malts and treacle. Hints of licorice towards the back end, in addition to clove spice and some peppery notes; mildly herbal aftertaste of licorice, with lingering candi sugar and surprisingly little warmth from the ethanol - though it does have a bit of a numbing effect on the tongue after you've been sipping for a while. Full bodied, with moderately low carbonation that rolls softly across the tongue; feels smooth, pillowy, and very satisfying on the palate, like many of the best sippers.
Final Grade: 4.37, a rare A grade. What better way to celebrate the passing of another plague-ridden year than with an exceptionally impressive quadrupel? Kasteel's Cuvée du Chateau is a complex dark strong ale that I found utterly delightful from start to finish: I really need to try this side-by-side with Donker so I can more accurately discern the differences, but my impression is that Cuvée is somewhat less sweet and more spicy. I'm not sure which of Van Honsebrouck's masterpieces I prefer most, but does that really matter when I'd buy either one of them again in a heartbeat? Highly recommended, but consider locking it away in the cellar for a year or two.
Reviewed by Greywulfken from New York
4.23/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.23/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Dark brown/black body, slim film of tan foam... On tap at The Good Life Dark and rick with fruits and molasses, with a hint of wood and leather to round off the sugars - full-feeling and soft - really good stuff...
May 02, 2021Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
4.15/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 11%. Colour mid between mahogany and ebony, moderate to low beige head. Lovely aroma, malty with strong notes of brown kandij sugar and caramel, also notes of dark dried fruits, hints of mild spices, leather and oak. Malty and medium sweet flavour, notes of dark dried fruits, brown sugar and caramel again, also hints of mild spices, chocolate and oak, moderate hops in the finish. Moderately warming mouthfeel. Excellent stuff.
Apr 23, 2021Rated by RRB328 from Massachusetts
4.19/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Enjoyed at Bedford Village Inn with Jolene, 10/3/20
Oct 04, 2020Rated by Captain68 from Russian Federation
3.99/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
90,5
Aug 18, 2020Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.97/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L- Very dark, looks black until held up to a light -> ultra dark ruby chestnut. Clear. Pours with 2mm ultra-fine light tan head.
S- Toasty and smokey.
T- Boof!! Toast, smoke, cinders. intensely deep and pungent
F- Deep heavy toasty winter warmer
O- Very nice, clearly pungent, give me more.
Bought from BelgiumInABox Antwerp/BE for home delivery to me in London/UK. 330ml bottle BB: 01-2025
May 24, 2020S- Toasty and smokey.
T- Boof!! Toast, smoke, cinders. intensely deep and pungent
F- Deep heavy toasty winter warmer
O- Very nice, clearly pungent, give me more.
Bought from BelgiumInABox Antwerp/BE for home delivery to me in London/UK. 330ml bottle BB: 01-2025
Reviewed by KooVee from Finland
4.42/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.42/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle, 2016 vintage, so 3+ years old.
Very dark amber colour, not totally clear. Dense light ochre head, decently sticky lace.
Drive-by aroma is sweet figs, caramel, brown sugar. Deeper inhale expands to prunes, and a hint of tartness appears as the beer warms.
Mouthfeel has not thinned yet, carbonation still keeps things lively against the sweetness. The sugar does show development. There is a complex, understated quality to the middle of the taste, with associations to cellar and dark fruits, and at the end a pleasant counterweight of slight tartness. Which this particular yeast tends to produce according to my own experience. Hop-derived bitterness is in a very minor role but still there, closing the curtain.
At this age, still has a lot of potential for further development. There is still body and sweetness to transform, and tartness can still increase relatively without losing balance. That said, this beer is already an excellent example of a well-aged quad. The subtle acidity raises this above the stereotypical.
Feb 08, 2020Very dark amber colour, not totally clear. Dense light ochre head, decently sticky lace.
Drive-by aroma is sweet figs, caramel, brown sugar. Deeper inhale expands to prunes, and a hint of tartness appears as the beer warms.
Mouthfeel has not thinned yet, carbonation still keeps things lively against the sweetness. The sugar does show development. There is a complex, understated quality to the middle of the taste, with associations to cellar and dark fruits, and at the end a pleasant counterweight of slight tartness. Which this particular yeast tends to produce according to my own experience. Hop-derived bitterness is in a very minor role but still there, closing the curtain.
At this age, still has a lot of potential for further development. There is still body and sweetness to transform, and tartness can still increase relatively without losing balance. That said, this beer is already an excellent example of a well-aged quad. The subtle acidity raises this above the stereotypical.
Kasteel Cuvée Du Chateau from Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck N.V.
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
521 ratings
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