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The Cloak Of St Martin
Brasserie De Brunehaut
- From:
- Brasserie De Brunehaut
- Belgium
- Style:
- Quadrupel (Quad)
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 24.86%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 29, 2019
- Added:
- Apr 13, 2013
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 17
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Reviewed by SLeffler27 from New York
4.16/5 rDev +17.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +17.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours very dark ruby red, and is clear with no head. This appears to be almost flat, leaving a thick film on the Chimay chalice with each swirl.
Aromas are clean with cherry and fig alcohol. Middle to end are sweet raisins and newly tanned leather.
Sweetness and bitterness are modest and balanced, followed by slight sourness. Acidity is high and it is similar to Chianti with pepper and celery notes. The middle is filled with plums, sour cherries and earthiness. This experience is more wine-like than beer-like. The finish is long, dry and alcoholic with strong, fruity tones. Warmth makes the cherries more prominent.
Essentially flat, faint carbonation is only noticeable immediately upon entry. The body is dense with a soft, smooth texture. Alcohol is high, lightly warming, and slightly metallic.
This would pair well with deep philosophical conversation as it warms very much like red wine. I enjoyed it on a cool, sunny summer day and imagine a mild cigar could stand up in accompaniment.
Jul 16, 2017Aromas are clean with cherry and fig alcohol. Middle to end are sweet raisins and newly tanned leather.
Sweetness and bitterness are modest and balanced, followed by slight sourness. Acidity is high and it is similar to Chianti with pepper and celery notes. The middle is filled with plums, sour cherries and earthiness. This experience is more wine-like than beer-like. The finish is long, dry and alcoholic with strong, fruity tones. Warmth makes the cherries more prominent.
Essentially flat, faint carbonation is only noticeable immediately upon entry. The body is dense with a soft, smooth texture. Alcohol is high, lightly warming, and slightly metallic.
This would pair well with deep philosophical conversation as it warms very much like red wine. I enjoyed it on a cool, sunny summer day and imagine a mild cigar could stand up in accompaniment.
Reviewed by RoyalT from Michigan
1.67/5 rDev -52.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2
1.67/5 rDev -52.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2
Appearance – As soon as the beer hit the glass I could tell that this was a complete failure of a beer. Obviously the brewery had some major problem with the yeast strain but continued to distributed the beer. The coloring is nice but the absolute absence of any type of carbonation indicates a major brewing/bottling problem.
Smell – The candied sugar and bread malts sadly indicate that this one had a lot of potential.
Tastes – This ale tastes like sugar water.
Mouthfeel – Thin as can be with zero effervescence.
Drinkability – This has to be the first 13% ABV ale that I’ve poured down the sink but they had no business bringing this to market.
Comments – I typically don’t post reviews of skunked beers or ones with obvious product problems like this one, but the ale continues to be sold and is quite expensive so people need to know to be on the look out.
Oct 31, 2015Smell – The candied sugar and bread malts sadly indicate that this one had a lot of potential.
Tastes – This ale tastes like sugar water.
Mouthfeel – Thin as can be with zero effervescence.
Drinkability – This has to be the first 13% ABV ale that I’ve poured down the sink but they had no business bringing this to market.
Comments – I typically don’t post reviews of skunked beers or ones with obvious product problems like this one, but the ale continues to be sold and is quite expensive so people need to know to be on the look out.
Reviewed by Vylo from New Jersey
3.24/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
Quads are one of my most favorite kind of beer, and this bottle frankly butchered it. While the smell was that of a quad, I immediately noticed that it appeared flat. I thought I had gotten a bad bottle, until I read other reviews here. There is almost no carbonation to this "beer". It boasts a mediocre taste and an awful syrup mouthfeel. If I were this brewery I would be ashamed of this brew, they might as well have made a flavorful Nyquil. If you are looking for a good quad, look elsewhere, if you are looking for a good beer.... look elsewhere.
Jul 16, 2015Reviewed by coltonbrimhall from New Mexico
3.58/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
-dark with little to no head
- has a tart fruit smell almost that of wine
-taste is same as the smell to much of a wine flavor not enough of the quad at all...
-slightly oily but apart from that very carbonated
-was hoping for alot more, didnt get the quad taste much at all more close to a american wild..
Mar 08, 2015- has a tart fruit smell almost that of wine
-taste is same as the smell to much of a wine flavor not enough of the quad at all...
-slightly oily but apart from that very carbonated
-was hoping for alot more, didnt get the quad taste much at all more close to a american wild..
Reviewed by Zach136 from Georgia
4.27/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Deep brown with no head.
Aroma: Dark fruit character of raisons, dates and cherries with a touch of acidity and a hint of leather.
Flavor: Deep farm fruit sweetness, incredibly smooth and well hidden alcohol presence. Hints of chocolate.
Mouthfeel: Low carb, medium+ body lots of residual sugar.
Nov 01, 2014Aroma: Dark fruit character of raisons, dates and cherries with a touch of acidity and a hint of leather.
Flavor: Deep farm fruit sweetness, incredibly smooth and well hidden alcohol presence. Hints of chocolate.
Mouthfeel: Low carb, medium+ body lots of residual sugar.
The Cloak Of St Martin from Brasserie De Brunehaut
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
33 ratings
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