Quintaceratops
Brooklyn Brewery

I had read more than one scathing review of this beer, so it was not without some trepidation that I cracked it open several years after it was bottled to share with my wife. Turns out I thought it was a damn interesting beer and I was happy to have been able to try it.

Body wise this beer is a little bit more light and thin than a quad would suggest. I really enjoyed the rum barrel notes. I picked up some molasses, vanilla, and coconut in the aroma. I think what throws a lot of people is the relative lack of Belgian quad character, it doesn't have much of that candied sugar malt profile or the yeast attributes you would typically find in an Abt 12 or a Rochefort 10, for example.

This beer needs to be consumed and appreciated on its own merits. Go in with the mindset of having a strong, dark and malty rum barrel aged ale and you might just surprise yourself.

I was really disappointed by this beer. Almost black, with a big, beige head. The aroma starts with nice rum notes(I love rum) , a hint of bourbon follows, then ... medicine. Rather sweet taste with notes of cheap rum... Chemical aftertaste of medicine or paint ... Doesn't worth even half of its price (.

 

Look: It pours brown more on the dark side, but not quite dark brown. It has a tan head. Head retention is average.

Smell: It has a strong, sweet malt aroma with significant cherry notes. The is a moderate medicinal smell that combine with the cherry gives it a cough syrup note. There are additional rum notes well into the background.

Taste: It has a very sweet flavor of malt, dried cherry, medicinal notes, and rum. There is a bit of light spiciness in the background with some orange. It has a strong alcohol note as well.

Feel: It has a medium full mouthfeel with a sweet finish.

Overall, I think the dried cherry and rum created the medicinal flavor. The combinations just didn't quite work for me.

 

Excellent beer for rum lovers. Slight bourbon and sugar taste later. Lighter than expected for an 11% beer. Wish I had another but at $21 a bottle wanted to try it first. Would buy another tomorrow though

This beer shocked me at first. . I bought a 26 oz bottle , and thought I would have to pour it out.
This was my last beer of the night and just filled a pint glasss.

So I sipped on it and started to get the full taste.

You have to sip and let your palet drink in all the flavor.

after I few sips -the candied sugary bourbon vanilla taste came thru. after a few more sips I could taste more flavors

this wasn't a bad be . but I suggest you have a few friends over and drink from small shiffers.

 

 

 

750mL bottle poured into a tulip
A: Molasses, almost black with a one-finger brown head
S: Rum, molasses, dark sweet malt, Belgian yeast
T: Adds cherries and lighter on the dark sugar than the nose, a bit simple
M: Sweet, lighter-bodied than I’d expect given the alcohol, which is mostly hidden
O: Not bad, aged fairly well though I wish I could compare it to its younger self

 

This Quad from Brooklyn Brewing will warm your cockles, especially if you’re a fan of rum and/or bourbon barrel-Aged beer. This one is both. Those notes are very prevalent in the nose as well as is the candi sugar that is part and parcel of good Belgian Quads. Mouthfeel is a tad lighter than many Belgian quads, however. Pleasantly carbonated and very complex, there are a lot of stone fruit notes—including cherry— that appear, especially as the beer warms. Vanilla is present, too. Quintaceratops means “five horns,” and in this case, the fifth horn seems to be the rum notes. Great beer for a chilly night by the fire, or a Christmas Eve treat. At nearly 11%, it commands respect, too. But It was soul-soothingly satisfying.