Quad
Phase Three Brewing Company

 

Very dark brown body with a light brown head that settles into a collar. Smells of bourbon soaked plum, raisin, toffee, and candi sugar, with a darker oak providing vanilla even marshmallow as it warms, wonderful though the yeast being barely there doesn't go unnoticed. Taste adds a darker honey note powerfully, some dark cherry too, plus feint yeast on the backend which gives me the permission to say this is an amazing new world ba quad. Feel is thinner and boozy yet never hot, a striking balance with the sweet tones, it leans sweet but it works. A nectar of a dark ale, I guess quad, very enjoyable and way better than expected. Bravo!

 

Complex aromas. Notes of caramel, cherry, fruit and even marshmallow. I’ve never had something this complex before. Pour has barely any foam; carbonation was very light, which I’m not sure was correct or to be expected. Taste was caramel, fruity and layered. Again, not something in accustomed to. Incredible depth. It’s difficult to describe actually. And, whoa, is this boozy! Another unexpected element to this ale.