Wicked New Year 2022
Twisted Elk Brewery
- From:
- Twisted Elk Brewery
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Quadrupel (Quad)
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 24, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 24, 2022
- Wants:
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Reviewed by Cylinsier from Pennsylvania
3.54/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle
Pours dark reddish golden, head retains as an off-white lacing.
Aroma of biscuit, honey, bubblegum, apple, and funky estery notes.
Flavor is of rich malts, honey, some spices like nutmeg and clove, and maybe some banana notes in the aftertaste.
Full body, stinging carbonation on the tongue.
American attempts at Belgian styles can vary pretty wildly. This one is close to authentic, mostly in the nose and some of the flavor, but the spice notes actually tend more into the winter warmer space, and the cloying richness of the malts isn't getting balanced out by the wild funky aspects that you expect from Belgian beers. So it's really a hybrid of different styles in the spirit of a quad, but isn't much like a quad at the end of the day. For what it is, it's decent. Drinks slow, very sweet. The spice notes add a nice contrast. I feel there is room for improvement in the flavor profile in particular. Some more acidity or dryer fruit notes would do well to bring dimension to this beer. As it is, worth trying and I will be interested to see if future iterations grow on the formula, but this particular version probably isn't going to be something I look for again.
Feb 24, 2022Pours dark reddish golden, head retains as an off-white lacing.
Aroma of biscuit, honey, bubblegum, apple, and funky estery notes.
Flavor is of rich malts, honey, some spices like nutmeg and clove, and maybe some banana notes in the aftertaste.
Full body, stinging carbonation on the tongue.
American attempts at Belgian styles can vary pretty wildly. This one is close to authentic, mostly in the nose and some of the flavor, but the spice notes actually tend more into the winter warmer space, and the cloying richness of the malts isn't getting balanced out by the wild funky aspects that you expect from Belgian beers. So it's really a hybrid of different styles in the spirit of a quad, but isn't much like a quad at the end of the day. For what it is, it's decent. Drinks slow, very sweet. The spice notes add a nice contrast. I feel there is room for improvement in the flavor profile in particular. Some more acidity or dryer fruit notes would do well to bring dimension to this beer. As it is, worth trying and I will be interested to see if future iterations grow on the formula, but this particular version probably isn't going to be something I look for again.
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