Quadrupel - Oak Aged Batch #37
La Trappe Trappist - Abdij O.L.V. Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production|
Score
7.36
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Acacia 19%
Cherry 1%
Batch #37: 100% Wood
This truly remarkable Oak Aged batch consists of a mixture of oak, acacia and cherry wood barriques with medium and heavy toasting, in which the Quadrupel was allowed to age quietly for up to 2.5 years.
Previous La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged batches predominantly employed barrels that had been used to age spirits and wines. This time, we decided to use only unused barriques to create a unique signature of several types of European wood.
Batch 37 has a beautiful and firm layer of beige foam. Thanks to the long period of wood ageing, the beer has taken on a wonderful dark colour, going way beyond your normal Quadrupel ale.
The remarkable combination of wood types used for this batch yields a truly complex, rich and fine fragrance and taste. Long ageing in several kinds of unused barriques gives the La Trappe Quadrupel that typical wood aroma, with a scent that hints at plenty of vanilla, almond, cocoa and caramel.
The ale’s flavour can be described as warm, friendly, and most especially velvety. The pleasant note of bitterness is slightly softer than you’d find in the regular Quadrupel, making it more of a background flavour. The beer’s undertone is pleasantly sweet, due in part to the higher alcohol content. The aftertaste is dominated by a friendly aroma of wood, joined harmoniously by malty notes of caramel and ester.
This extraordinary batch of Quadrupel Oak Aged is unique in more than one way. The finest woods meet our outstanding Quadrupel – a marriage made in beer heaven. This is the ultimate degustation beer to enjoy in peace during the dark and cold months of the year.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Pours unclear brown. No real head. Scent is very oak forward, virgin oak 'bite' to it. Taste is creamy, loads of fresh oak. lots of vanilla, quite impressive trough 'simplicity' , this one doesn't shine trough great spirit 'addition' (trough BA) , but rather a great fusion of flavors and aromas. Impressive stuff - I still don't love the thin body and low taste profile that is typical to La Trappe, but the oak influences are quite damn nice ! Shows spices, cardamom.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5
Fairly dark, light ruby. Some carbonation but head vanishes fast. Smells sweet, caramel, maltyness, dried stone fruit? Decent body, some more carbonation there, but within parameters, sticky finish. Taste is sweet, lots of caramel, wood. Light bitter end
Zoet, smaakt een beetje oud ook, moutig, eikenhout. Wel lekker, maar ik ga nog kapot van m'n dürüm XL.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Clear brown colour with lasting head. Aroma and flavour are quite sweet and spicy. Hints of banana. Very woody. A bit too spicy for my taste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared. Dark red to red-brown color, beige head. Aroma and flavor are malts, sweetish, caramalts, brown candy sugar. Decent to medium body, smooth soft texture, soft carbonation. Nice!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home, dark amber, small head. Aroma is wood, malt, cherry, fruit, sweet. Taste is the same, sweet, light sticky, cherry hints, very nice, quite refreshing for a beer like this honestly --- Beer merged from original tick of La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged Batch #37 on 07 May 2020 at 19:27 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9. Original review text: Bottle at home, dark amber, small head. Aroma is wood, malt, cherry, fruit, sweet. Taste is the same, sweet, light sticky, cherry hints, very nice, quite refreshing for a beer like this honestly
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Corked bottle. Dark Amber color. Bubblegum, fresh wood and dried fruit in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with lots of oak, dried cherries and bubblegum. Slightly alcoholic. Grenadine. Decent.