The Bar Towel

What recipe did you use for Zombie Dust clone?

I have pushed people on the Belgian Dark Strong vs Quadrupel debate, and no one can give me a real answer, even the BJCP guys. Labels are labels.

The "Quad" tasting I did to originally start this thread had my own self imposed definition - had to be over 10% abv.

St Berny 12 - definitely gets sweeter and more complex after 2 years. curious as to how it stands up when the same vintage is consumed with Westy 12. The flavour profile of the 2 is actually quite similar at 2 years of age, but the Westy is thinner, drier and has more alcohol heat that detracts fro...

Rochefort has a 5-year BB date, so yours was bottled April 2011. I base the "age" from the bottling/bb date, not when I purchased it.

i have a stash of Westy 12 and 8 in my cellar that's been sleeping for 3 years. will let it nap for another 2 before touching any. Achel Brun Extra - i've had it aged one year and i thought it was incredible. probably my favourite out of all of them. rich, chocolately. i would also throw in Cuvee v...

midlife crisis wrote:Mark, what is your opinion of La Trappe Quad? We have it, StB 12 and R10 available in Ontario at the moment.

Not a fan, just sorta sweet, lacking in complexity.

Some of you may recall that when we first brought in Westy 12a number of years ago, Volo had a similar blind tasting which I believe about 40 people paid to attend. Their list also included Achel Extra and Chimay Blue but obviously none of the homebrews. In that tasting the Achel Extra was #1 and W...

Yup, should be a beauty.

Sat down last night with 2 other buddies for a blind tasting of 7 Belgian Quads. These guys have been craft beer fans for close to 20 years, are BJCP certified judges with about 10 years experience, accomplished homebrewers, and one even has commercial brewing experience. So yeah, very knowledgable ...

I normally love Nøgne Ø, but Sunturnbrew is awful. I've been given samples on a few different occassions, and I always struggle to finish it. I presented it at a paid tasting event back in May. Wish I could remember all my witty comments (probably something about sugar coated burnt bandaids), but I ...

atomeyes wrote:i'm also more inclined to buy it during spring/summer. didn't help that it sold out or wasn't available this summer.
t'is the season to buy stouts, strong ales and barley wines.

Nothing goes better with christmas turkey dinner than a saison dupont!

How old was your bottle? The only La Trappe beer that ever impressed me was the barrel aged Quad.

Had my first ever pint of Rolling Rock a few months ago at new local pub with great scratch made food, but pitiful taplist. It was incredibly bland and tasteless, moreso than typical adjunct fare from Molson that i am more familiar with. Oh yeah, this place had their "own" beer on tap, whe...

Old Ale was implied with Barleywine.

I have done a lot of cellaring. The only beers worth aging are: Barleywines Imperial Stouts Belgian Dark Strongs/Quads non-fruit Sours/Brett aged beers There are also a few bigger beers that can be a tad hot and/or the flavour profile is not quite fully developed upon release, but usually come toget...