Quadrupels

Allagash Four Makes Return

Allagash Four Ale is back on shelves. The Belgian-style quadrupel is brewed with four hops, four malts, four sugars, and fermented a total of four times, with four yeast strains.

The complexity of the brewing process is matched by the complexity Continue Reading →

Three Taverns “Quasimodo” Due in March

Three Taverns Craft Brewery (Decatur, GA) is readying Quasimodo, a quadrupel for release this March.

If you have been following brewery founder Brian Purcell’s path to opening the brewery, you might have had test batches of Quasimodo.

Read More: Three Taverns News

Expect this Continue Reading →

New Artwork: Weyerbacher Blasphemy

Weyerbacher (Easton, PA) is just about done rounding out their rebranding efforts. Blasphemy actually has one new piece of artwork, changed since the original seen below.

Blasphemy has a fairly sordid history. It was retired, then new batches found the drain Continue Reading →

Aged in Rum: Cigar City Forgotten Island

Introducing Cigar City Brewing’s Forgotten Island. This not-so-forgettable potential release from the Tampa based brewery is a Belgian-style quad aged in rum barrel. Rum on a tropical island? Count us in.

This dark complex style of ale originated in the Trappist Continue Reading →

Elevation Beer False Summit, a bourbon quad

Elevation Beer  False Summit, new to the brewery’s Double Black Series.

Elevation Beer False Summit is a bourbon barrel aged, quadrupel, aged in Breck Distilling bourbon barrels.

“…False Summit, is a fantastic 11.1% ABV quadrupel and much more traditional then our Apis IV.  Continue Reading →

Posted in Allagash Brewing, Seasonal Return

Allagash Four Makes Return

Allagash Four Ale is back on shelves. The Belgian-style quadrupel is brewed with four hops, four malts, four sugars, and fermented a total of four times, with four yeast strains.

The complexity of the brewing process is matched by the complexity of this unique beer. Flavors of raisin, candied fruit and plum express themselves throughout.

Allagash Four is available in 750ml bottles, and draft.

Style: Belgian-style Quadrupel (w/ Candi Sugar)
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft. Limited release.

10% ABV

Image via Redstone Liquors

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, New Releases, Three Taverns Brewery

Three Taverns Bourbon Barrel Heavy Bells Debuts Next Week

Three Taverns Craft Brewery (Decatur, GA) will debut a new barrel aged offering next week, Heavy Bells.

The base beer is Quasimodo (the original bell ringer), aged in eight year old bourbon barrels. There has already been some sneak peeks on tap at the brewery.

The general public will have a chance at this brew in the VIP section of the 2014 Decatur Beer Festival. Bottles and limited draft arrive next week.

Style: Quadrupel (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 750ml bottles, Draft.
Arrival: 10/20/14

11.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Three Taverns Brewery

Three Taverns “Quasimodo” Due in March

Three Taverns Craft Brewery (Decatur, GA) is readying Quasimodo, a quadrupel for release this March.

If you have been following brewery founder Brian Purcell’s path to opening the brewery, you might have had test batches of Quasimodo.

Read More: Three Taverns News

Expect this quadrupel in 750 ml bottles and draft. As an added bonus, some of it will be released in whiskey barrels later this year.

Style: Quadrupel
Availability: 750ml Bottles, Draft
Arrival: March, 2014

?? ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Weyerbacher

New Artwork: Weyerbacher Blasphemy

Weyerbacher Blasphemy

Weyerbacher (Easton, PA) is just about done rounding out their rebranding efforts. Blasphemy actually has one new piece of artwork, changed since the original seen below.

Blasphemy has a fairly sordid history. It was retired, then new batches found the drain thanks to QC standards, then finally released. Never give up. Looks like this will grace the 750’s when its time again.

Style: Quadrupel (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750ml bottles

11.8% ABV 

Version 2

O.G. Artwork

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon

Aged in Rum: Cigar City Forgotten Island

Introducing Cigar City Brewing’s Forgotten Island. This not-so-forgettable potential release from the Tampa based brewery is a Belgian-style quad aged in rum barrel. Rum on a tropical island? Count us in.

This dark complex style of ale originated in the Trappist monasteries of Belgium. It was sipped by monks during fasting and winter months. Forgotten Island adds a tropical twist via agin in Jamaican rum barrels. The barrel lends notes of vanilla, molasses, orange peel, cocoa, brown sugar, nutmeg, hazelnut, apricot and peach.This plethora of flavors and aromas from the rum barrel intermingles with banana, clove, cinnamon,fig, plum and brown sugar aromatics and flavors from the quadruple, creating a contemplative ale perfect for introspective moments far from the cares of the world. 

Style: Belgian-style Quadrupel (Barrel Aged, Rum)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

?? ABV

note: The above is tentative.  Subject to change at whim of the brewer, the beer, or the barrel.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sam Adams

Samuel Adams Four Barrel Quad For A Good Cause

The Boston Beer Company shows both creativity and a their charitable side with a new brew – Four Barrel Quad. The Belgian style beer benefits Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE). CORE raises money to help the children of the hospitality industry that have been afflicted by a life threatening condition. Good healthcare isn’t easy to come by in the restaurant industry.

Four Barrel Quad was brewed exclusively by Samuel Adams to benefit Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE). Full of complex flavors, this limited-edition Belgian Style Quad has spicy  peppery notes imparted by the Belgian yeast and a lingering sweetnessfron the malt. Once brewed, the beer then spent months aging in the finest Kentucky bourbon barrens to impart a charred-oak and vanilla character. Raise a glass and enjoy this beer by Summer 2013.

Style: Belgian Style Quadrupel (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

?? ABV 

Learn more or make a donation – http://www.coregives.com

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Elevation Beer Co, New Releases

Elevation Beer False Summit, a bourbon quad

Elevation Beer  False Summit, new to the brewery’s Double Black Series.

Elevation Beer False Summit is a bourbon barrel aged, quadrupel, aged in Breck Distilling bourbon barrels.

“...False Summit, is a fantastic 11.1% ABV quadrupel and much more traditional then our Apis IV.  We aged it in Breck Distilling Bourbon Barrels to give it nice subtle notes of vanilla, oak, and bourbon.”

Style: Quadrupel (w/, Candi Sugar, Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Hops: Northern Brewer, Saaz
Malts: Two Row, Belgian Pale

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: Mid-March, 2013

11.1% ABV

by Reid Ramsay