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12 Mar 2012

Readers’ Reserve: Trappistes Rochefort 10 (Abbye St. Remy)

11.3% ABV
Gifted by Kyle T. and poured into tulip glasses.

His Notes:

This legit Belgian abbey beer pours slate brown with creamy, swirling highlights and a fizzy, cola-colored head.  It offers up a beautiful nose of freshly pulled caramel and taffy, wood, and cooked cherries, but there are subtle changes with each new sniff. Trappistes Rochefort 10 is sweet and dusky on the palette, with more cooked berries, some toffee, and additional warm and chewy candies.  There are licorice and raisin flavors as well, along with a certain Belgian barnyard quality.  The texture and flavor profile are very desert-like, but unlike an imposing desert wine or port, this brilliant and highly drinkable beer hides its huge alcohol content with grace.

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27 Jan 2012

Readers’ Reserve – Ovila Quad (Sierra Nevada)

10.4% ABV
 Gifted by Tricia and poured into goblet glasses.

His Notes:

Sierra Nevada’s take on the strong Belgian Quadrupel pours a dark toffee brown-black with a full, sand-colored head.  The nose is a very subtle of mix of caramel, wood and dark fruits, especially apples, plums, and dates.  Ovila Quad offers a warm and rich mixture of dried fruit, toffee, and dry bitterness on the palette, with a warm hard alcohol aftertaste.  It has a flavor profile similar to that of a smoky scotch or a mild brandy, but with enough hops, chewy grains, and candied Belgian yeast to remain true to its beer roots.  This brew is simply brilliant – a true strong Belgian Quad that still retains those wonderfully restrained Sierra Nevada flavors.

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