Nina’s Belgian Abbey Quadrupel
Haymarket Beer Co. Pub & Brewery

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From:
Haymarket Beer Co. Pub & Brewery
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Quadrupel (Quad)
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
4.15 | pDev: 7.95%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
6
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 30, 2013
Added:
Jan 12, 2012
Wants:
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Gots:
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Nina Van Zandt Spies fell in love with August while he was in prison during the Haymarket Trial. She helped write his biography and was a familiar figure at IWW meetings, May Day commemorations AND at Chicago’s Hobo College. This big Belgian Abbey ale, utilizing yeast from Trappiste Rochefort, is brewed with dark candi syrup, orange peel and coriander, and has notes of plum, cinnamon, cherry and orange.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.25 by bschinelli from Illinois

Nov 30, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by spycow from Illinois

Mar 10, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by rjacobs6 from Illinois

Dec 17, 2012
 
Rated: 4.75 by Drucifer from Illinois

Dec 13, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by falconxman from Illinois

Jan 27, 2012
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Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)

3.66/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at Haymarket. Stopped in for a quick bite after the opera and decided to try a 4oz sample of this one. Served in the usual cylindrical taster glass.

A - Hazy, murky dark orange - surprisingly light for a quad. A finger of white foam settles to a thin cap and glass-coating lace - great retention!

S - Yeast, bread, phenols, and coriander are most apparent at first blush. There's a kiss of dark candi syrup in the background but this isn't a particularly sweet. Initially served far too cold, a bit of medicinal character shows up as it warms with a touch of fruity sweetness eventually making an appearance as well.

T - The taste is more in line with what I expect from a quad. Candi sugar, red fruits, light milk chocolate, and yeasty bread, and less of the phenolic, medicinal, and coriander notes. Definitely enjoy the taste significantly more than the aroma, and I appreciate the lack of obvious alcohol as well.

M - Active but pleasant medium carbonation, medium body, and a fairly clean and lightly dry finish. Not much in the way of the expected alcohol or syrupy quad stickiness.

D - Not at all what I was expecting and quite a bit different from the beer who's yeast from which it was brewed (Rochefort). It was enjoyable once I got past the underwhelming aroma, but a large pour likely would have proved challenging.
Jan 19, 2012
Nina’s Belgian Abbey Quadrupel from Haymarket Beer Co. Pub & Brewery
Beer rating: 4.15 out of 5 with 6 ratings