Ongelovige Thomas
Jopen Bier BV Haarlem

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From:
Jopen Bier BV Haarlem
 
Netherlands
Style:
Quadrupel (Quad)
Ranked #74
ABV:
10%
Score:
90
Ranked #8,511
Avg:
4.06 | pDev: 10.34%
Reviews:
27
Ratings:
87
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 10, 2024
Added:
May 30, 2011
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  17
Also known as Doubting Thomas
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.94/5  rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Mandag i Annen, Cardinal, Stavanger. Mahogany colour, moderate beige head. Moderate malty aroma, some vanilla and brown kandij sugar. Malty flavour, caramel, brown kandij sugar, dark dried fruits, moderate American hops. Good beer.
Jan 10, 2024
 
Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Dec 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4.28 by Beerasaurus from Virginia

Apr 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by sokol_1993 from California

Apr 09, 2022
 
Rated: 4.21 by arzt from Germany

Jul 15, 2021
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

4.07/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
#1780 - Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
...No idea how the caged-cork stayed in, the base of the long cork was no more than 1-2mm from the top of the beers surface. Little CO2/foam on getting the cork out...
L- .... ditto on the pour. Though this high an ABV% doesn't tend to support head. Deep chestnut-red, pours with minor haze and after a minute there is just a thin ring of tan bubbles.
S- There is something slightly wine-like, or brandyish here.
T- ...Boom, deep and pungent, it also has a distinct fruit+deep floral+liquor note to it. The latter all combine with a hoppy twist into the finish. - If this is barrel-aged I'm wondering which liquor would yield this quite distinct note...
F- Deep, pungent, rich. It isn't straying into sweet territory yet (as it warms) but it's a big bottle and I'd start it off well chilled.
O- One for slow-sippin' for me. I'm very curious what lends the floral/aromatic notes here. This big bottle is probably best to be shared. 10% isn't *that* high but taken overall it is a seriously solid beer.
750ml bottle £14 BB: Nov/2040!! Bought from BeautifulBeers/BurySt.Edmunds as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Apr 26, 2021
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Reviewed by elnachooo from Spain

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
De color negro, con un dedo de espuma de retención media. Cuerpo medio y baja carbonatación. Aroma a ciruela y cereza. En boca no se perciben los 10% de alcohol y resulta dulce con notas de malta.
Apr 26, 2021
 
Rated: 4.34 by DylanBrkhff from Netherlands

Dec 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4.6 by noahdubose from Illinois

Jul 20, 2019
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Reviewed by Bierman9 from New Hampshire

3.97/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was the second bier I tried during a visit to Amsterdams Arendsnest with my daughter Caitlin on 20SEP18. A 0.25l glass cost me €5.65.

It was a very dark, near opaque brown. Had a nice, creamy, 1/2" beige head, with excellent lacing. Nose had some dark fruit - figs and prunes - and was a touch yeasty. It was fairly smooth, with a medium body.

Flavor had more dark fruit: raisins, figs, black cherries all in a semi-sweet mix. Not complex enough for me, but still solid. Zum Wohl!

3.97/5 rDev -2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

2030
Oct 11, 2018
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Reviewed by Beersnake from California

3.73/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from fridge temp. Pours a nice dark brown with tan head. The nose is really nice. I'm getting a lot of dark fruit - cherries, plums, grapes, and figs. There is a really nice caramel note, along with some maple. Definitely getting some yeast, bread, and prunes. Kind of like raisin bread. Taste doesn't align perfectly with the nose, which was a tad disappointing. The initial bitterness is a bit odd. Getting lots of raisin, some pine, toffee, candy, and a touch of soy sauce and metallic flavor. The alcohol (10%) is detectable for sure. Mouthfeel is warming and viscous, but the overall balance is a bit off. I probably wouldn't buy this again given the great selection of quads out there.
Jun 24, 2018
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.79/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
330ml bottle - not quite clear what makes this an 'Imperial' Quadrupel, as the ABV falls well within the accepted guidelines. Maybe it's the 'American hops'.

This beer pours a slightly hazy, dark orange-brick brown colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and somewhat fizzy tan head, which leaves some dissolving iceberg profile lace around the glass as it quickly blows off.

It smells of bready and doughy caramel malt, reduced demarara sugar syrup, some plum and prune dark fruitiness, a hint of that musty under the basement stairs thing, and very, very tame earthy, leafy, and floral hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, a lesser generic toffee sweetness, muddled Mediterranean fruit, a faint earthy spiciness, plain yeasty notes, and more understated leafy, musty, and floral noble hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly restrained in its palate-disappointing frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and mostly smooth, with nothing in particular getting handsy at this point in the game. It finishes off-dry, the sugary essences tempered well enough.

Overall - this seems to be a strictly straightforward version of the style, nothing exotic (or American) about it. The best before date is November 2018, so that might play a part, depending on when it was actually brewed. Anyways, it's good, with a well-integrated 10 points of the ol' boozy-booze.
Jun 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.79 by rolltide8425 from Pennsylvania

Apr 15, 2018
 
Rated: 4.08 by samEBC from Belgium

Mar 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.89 by Rhettroactive from Virginia

Dec 18, 2017
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Reviewed by drmeto from Germany

4.36/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
L:
-pours a cloudy ruby-brown with a medium,foamy,quickly dissipating,beige head
-high carbonation visible
S:
-rum-soaked raisins,prunes,cherries,figs
T:
-raisins,caramel,cinnamon,clove,alcohol,plums,figs,chocolate,slight grapefruit
F:
-high carbonation
-medium to full body
-alcohol noticeable
O:
A fine dutch Quad.The Aroma Hops are a bit wasted though as they are almost completely buried by the malt and alcohol.
Dec 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.62 by jroof1 from Massachusetts

Dec 10, 2017
 
Rated: 4.26 by rangerred from Tennessee

Nov 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by iftcoach from Germany

Oct 14, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Buck89 from Tennessee

Oct 05, 2017
Ongelovige Thomas from Jopen Bier BV Haarlem
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 87 ratings