Image taken from LaTrappe.nl

Type: Beer – Quadrupel or Belgian Ale
Name: La Trappe - Quadrupel Trappist Ale
Price: $4.99
Made: Holland
Alc/Vol: 10%

First off I’m sure you are thinking, “What is a Trappist beer?” Well my furless friend, that is a certified beer made by Trappist monks, now that’s my kind of holy water. There are only 7 beer producing Trappist monasteries in the world and after reading up about how my fellow traveling and drinking blogging buddy from Brazil was exploring rich flavorful beer made from monks in Holland, I had to see if it was all André hyped it up to be. I mean this man tracked down a special Trappist beer and spent 100 Euros just so he could get a free bottle of this beer from a store because it is illegal for anyone but the monks to sell it.

Since I’m not in Holland I had to settle for what I could find locally and that is what I did with La Trappe. The scent of this beer is mild, I can barely smell anything coming off of it yet I quickly learned this was not an accurate read of this beer. Many times a quick sniff of your beer can give you a clue of what you are getting into, maybe a bit of hops or a dash of cinnamon, but not this beer. It is deep and rich, malty flavored but with a bit of a back spice. It almost reminds me of a winter warmer but better. It had a caramel sweetness to it, almost rum like. There is little presence of alcohol in the flavor of this beer even though it is 10%, however after a single bottle you can definitely feel the presence of alcohol

I liked the thick and creamy mouth feel that leaves a nice spiced aftertaste. Supposedly it is a sign of quality beer when the head sticks to the class, and this beer did just that. I can’t tell you the reason for this but it is something I’ve heard quite often. Overall I give this beer 4 out of 5 bananas. It is a delicious well crafted beer but a bit too malty for my liking to give it a full 5 banana rating but don’t tell the monks that because I’m thinking of converting. @(^_^)@

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