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Quadrupel is the brand name of a strong beer brewed by La Trappe in the Netherlands, the only Trappist brewing abbey not in Belgium.

Besides this one example, use of the name within Belgium is unheard of. However, commercial brewers within the United States and the US homebrewing community^[1] do use Quadrupel or Quad to refer to high alcohol beers with flavor profile similar to Trappist, abbey, and Belgian-style beers, which appears to be quite controversial within the Belgian beer community. Belgians tend only to use the naming conventions single, double and triple for Trappist and abbey beers^[2], some beer writers use the term barleywine to describe beers over 10 percent alcohol^[3]. The Dutch equivalent (gerstewijn) is sometimes also used in Belgium in the same context, but it's use remains fairly rare.

References

^ http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category16.html
^ Geert van Lierde et al., In het Spoor van de Trappisten ISBN 90-261-0704-8
^ Tim Webb, Good Beer Guide to Belgium and Holland ISBN 1-85249-174-4

[1] ttp://www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category16.html

[2] Geert van Lierde et al., In het Spoor van de Trappisten ISBN 90-261-0704-8

[3] Tim Webb, Good Beer Guide to Belgium and Holland ISBN 1-85249-174-4

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 '''Quadrupel''' is the brand name of a strong beer brewed by [[La Trappe]] in the Netherlands, the only Trappist brewing abbey not in Belgium.
-Despite misinformation published primarily by an American home-brewing organisations<ref>http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category16.html</ref>, this is neither a beer style nor a beer naming convention in Belgium.  However, several United States breweries do use Quadrupel or Quad to refer to high alcohol beers with flavor profile similar to other Belgian and belgian-style beers.  Belgians tend only to use the naming conventions single, double and triple for Trappist and abbey beers<ref>Geert van Lierde et al., ''In het Spoor van de Trappisten'' ISBN 90-261-0704-8</ref>, some beer writers use the term [[barleywine]] to describe beers over 10 percent alcohol<ref>Tim Webb, ''Good Beer Guide to Belgium and Holland'' ISBN 1-85249-174-4</ref>. The Dutch equivalent (gerstewijn) is sometimes also used in Belgium in the same context, but it's use remains fairly rare.
+Besides this one example, use of the name within Belgium is unheard of.  However, commercial brewers within the United States and the US homebrewing community<ref>http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/Category16.html</ref> do use Quadrupel or Quad to refer to high alcohol beers with flavor profile similar to [[Trappist beer|Trappist]], abbey, and Belgian-style beers, which appears to be quite controversial within the Belgian beer community.  Belgians tend only to use the naming conventions single, double and triple for Trappist and abbey beers<ref>Geert van Lierde et al., ''In het Spoor van de Trappisten'' ISBN 90-261-0704-8</ref>, some beer writers use the term [[barleywine]] to describe beers over 10 percent alcohol<ref>Tim Webb, ''Good Beer Guide to Belgium and Holland'' ISBN 1-85249-174-4</ref>. The Dutch equivalent (gerstewijn) is sometimes also used in Belgium in the same context, but it's use remains fairly rare.
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