Zundert 10 Quadrupel Trappist is a quadrupel with a slightly herbal touch, that is the hallmark of all beers. This trappist ale is deep ruby brown in color, with a beautiful, creamy head. The nose gives hints of dried fruits like plums and figs, almost silky spices, licorice, and a bit of chocolate. The taste is well rounded and full bodied, balanced by a nice hoppy bitter. In the aftertaste typical Zundert herbal notes will subtly return. During the 2019 Dutch Beer Challenge, Zundert 10 Quadrupel Trappist was awarded the gold medal for the best quadrupel of the Netherlands.
The abbey possesses a modern brewery in which two brethren brew Zundert Trappist ales under supervision of a layman brew master. The brewery is classical in set-up with a mash tun, lautering tank and cooking kettle. In the brewery they make a mash out of water and crushed malts. They heat this mash to activate the enzymes that transform starch into sugar. They filter the mash in the lautering tank. The husks from the barley malt work as filtering agent. They boil the resulting clear and sweet wort for about one hour and a half. During the boil, they add hops for bittering. In the whirlpool remove any sediments, but also add some extra hops and proprietary mixture of herbs.
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