Gaverhopke Den Twaalf

Brewed by ’t Gaverhopke
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Stasegem-Harelbeke, Belgium

Poured aggresively for a medium fine foam off white head and a little lace. Color is a very slightly hazy brownish amber. Aroma is spicy, malty, fruity, and a bit tart. Flavor’s about exactly the same. Body is good, on the soft side, and with good carbonation. Don’t pick up much on the alcohol. After reading a bit about it, think I may have a bottle that’s slightly turned. Even so, good beer. If not fot its strength, could almost be a session.

Pours chestnut brown with a very small tan head and just a slight amount of lacing. Aroma is caramel candy, toffee and malt. Tastes of candy apples, and very sweet dates, with sugar-coated raisins. Not much hops leaves the malt abit unbalanced, so that sweetness dominates all aspects of this one. Alcohol is not well hidden.

Pours a coca cola brown with very little head. Nice malty nose with figs, honey, and a tad of chocolate. Taste is very straightforward Belgian malts with little to no complexity. I will say, it does hide its 12% alcohol content very well, but I was left sort of unsatisfied for such a "big beer". Lots of carbonation which is a nice touch.

Bottle. Pours a dark mahogany with a small off-white head. Aroma of dark fruit, caramel, yeast and has a touch of spice. Flavor was sweet with caramel, brown sugar, yeast and raisins with a medium body and has a nice dry warming finish.

Deep brown coloured body with a very thin, two millimetre tall tan head. Aroma of sour grapes (like a lambic), caramel, malt, alcohol and a bit of tart yeast - nice! Medium-bodied; Strong assertive maltiness up front with some wheat and yeast, then fades to a pleasant tangy character full of fruit and ends with a mellow alcohol taste coupled with some raisins and pit fruits - nice! Aftertaste shows a mix between sour grapes and a malty, pit-fruity alcohol finish - good for the style and definitely an interesting take! I sampled this 33 cL stubby bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits in Washington, DC on 25-July-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 25-September-2009.

Bottle from Craft. Pours turbid dark brown with ruby hints and an off-khaki head. Nose is spicy yeast, peaty boggy malt, tart fruit, citrus. Tastes earthy, peaty, fruity, with yeasty spice, port wine, berry, caramel, and spicy flavors. Complex and interesting, this one is decent.

Bottle courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Pours a honey brown color with thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of spice, ripe dark fruit, earthy esters, caramel. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of sourness, brown sugar, caramel, hints of chocolate. Generally medium body with a slightly boozy finish.