St. Bernardus Abt 12 Special Edition

Formerly brewed at St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Watou, Belgium

Bottle, poured into wine balloon. Pours an opaque brown, with a thick, fluffy, tan head; pretty much looks exactly the same as regular St. Bernardus Abt 12. Aroma has a lot bread/yeast, egg white, a little spice, molasses, caramel. Flavor is intially a little boozy, not a lot, but you can taste it for the style. A lot of floral flavors in this one, with cream, licorice, currant, maple. Perfumy aftertaste. Full creamy, chewy mouthfeel. Not much different from regular Bernardus in any aspect really. Therefore yes: Overall, world class.

From the Bottle at Tom’s Ultimate Glasgow Tasting, Blackfriars 01/12/2007 Amber coloured and slightly hazy in appearance. Strong in alcohol fruity and woody with some bitterness in a malt finish.

Bottle shared by largadeer on BeerAdvocate at a tasting. Thanks, Chris! Hazy dark reddish-brown color with an off-white head. Aroma is very malty with caramel, dark fruits, and floral qualities with alcohol slightly noticeable. Flavor is a complex blend of sweet malt, caramel, toffee, candi sugar, prunes, figs, and cherries with some floral hops. Smooth, creamy, full palate. More like Westy 12 than the typical St. Bernardus 12. Great stuff.

Clear ruby brown with a smooth creamy off white foam. Nice sheets of lacing. Aroma of prunes, big maltiness, brown sugar. Taste is more forward malt, light yeasty spicy note and a lingering finish of fruits and brown sugar.

"Nice, smoke poured out from the top bottle after popping the cork. Beer pours a mercy brown with a small crown, the crown disappeared only a few seconds into the pour, well that’s disappointing. The aroma is very yummy, sweet toffee malts, tasty alcohol, a mild sourness, I think I smell some fresh squeezed orange juice, and what seems like a lot of red wine or oak its switching min. to min. Mouth feel was to thin and had too much stinging carbonation for me. What was that I swore I tasted cat food on my first sip. Flavor seems very metallic and empty, I am noticing some fake cheery, and red wine but its mild there doesn’t seem to be a rich complex malt character I was expecting. I will say now that I’ve been drinking this for 45 min its tasting better but that probly because I’m wasted. Taste is good but lacking for the style in my opinion I much prefer the regular 12, hoping my second bottle that I’ll crack a few years down the road is better."

Bottle. Pours a rich, cloudy, toffee and treacle clour, with a scant head but plenty of lace. Nose is lilacs, hops, fruit, caramel, maramalade, mandarin oranges, dark toffee, licorice, coffee, chocolate... I could go on, but you are much better off to try this for yourself. truly one of a kind. Exceptional!

Pours a cloudy toffee-caramel colour. Aroma of dark fruit, malts, caramel, and alcohol. Flavour is much the same as the aroma inc. plum, figs, raisins and other dark fruit. Only had a small taste cuz the beer hog aka Adrian drank 98% of the bottle. Impressive flavoring with a smooth feel. PS. St. Bernardus looks like a dork on the bottle!!

Aroma is very malt, and the beer looks great a nice amber colour, with great lacing. Flavours of dark fruits, such as plums and raisins dominate the palate. The flavour is also very alcoholic. Has a great mouth feel. I think it was very good. and very fitting for a special edition. Re rate. I have tried it again now that I have a solid beer palate And I must say it was amazing, soo complex and great to drink. Notes of bread, candy, marshmallow and spices, Everything about this beer is great!