St. Bernardus Abt 12 Special Edition

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

"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!

rich warm dark and fruity with raisin and candied orange rind in a deep alcohol port and malt......deep like a super aged Sangria and i don’t care for sangria. very nice and special. clean sweet and yeasty with hardly any carbonation with moderate textre to its foamy head.

A hazy dark brown ale with a thick moka head. A pleasant dark fruit and treacle aroma. In mouth, a sweet candy sugar with light orange peels, coriander, yeast and Belgian hops. Rich and warming alcohol. Very nice. Bieropholie import. Enjoyed in Paipa, Colombia, March 7 2009.

750ml Bottle: Aroma of yeast, light dark ripe fruits, light funk, malts, slight bubblegum, slight alcohol, and plums. Poured copper/dark amber in color with a medium-sized, tan head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of small particles throughout. Very good lacing. Flavor is medium sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of dark ripe fruits, malts, yeast, plums, light raisins, caramel, and candi sugar. Medium body. Fizzy, lightly dry texture. Average to lively carbonation. Sweet, malty, caramel, and dark ripe fruit finish. 11%ABV is well hidden.

Bottle 75cl. @ home.
Clear dark amber brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, fresh raisin and dates, moderate yeasty, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081205]