St. Bernardus Abt 12 Special Edition

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

Poured into a wine glass. Dark brown-amber color with a frothy tan head that displays great retention along with some sticky lace. Hazy yeasty body, but still sort of light for the style. Aroma is alcohol soaked dates and raisins. Flavor is fruitcakey, with fig, date, spiced sweetbread, caramel, phenols. Quite sweet but it does a good job of covering the hefty 11% abv. Body and carbonation are excellent and appropriate, which is expected from St Bernardus.

Bottled way back in 2006 (rating from then). Poured dark w/nice head. Yeast, fruit, malts etc - just about as awesome as one would expect from these guys/this type.

A damn fine beer. Pours out a dark brown color with a nice off white head. aroma was sweet yeasty with notes of fruit and malts. flavor is wonderful. its is very similar to the aroma. finish is smooth and well balanced. a fantastic brew.

A lot going on here...dried fruits like raisins and dates, very rich roasted malts, caramel/toffee/molasses, light hop bite, big alcohol (well hidden!), and a really nice spicy yeastiness underneath everything else...Excellent!

deep brown color, slight off-white head, nice lacing. nose of raisins, prunes, chocalte, floral hops. flavor of chocolate, dried fruit, spice, hops. medium bodied, mildly bitter finish, perhaps with a hint of dried fruit. i don’t detect any of the alcohol in the flavor. thash a shame, akshly. gimme hug. c’mon.

Bottle. Aroma of dough, bread, nuttiness, sweet honey, some plum. Flavor follows, always pleasantly sweet. Still excellent stuff, just seemed to lack the dancing fruit notes that the regular 12 has in addition to the more earthy tones that were still present here.

Bottle broken out to celebrate the end of my midterms! Pours a murky brown with a nice thick tan head. Aroma of alcohol, apple skins, sweet dark fruits and bready yeast. Flavor of soda, light and dark fruits, and lots of bready yeast. Not as spicy or full of pep as the regular Abt 12, this one is much more mellow (which may be due to the age). It wears as you drink, especially as the beer warms, and gets a little acidic. Good but not "special" and the regular is better.

Fabulous! Lucky to have one of the few left with good friends. Poured with a nice fine head which lasted. Good lace. Nice dark brownish red or reddish brown. I don’t CARE!! Complex aroma of malt, caramel, toffee, licorice, herbs, Dark fruit. Endless fantasies. No faults whatsoever. Even good burps. Finish is satisfying yet beguiling. yUMMM!