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St. Bernardus Abt 12 4.16 2135

St. Bernardus Abt 12

Percentile
100
overall
Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Watou, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
21354.16/5.04.16/5.010.5%97.6Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
The absolute top quality in the hierarchy of the St. Bernardus beers. It is also the beer with the highest alcohol content (10.50 %). A dark ivory coloured beer with a high fermentation. The show piece of the brewery. Thanks to its soft and unconditionally genuine aroma, the beer can be smoothly tasted. The Abt has a very fruity flavour.
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 guyinchicago (535), marengo, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 8, 2009  
poured medium brown with tan lively head that after the cork was popped looked like a science project with all the over flowing! aromas of dark fruits.caranel,malts and licorice taste of taste is of the same alochol is very well hidden, bottle was cellared for 2 years in basement was rather a tasty treat but not even that complex or as flavorful as judgement day imo


horto008 (23), Alabama, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/516/20
Sep 8, 2009  
Terrific. Head was light and frothy and medium thick. Was relatively dry and acidic like the Orval but had interesting spice notes of fruit and vanilla. Reminded me of my personal favorite beer, Tres Pistoles from Unibraou (spelling?). Alcohol wasn’t present in the taste for a 10.5%. Very good.


wouterpulinx (27), Belgium
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 8, 2009  
33cl., pour dark brown, medium head. Beer was served a little bit to cold for me, rather prefer this a bit warmer. Nose was fruity, little hint of caramel. Aroma was also fruity, some alcohol hints. Refreshing beer though!


 inkubus27 (251), Highland, Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/517/20
Sep 6, 2009  
Huge fluffy tan head on top of a mahogany colored body... beautiful pour! Aroma of raisins, dark fruits, pretty sweet overall, with just a hint of alcohol. Flavor is much the same, alcohol is a bit more noticeable... Nice medium body... And the best part about this belgian is that I’m not getting the typical acid reflux from the yeast.. this is one of only a few belgians that don’t do this too me. Great stuff


rlxx (5), Belgium
does not count click to see why this rating of St. Bernardus Abt 12 does not count
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/518/20
Aug 31, 2009  
Verry dark with a great sweet aroma that has an impact, true impressed on how very refreshing and easy to drink tis 10.50% is. A flavor with alot of fruity hints. top beer i love it!


 beerchugger (307), Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 31, 2009  
Pours a dark brown with a full off-white head. The aroma is nice with smells of raisins, plums, brown sugar, some dates, and definitely alcohol. The flavor is overwhelmingly boozey at first followed with more subtle notes of sweet chewy malts, a bit of the dates coming through, and brown sugar. The finish is rather warming, yet complex. Overall, the over-the-top amount of booze simply detracted from the beer. It was difficult to pick out other flavors simply because the alcohol was just way too overbearing. A shame, I’ve been really looking forward to this beer for quite a while now.


 boamr (138), Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Aug 30, 2009  
On tap at the Liberty St. Tavern. Poured a dark brown with just a little white head to it. Has a sweet, yeasty smell to it. Has a sweet fruity taste. Some sort of dark fruit and is very smooth. ABV is well hidden.



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