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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
21214.16/5.04.16/5.010.5%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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 FlyingSwine (170), Littleton, Colorado, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/518/20
Dec 30, 2008  
Pours a dark cloudy brown with a frothy tan head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted nuts. Flavor is complex...dates, banana, figs, nuts, espresso and yeast. A nice, light alcohol burn, but not overly. Palate is slightly fizzy, but exactly as you’d expect for the style. Overall this is an outstanding and complex drink. Loved it.


DonKi11uminati (50), , Indiana, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Dec 30, 2008  
Bottle from Ledger’s Liquors in Berkeley. This is an extremely balanced and delicious ale. Pours dark brown with a good head and lacing. There’s a decent amount of carbonation with a full and soothing palate. The light and subtle aroma has fruit and yeast and is very inviting. The flavor is deep and complex. I was surprised by the noticeable malt and grain in the flavor in addition to the fruit from the aroma. Alcohol is not so noticeable, with a combination of nuts, spices, malt and fruit taking the foreground. This is a very satisfying and complex ale- overall one of the best ales I’ve tried.


 rds (226), USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Dec 29, 2008  
A cloudy deep brown body with an antique white head, notes of yeast, alcohol, malt, and spice with a bit of plum in the background. Taste is of awesome--very smooth, a bit of fruit, malt, and even raisin. A very complex, enormously rewarding ale.


sundevil27 (45), , New Jersey, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Dec 29, 2008  
750ml bottle - Poured a dark brown color. Taste/smells of dark fruit, maybe a bit of raisen. Very easy to drink for a quad as the alcohol is covered nicely. I’ve had this in the past and continue to enjoy it.


 bblack99 (205), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 28, 2008  
Poured from 750ml bottle into a Koenings hoeven trappist glass. Pours a cloudy dark brown with a fluffy cream-colored head. Subtle aroma of alcohol and spice, with a similar taste (layer on a bit of fruit, roasted nuts, and yeast). A very good beer, no doubt, and very accessible even in the Midwest!


kcmo19 (10), Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 28, 2008  
Poured a nice murky brown with a pretty good size head. Smelt of raisins, alcohol, and spices, with pretty much the same taste. Goes down very smooth.


 BeerBunker (607), Burbank, Illinois, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Dec 28, 2008  
12oz bottle. Pours murky brown with an off-white head. Aroma is of yeast, malt, spice, alcohol, and dark fruit. Taste is of malt, spice, alcohol, grain, and raisins. Has an overall bready taste to it. Very warming booziness. Very malty mouthfeel, with a nice lingering breadiness. Much better than Westy 12, and way easier to obtain. This is my favorite quad.


REDBOSOX (70), Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/518/20
Dec 28, 2008  
This is simply a wicked awesome beer. It is probably the closest thing you can find to the famous Westvleteren Abt 12. Unlike Westvleteren, you do not have to go to the brewery to buy it. The dark fruits and raisins really blend well. You will NOT realize how strong this beer is until you drink a few of them and stand up. It packs a wallop!



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