St. Bernardus Abt 12

Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Watou, Belgium

Had this at Bulldog on tap. A delicious beer. Dark brown with a decent head. A solid quad; I like this better than the rochefort 10, but not as much as the westvleteren 12. I’ll add notes if/when I find where I wrote them...

750ml bottle. This beer poured a dark amber color and formed an off white sudsy head that left circular lace. Aroma of figs, dark fruits, alcohol, sugar, various spices and multiple malts. The taste is vastly complex, with notes of malt, banana, spice, yeast, dates, raisins, figs. The alcohol, along with the hops, is only slightly noticeable. The body is thick and silky smooth. Another example of a fine Belgian ale.

Great looking dark brown beer, smooth looking head and soft malty aroma. This beer has a fine sweet-malty smell with refined touches of dried raisins and a great malty roundness. aftertaste is warming and complex

09 bottle Pours a hazy golden brown with a large creamy head that lingers. A sweet and mellow fruit nose followed by a distinct alcohol note. I’m afraid that I may not be treating this newly bottled beer fairly as it was opened immediately after drinking my first Westy 12 - a bottle that was at least a year and a half old, and a Three Philosophers that was a year old. The St. Bern seems shallow and one dimensional by comparison with the two beers that preceded. Malt and grain flavors dominate with some fruity prune flavors mingling with molasses in the mid palate. It’s a good dry finish, but doesn’t leave me any lingering flavors to remind me of something new. Looking back, I probably should have pulled one from the cellar with a little age on it for this rating. I’ll return for a re-rate if I discover something different in my next taste of this one.

Pours copper with a large (very large) persistent head, leaving lots of lacing. Aroma is a rich mix or red wine, doughy yeast, rose-like perfume and chocolate. Flavours are similarly rich but overshadowed by noticeable alcohol. Lots of doughy yeast, caramel and chocolate though. Rich body, high carbonation, a bit over the top. No where near as complex as I expected, and that alcohol needs to be tamed.

330ml bottle. Dark bronzd copper colour with a rich tan head that snaps and crackles. Wonderfull deep aroma of spiced fruit and currants with a sweet backdrop. Strong alcohol flavours that sift to all parts of the mouth and throat. Almost port like.

wow. This beer is ridiculous. Find one and drink it. Huge creamy head, i could eat this beer with a knife and fork. plum, sweet, brown sugar. this is incredible beer.

Bottle. Pours a raisin bruin body with an off white fluffy head. Dark fruity ester aromatic character of plum, raisins, dates, and fig. An unsweetened jam body with a chewy lush vinous core. Plum and caramelized malt, woody vinous notes, with some yeast y spices. Candi sugar, toffee with a modest alcohol warming, finishes dry with abundant fruity esters. I need to age some bottles of this, awesome!