St. Bernardus Abt 12

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

Pours chunky medium brown with a two-finger beige head, very fine lasting lacing. Fantastic fruity malt aroma, deep banana bread, with undertones of peach, fig, and spice. Medium body, zesty, smooth, and crisp. Complex, rich malt flavor profile, banana bread, and toffee stand out, many supporting flavors harder to identify, maybe pineapple, and plum. Citrus and a hint of earth in the finish. Perfectly balanced.

I sampled a 330ml, which filled a glass with a cloudy, dark amber ale and a healthy, but quickly dissipating head. There’s a hint of clove and cinnamon in the nose atop a backbone of roasted malt and alcohol. Palate entry is exceedingly short. The malty sweetness is immediately balanced by the aggressive bottle-conditioned carbonation and alcohol. An appropriate hop bitterness finishes the beer. Mid-palate notes reveal the expected dark fruit and port wine flavors of this style. Clove and cinnamon flavors revealed in the nose are complemented by an orange citrus tang. A very good beer.

This beer is excellent. It has a very good carbonation from nice small bubbles. The beer has a complete flavor consisting of spices, roasted malts and fruits. An aroma consisting of fruits, cola, and candi is present. This is an excellent beer. This beer has a nice thick head. Your work trouble will go away if you have this at the end of the day.

Incredible! pours fairly dark with nice thick head. the aroma immediately kicks you in the nose with spice, alcohol, candi sugar, raisins, and about 5 other things. the taste is just as complex. definitely my go to night time beer.

Dark cider/brown color; Medium cream body; Aroma of malt, fruit, and spice; Flavor of sweet malt, fruit - notably apricot, some caramel and spice; Alcohol at the finish which does linger for a while; Nicely balanced and quite complex; An excellent brew - definitely worth a try.

You ever notice when you pour an exceptional ale how the fruit flies start honing in on your beer? Then when the beer is bad they don’t bother. I am new to Belgium beers but this makes me an instant fan. I love it but......I really want to mix it with a barley wine and see what I get. I want to make it a little more manly. Very very soft beer. With the sweetness and the subdued alcohol women will love this. I love the raisin presence.

A truly superb ale. Excellent head, very smooth, dark, malty with just a hint of fruit. Sweet alcohol taste is there on the finish but not off-putting.

Very enjoyable brew. Notes of brown sugar even out the bitterness at the end. Yeasty and fruity plums with spice. Must allow it to warm up some before drinking to get the full amount of pleasure.