St. Bernardus Abt 12

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

750ml corked & caged bottle from grape & gourmet. pours a beautiful ruby-streaked brown with a thick, full, off-white head and amazing lacing. aroma is a spectacular blend of rich, dark fruit notes of of raisin, fig, and black cherry with hints of spiced banana bread, belgian yeast, cloves, and dry cedar wood with the slightest touch of earthy, citrus hops. flavor is outstanding as well with dark fruit notes of plum, cherry, red apple skin, and raisin backed by sweet candy sugar, molasses, and yeast with a spicy kick of clove and cinnamon on the back end. palate is medium bodied and highly carbonated leaving a dry, warming alcohol finish with hints of cedar. truly a remarkable beer. one of the best.

After the beer was served in the glass there was found a lasting quantity not wall adhesive white foam collar which was fine and evenly of structure. The beer also contained no carbonic acid in the glass. The beer has a thick dark brown color and a candy sweet taste. The after tast of the beer is hoppybitter with a candy touch. This beer smells light alcoholiclly.

Excellent example of a Belgian quadrupel with some almost fruit like flavors mixed in with the complex palate.

Pours a dark brown color with a large off white head. An almost sweet roast nose. Bitter fruit/raisin taste with a noticeable amount of alcohol. Medium body with sticky texture and soft carbonation. The beer finishes with almost a sour taste. Overall very good in small doses, almost too sweet for me to have more than one.

330 ml bottle a dark brown colored beer a creamy head aroma of bitter dry fruit and spices taste dry fruit spices some notes of malts and alcohol slightly bitter and a good after taste

here it is..the alternative 4 westvleteren 12, let it ripe 4 a year and its as close as its gonna get(some say its the exact same recipe..) except different water, location..

Taste is sweet with dark fruits, molasses, brown bread, melanoidin and alcohol. Pours a slightly hazy deep brown with a huge off white head that slowly dissipates to a cap as it sticks itself all over my glass. Smells of dark fruits raisins prunes fig come to mind. Also has a sweet dark sugar and molasses aroma as well. Carbonation is high, mouthfeel is full and sticky sweet, body is thick. I liked this one, but I thought the alcohol was a little to present.

330ml bottle into Trappist glass. A muddy deep brown beer with a medium collar of beige foam that provides decent lacing. Complex aromas of vanilla, Black Forest gateau (ie chocolate, cherries, sugar), banana peel, spicy yeasts and alcohol. Palate is rich and chewy with a chocolaty sweet malt base and hints of nuts and liqourice before finishing with a gentle spicy alcoholic presence. Definitely one to sip and savour. An outstanding beer.