St. Bernardus Pater 6

Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Watou, Belgium

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with thick light brown head and crazy lace. Aroma is yeasty with notes of spice and raisin/black cherry. Flavor is moderately sweet, with some brown sugar, dark fruit, and alcohol. High level of carbonation and this medium to full bodied beer. This one has the flavor and feel of a beer with a higher alcohol content. Not bad.

bottle. pours hazy brown with creamy white head. nose is raisins. flavor raisins, nuts, bread, mild yeasty spice to it. pretty solid. that classic st. b body and appearance. second runnings of the 12...?

330ml bottle. Did a little shaking during the pour. Causing a nice fluffy fingerwidth of light beige head. Brown sugar and cookies in the nose. Rather full bodied with all malt profile. Well, malt and yeast. Sweet malty flavor. Caramel and bread. Cocoa and anise. Yeast adds a nice sharp citrus acicidty. This melds into the finish. Moderate effervescence with a tart red fruit undertone. This too melds with the cocoa malt character. Wonderful dichotomy.

Name: Pater 6
Date: 03/11/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta

clear dark brown, huge off-white head, lots of lace, rich chocolate aroma with touches of ripe fruit, light body, lots of ripe fruit flavor well blended with great chocolate character, slight tart edge for complexity, great full flavored lighter Belgian dark ale

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: **4

Bottled 33cl. It pours a hazy copper beer with a huge creamy, slightly tanned head. The aroma is of pineapple, plums, licorice, nuts and syrup.... You name it! A strong nose. Quite earthy too... Notes of wood, figs, brown sugar, raisins and mango in the taste. Very smooth. A touch of banana just before a dry buttery grassy finish. Some hints of peat showing up? Beautiful lacing.

Bottiglia da 33cl in un bar a Gavi Ligure; accompagnata con piadina prosciutto crudo e pomodoro. Colore marrone chiaro con poca schiuma evanescente; aroma sbruciacchiato, sapore deciso e pieno. Più che soddisfacente.

I first had this been when the LCBO was selling a St. Bernardus assorted gift set at Christmas 2005. This beer was not as impressive as the 12. I recently did a tasting along with the St. Bernardus Prior 8 and Abt12. Definitely a decent beer, but nowhere near as well-balanced as the Abt 12, or as nice as the Prior 8. The beer pours a medium red-brown colour with white head and strong aromas of figs and spice. This beer has some nice raisiny notes, but suffers from the low malt, and has a winey sourness that throws off the balance.

Pours a hazy medium brown color with medium layer of quickly dissapating white head. Aroma light, sweet and brown sugary, with hints of grapes and raisins. Flavor and mouthfeel light and a bit watery, but also very carbonated in the mouth. Slightly tart and bitter with some orange and toffee flavors. Overall, pretty good.