St. Bernardus Prior 8

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

A very tasty, tan/brown belgium ale. Very drinkable, sipping is encouraged. Has a great somewhat fruity nose. Not too heavy on the tounge. A very nice beer.

750 ml bottle from a trade with thecheeseman. pours bugundy with a tan head that lingers and laces. perfect dark belgian ale aroma. yeast and fruity. complex and big in the mouth. easy drinking at 8%. very close to being perfect and i dont really know why i took any points off. really really good.

very enjoyable. light fruit, alcohol, smooth. figs, creamy mouthfeel. excited to try the tripel in about a minute.

Dark, chestnut brown pour with an off white head. Fruity aroma with some bread, some spice, some alcohol. Bready flavor with nice spice, nice fruit. Really nice balanced flavor. Nice belgian mouthfeel. Overall, a really good dubbel.

On tap at The Malt House - Pours a dark brown with a thin head of tiny bubbles. Aroma is underwhelming -- smells like bread with a bit of spice. I feel like I should slice this rather than drink it. Flavor is smooth, bready malt, both spicy and sweet. This is one beer that I actually noticed the lacing -- very nice. And the mouthfeel is there -- it’s ridiculously smooth. Overall though, just pretty underwhelmed by this solid but not spectacular beer.

on tap at Tank’s Tap Room in Tampa. dark red/black with a long lasting off white head. aroma is heavily alcohol with some spiciness. flavor is of overripe fruits like banana, figs, apples and plums. heavily malted with a creaminess that lingers on the mouth and tounge. its very good, but i like the 12 better.

Pours dark sienna-brown with some chunks and a puffy, three-finger, cream-colored head, thick and lasting lacing. Smells of caramel, apple, fig, leather, a hard wood of some sort, and some alcohol. Medium, velvety rich body. Tastes much like the smell, with just a little bit of citrus in the finish. There’s a lot of complexity in the malts, and though it’s a little on the sweet side, it’s fairly well balanced.

Dark reddish brown with a thin, persistent beige head. Mild aroma of caramel, dark fruit and a bit of banana. Slightly sweet malty flavor with good fruit notes. The floral hops and some yeast come through on the finish.