St. Bernardus Prior 8

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

330ml bottle in the St. Bernardus glass. Plum/brown color with a small tan head. Aroma of figs, apples, cinnamon, spices. Flavor and mouthfeel are two-tiered - a sharp carbonation on top carries the spiciness, but the smooth maltiness rests below. Interesting beer.

Bottle at O´learys Copenhagen Central station. Plum-greyish colour with a smal head. Fruity and spicy taste. The carbonation is to sharp.

Bottle. Look: Strange grey-brown color. Long lasting head. Smell: Very sweet. Vanilla, fruit, spices. Taste: Fruit and honey with lots of spices added. Choclaty aftertaste.

Pours a thick and cloudy brown/amber color with a thick head. Aroma is figs, sugar and other dark fruits. Flavor is light on the spices and heavy on raisin and sweet roasted malts.

Pours dark hazy brown with lots of floaties, wispy beige head with minimal lacing. Aroma initially presents a promising hint of caramelized sugar, yeast, and biscuit but then develops damp grains and dish soap. Flavour is mostly carbonation, unfortunately, with a slight hint of dark fruit and spice. I think I may need a new bottle of this stuff based on what everyone else seems to be saying here. Mouthfeel is watery and devoid of character. Disappointing.

Pours a murky deep dark amber with flocculent floaties, a thin suggestion of foam and some lacing. There’s that damn damp grain aroma again which seems prevalent in the Watou beers. Sweet and spicy body with a fleeting finish. Cherry/kirsch, brown sugar, oaty grains, musty hops. Creamy slightly over-carbonated body. This watery non-agressive beer hardly tastes like a strong ale at all, but is quite quaffable and I do like that signature St. Bernardus creaminess.

Pours a deep opaque/brown with a dense, thick head – almost as thick as whipping cream - excellent lace, coats the side of the glass. Aroma is of pineapples, vanilla, buttercream, brown sugar, and a little mustiness. Wow. Medium/heavy mouth-feel with a dense creaminess. On the front there is some fruity sweetness which gives way to a little spice (some vanilla and cloves) and a mellow tart finish. All in all, an excellent example.

Bottle from City Beer in SF. Cloudy dark brown color with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet malt and dark fruits. Flavor is nice buy not incredibly well-balanced in my opinion. Flavor is sweet malt, raisins, fig, and banana with a grainy, bitter hop finish. Nice lively, medium-full palate.