Westvleteren 12

Brewed by Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Westvleteren, Belgium

Pours cloudy dark brown with a thin offwhite head, decent retention. Smells dark and bready yeasty, slightly fruity like raisins. Tastes sweet and malty and yeasty, again with the raisin flavors. Tasty, not all that though. Medium to full body, mellow carbonation.

Dark, cloudy, murky brownish color, Smells of plums and apple mostly. Lots of boozey applish/mystery fruit taste. Raisen in there too. This was my first westy and my first quad. Certainly not my style of beer, to sweet, with to many flavors all mashing together. Glad to try it though , thanks Kan.

Bottle. Pours a dark deep brown with a thin white head, with just a little lacing. The aroma is full of caramel, raisins, figs, spices. The flavor is very complex. A bit sweet, with plenty of malt, dark fruit, vanilla, spices. Smooth carbonation and an even finish. Not the best quad on the market, not the worst by far, but way overhyped.

Overwhelming beer with a very open taste. The aroma is ok, but the taste simply unique with its almost exploding character. Maybe it’s not as great as so many people tend to think, but it’s something very special and something you just have to taste.

Rating #100! Pours a beautiful deep brown with mahogany hints around the edges. The head is a rocky off-white two fingers thick which lingers for quite a while and leaves minimal lacing. Where do I start with the aroma? Sweet bready caramel malts with huge dark fruit aromas of raisins and plums up front. Big and complex with molasses, brown sugar, and some spices on top of that. Just a wonderfully aromatic brew. Just like the smell, the taste is just incredibly complex and wonderful. There is a prevailing sweetness that pervades the entire flavor with molasses, dark fruit, caramel, and vanilla. Spices are also present but perfectly balanced with the sweetness and malts. Mouthfeel is creamy and smooth but with a nice big carbonation that tickles the tongue. I honestly don’t think you could improve the mouthfeel...exceptional. Well, what else to add to the praise. I’m not sure if this is the best beer I’ve ever had, but it’s pretty damn close. It’s unbelievably complex but extremely drinkable and is certainly the best of the style I have ever tasted.

wow....I wanted to hate this beer but it smelled like dried fruit and tasted like really nice dried fruit and finished dry and super super drinkable......worth the hype.....but not worth the amount people are spending on this on ebay.....

Simply amazing what else can be said. Sampled this at In de Vrede. Found it at De Bier Temple in Brussels. Brought 3 cases back to the states. If you have never tried this beer you must.

[1173-20080302] Bottle. Mild fruity aroma has hints of malt and roast. Hazy, dark dark brown body with a long-lasting creamy light tan head. Flavour has some fruity malt but mostly is roasted malt with little bitterness. Full body. Impressive and muted like its brothers and still very nice, especially as it warms. (7/5/9/4/18) 4.3
(@ In De Vrede; Westvleteren, BE)

[1312B-20080419] Bottle. Mild vine grapes aroma has boozy green leaf grains and a strange oxo cube background. Murky, dark brown red body pours a big medium-lasting creamy off-white head. Sweet green twigs and fruity mild malt flavour has toasty grain sweetness and booooze. Medium body. Bonus for the experience in Canada. (7/4/8/4/17) 4.0
(w/ DuctTape, jerc, TheRoot)