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Westvleteren 12

Percentile
100
overall
Brewed by Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Westvleteren, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
16314.49/5.04.48/5.010.2%100Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Westvleteren has the smallest output of the Trappist breweries, with only a small part of their production available outside of Belgium.
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 Ungstrup (15122), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
Oct 1, 2002  
A dark brown beer with a beutiful head. It has an aroma of caramel and fruit. It is very sweet and slightly bitter and has a fruity taste that tickles your tongue slightly (the alcohol?) Definately a great beer.


 Papsoe (14904), Frederiksberg, Denmark
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jun 27, 2005    Updated: Mar 31, 2009
(Bottle 33 cl) Dark brown with only a small beige head. Extremely complex with notes of plums, raisins and perhaps some chocolate as well. Starts sweetish but ends with a fig-like driness. Hops are present but only to balance things, they never dominate. Westvleteren 12 is a revelation, a truly heavenly experience - the kind of beer that explodes with flavours in your mouth giving you new impressions each and every time. And if you store this it only gets better. More a meal than a drink. Excellent, excellent. 100398


 omhper (12179), Stockholm, Sweden
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/520/20
Apr 9, 2002  
Having tried several thousand beers, if I’m hard pressed to come up with one single favourite this is usually the one. Every time I try it there are new fascinating flavours. It has a deep burgundy colour. A fruity complex aroma with a hint of raspberries. It is very malty, and as the beers warms to room temperature the flavours explode. Toffee, fruit, licorice, yoiu name them. The mouthfeel is soft and vinuous, and the finish is salty with well balanced bitterness.


 yespr (12024), Copenhagen O, Denmark
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Apr 15, 2007    Updated: Apr 16, 2007
33 cL bottle several times and at different ages. Pours dark brown, murky. Aroma is a complex blend of fruit, chocolate and caramel malt. Mouthfeel is soft and wineous. Flavour starts sweet, goes into a toffee sweet-/softness, a slight touch of bitterness breaks the sweet notes. Extremely well balanced palate, all elements blend perfect into each other and none of them dominate. Has a touch of warming alcohol in the finish. Simply perfect.


 fonefan (11313), VestJylland, Denmark
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/104/519/20
Sep 2, 2006  
Bottle. Pours dark with a tan head. A very complex dark, malty, fruity beer with floral notes. Amazing aroma and flavor fruit, yeast, citrus, alcohol, spices, oak, vanilla, the list goes on and on as flavors change. The best Trappist beer I have ever tasted.


 MiP (9070), Sønderborg, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 15, 2004  
Bottle. Very dark brown colour. Creamy tan head. Very full flavour, peppery and malty. Nice smooth mouthfeel.


 oh6gdx (8838), Vasa, Finland
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/105/518/20
Jul 9, 2005  
Bottled. Dark nut brown, hazy colour with small beige head. Sweet aroma of caramel, alcohol, fruit, flowers a bit licorace and banana, very complex. Extremely wellbalanced complex flavour, being soft and sweet into a bit biting alcohol. Flavour consists of bananas, citrus, hops, alcohol and caramel and lots more. Excellent beer.


 joergen (8539), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/520/20
Oct 26, 2004  
Brown colour with a fine white head. Nice aroma of malt and raisins. Good sweet flavor of malt and hops. Very balanced.



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