Westvleteren 6

Formerly brewed at Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Belgian Ale
Westvleteren, Belgium

Bottle, Passage Cafe, Brugge, Belgium. Amber color, white head. Tiny bubbles. Thin body. Floral hop aroma w/ caramel malt smells as well. Belgian yeast smells. Taste is floral, bitter, mellow sweet malts. Very well-balanced. not too estery, not too rich. Not overly bitter. Finish is clean. Eager to try the 8 and 12.

I only tasted the 0.01 cl that was left in Sahlhold’s glas, but thanks anyway to him and Engelsmann. Vintage 1998. The aoma is malty, fruity, spicy with notes of hops. Taste of fuit, malt, raisins, caramel and plums.

Vintage 1998. Dark redbrown with creamy beige head. Fruit, spices and yeast in the aroma. The aroma gives away it is a westvleteren. Taste is fresh but also full bodied complex. Plum, rasins, spices malt and yeast. Thank you very much, Engelsman for passing Ølbaren, with this one, on my shift.

Pours a dark redbrown, with a creamcoloured head. Aroma is fruity, spicy, and yeasty. Taste is sweet, full bodied, malty, roasted. Medium mouthfeel, and a medium roasted, fruity aftertaste

Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of raisins, prunes and plums. Tastes of fruit, caramel and bread. It’s unfortunate that this beer has been retired.

VINTAGE 1998. Rouge rubis allant vers le brun très foncé. Mousse blanche très abondante. Encore un niveau de carbonisation remarquable malgré son âge. Premier nez métallique laissant ensuite place au raisin bleu, au caramel et au moka. Possède également beaucoup de foin dans l’arôme. Semble très atténué en bouche, manque de corps. Les flaveurs sont tout de même vers le malt et font allusion aux biscuits et aux noix grillés. Légèrement acide et oxydé en finale. Dommage que cette bière ne soit plus en production.

Consumed at the Kulminator Cafe in Antwerp, 1998 bottle. This excellent brown ale poured with a fluffy tan head, eliciting a strong malt aroma. The flavor was very complex, with a high degree of fruitiness. It’s a shame they don’t make this any more, but I can certainly live with the other beers they still make at the abbey.

At the Kulminator in Antwerp, one of the worlds best beerpubs for aged beers. Dark brown beer with Big beige creamy froth. Nice malty aroma’s with touche of caramel, coffee, malts, roasted malts, faint honey touch and hops. Elegant mouthfeel for a brown beer. Medium body with nice caracteristic taste. Good hints of black tea, sweet bread, nuts, burned malts and fine hops selection.