Westvleteren 12

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

Rating #1000! Bottle from a trade with Boutip. BB date 25/08/12. Pours dark caramel color with tan head. Aromas of Belgian candy sugar, dark fruits, bread dough and molasses. Flavor is sweet raisins, figs, plums, candy sugar, molasses, licorice, some dough and a touch of alcohol. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel. Great beer. Thanks Phil for hooking me up with this world class brew.

Bottle (best before 02/08): Hazy, lots of UFO’s visible, small stable off-white layer; gorgeous complex nose: dried fruits, bisquits and huile de noix de Dordogne; solid sweet-bitter flavour, medium to full bodied, oily; distinctive wal-nutty traces in the swet port-vinous and malty finish. No reason to get excited, just a great beer.......

Bottle (in NZ). I never rated my first experience, as it was so underwhelming considering the hype. Unfortunately the reprieve was not deserved, as the second tasting was much of the same. Lots of caramelised sugar in the aroma, along with wet bread, and some methanol. In the mouth it is sweet, along with tart fruit, and oranges. The heat from the alcohol comes a bit later, and then a dryness in the finish. Drinks like an English Old Ale, but nothing special above that. Though it was wonderfully smooth. I feel like the only guy in the room that doesn’t get a joke....

BIrra scura dalla schiuma bianco crema.Aroma di malto, caramello cioccolato e liquirizia.Il gusto è di cioccolato,liquirizia,caramello ,frutti scuri ,ma anche luppolo nel finale che rimane in bocca ben impresso. Unica , la migliore!!!

Bottle, 33 cl. Brown beer with a red shine, starts with a white creamy head that becomes soon a little head that lasts. Aroma of dried fruits, caramel, some chocolate and malts. Taste is a wonderful combination of dried fruits, caramel, chocolate and roasted malt with a light sweet touch and a light hoppy, bitter finish that stays a long time in your mouth. There are so many tastes in this beer, but all the credits certainly go to the fanstastic pallet which brings one taste after another to the foreground. Excellent beer, one of the best, but to my opinion not ’the best’.

While, for me, a perfect taste isn’t possible, this beer will get very close to it. Describing all the tastes that you get when you absorbing this masterpiece is almost not possible. There are so many tastes mixed all together to a very nice beer. Even the looks are great with foam that looks like a cloud and stays for a very long time. To sad the monks still won’t produce more of this beer. But the hours i’ve spended at the phone to get my 48 bottles of dark liquid gold, and the 3 hours drive are worth it. It’s not my favorite beer, but it gets very close!

Lots of hype in the realm of this one...consumed now a few times, and I’ve got to say that this is definitely a fantastic beer! I love how the hype around it pushes it to the top spot every year...it is REALLY excellent, but to be honest...the best beer in the world? Not completely sure on that. Regardless, the dark fruit notes matching the sweet Belgian malts...absolute heaven. If you see one, snag it!!

bread dark,light hoppy, smoke,white foam, red-brown golden,light sweetness, lightly bitter, long finish,full body, creamy, lively, astringent. I like this beer.